A hospital trust in Surrey has awarded outsourcing company Mitie a £33m facilities management contract for an initial five years, with the possibility of a further 2-year extension, a news report in the local business media could recently reveal.
The Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has selected Mitie to deliver a range of services including domestic cleaning, helpdesk services and porter duties at Epsom Hospital.
Preliminary pans to create a major new tourism destination in the Cornish town of Falmouth have been submitted to Cornwall Council, with a full planning application set to follow later in June 2014.
The proposed St Michaels Spa & Wellness Resort would feature a spa, a health club, improved conference and wedding options, restaurant facilities and shops, as well as new and upgraded accommodation, a news report in the local media could reveal.
Small to medium sized (SME) manufacturers in the South West are considering investing more into future development and also hiring more staff in order to cope with increased demand, figures from the latest Barometer from the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) suggest.
The Bournemouth Development Company has submitted extensive plans for building 100 new houses on the site of the Berry Court car park, a news report in the local media has recently revealed.
The proposals put forward also include up to 155 spaces for public car parking within a small multi-storey. This means that existing car parking spaces will not be lost.
One of the UK’s largest telecom companies has just announced plans to recruit up to 200 new engineers in the South West, as a part of a major initiative to improve customer service and extend network coverage.
BT hopes that the new staff intake would help it bring high-speed fibre broadband to more parts of the country. The move forms parts of a wider push by BT to recruit 1,600 engineers across the UK, a news report on the matter could reveal.
The Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking South West Business Activity Index revealed that the private sector across the South West continued to expand in April, despite the rate of growth slowing down to a 10-month low.
A total of 50 jobs were saved as a Salisbury supplier of home care nursing staff was bought out of administration by a company sharing the same directors, a news report in the local business media has revealed.
The Prime Care Agency Ltd in Durrington, near Salisbury, entered into administration at the beginning of May 2014 and was sold to Primecare (Salisbury) Ltd, with the positions of all 50 employees protected.
Dyson, one of the best-known British engineering brands, has revealed some very ambitious growth plans, which also include creating 3,000 new jobs, a news report on the matter has revealed.
A local council has revealed that more than 100 affordable homes have been completed in the area over the past 12 months, including here supported housing units, low-cost home-ownership properties and general-needs family accommodation buildings.
Imperial Tobacco, one of UK’s largest tobacco companies, has announced plans to make up to 900 employees redundant as part of a major restructuring process brought about by poor business results.