The United Kingdom is one of the largest markets for facility management services in Europe in terms of maturity and sophistication. The market is highly competitive owing to the presence of several organized players and strong presence of top global companies, such as Mitie, ISS, Sodexo, CBRE, JLL among others. It is a large market with some estimates putting the annual revenues in the vicinity of 40-45 Billion USD. As per Baachu Database, however, the total contract value remains in the range of £100 Billion for Contracts with terms ranging from one to 10 Years on an average.

Global economic growth came to an abrupt halt in Q1, the first global quarterly contraction since 2011, mainly due to coronavirus pandemic. New opportunities in the market will be even more reliant on the resilience of the companies and relationships. What will be the target operating model post crisis? Will the role of digitisation expand in the sector? What sort of opportunities will be created due to COVID-19?

In UK, there are five stages of education: early years, primary, secondary, Further Education and Higher Education. There are 150 local education authorities in England organised into nine larger regions and 250 further education, sixth form, tertiary and specialist colleges across the UK. What share of education FM services are outsourced? Of this share, how much is outsourced in public education FM sector? What are the total number of contracts and average value of contracts outsourced in soft FM, hard FM and integrated FM education (schools, colleges & universities) market in UK?

The cleaning industry is one of the top ten largest UK industries for employment, with ~£60 Bn to the economy in 2019. What’s the role of digitization in cleaning business? How client expectations have evolved over the years? How UK public sector FM landscape is changing? What is the share of outsourced FM market by sector and service?

Manufacturing, Industrial and Pharma industries in the UK have been impacted due to COVID-19 crisis which has crippled global economy. The study primarily focuses on how the pandemic has affected each of these industries with measures that could help sail through the aftermath. Few companies delivering vital goods like personal care, paper and pharmaceutical are struggling to meet demand driven by panic buying. On the other hand, a few are experiencing dramatic drops in demand and extreme pressure to cut operational costs.

Hard FM services are the services that cannot be removed from the premises and are directly related to the fabric of the building. These services ensure that the health, safety and welfare of employees are adhered to and most of these are required by law. Hard FM Services include but are not limited to Lighting, Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning, Building Maintenance and Fire Safety systems.

The report is an introductory guide to procurement process in UK Government sector. The Central
Government (CG) spent £683 Bn in 2019-20 which was divided between the multiple departments
under its jurisdiction. In 2019-20, the Department for Work & Pensions accounted for nearly 26% of
the overall spend by the CG. The report also offers a comprehensive view of the Local Government
structure within the country and the expenditure by England and Scotland.