ENGIE gives strong showing in FY 2022

by Facilitate team

develop the confidence and skills required to enjoy long-term success in the facilities management industry. This includes regular check-ins, on-the-job mentoring, and career guidance.

I am lucky to have first-hand experience of initiatives of this nature, having been through a similar programme myself some years ago before entering the world of recruitment. As a mentor for colleagues on this initiative, I try to use this experience to provide the support needed to help them achieve their career goals and progress within the workplace.

What have been the results?

We have already enjoyed considerable success through supported sessions in various regions of the UK, many of which have led participants to secure jobs on our sites across the nation. As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we can support care leavers to live independently by providing employment opportunities, dedicated career coaching, and pastoral support. Through the initiative, we recently supported an individual who left the care system to complete the sector-based work academy. As a result, she was able to secure sustainable employment with the SBFM team as a cleaning supervisor.

capabilities. The company comprises five divisions – Fire Solutions, Access & Safety, Electrical Services, Building Access Specialists, and Water Treatment –supplying specialist services to the construction and FM industries. Suttonbased Indepth’s core service offering includes fire damper maintenance and grease extract ductwork cleaning.

Sodexo wins deal with The Insolvency Service

Sodexo has been awarded a three-year contract with The Insolvency Service it adds that it has made progress on simplifying its business with €11 billion (circa £9.761 bn) of disposals either signed or closed, and €5.5 billion (£4.880bn) growth capex, primarily in renewables, networks and energy solutions. Renewables have been accelerated, with +3.9GW to provide strategic programme and advisory services to support its ‘Transforming Workplaces Project’.

ENGIE Group reported a strong financial and operational performance for FY 2022, ending 31 December.

The French-owned utility group’s financial statement (21 February) records a 43% organic rise in earnings before interest and taxes, and cites significant progress with its strategic plan and a planned 65% increase in its dividend owing to an exceptional surge in the cost of power and gas last year.

Revenue came in at €93.87 billion (circa £82.72bn), up 60% on the year on a like-for-like basis.

The group highlights its “leading role” in supporting security in Europe’s energy supply over the past year, as well as its “continued contribution to public policy measures through working capital support, extraordinary taxes and dedicated customer actions”.

Partnering with global construction and property advisery Rider Levett Bucknall, Sodexo’s Property Professional Services unit will support the service –an executive agency of the government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – to rationalise its existing estate and help to deliver a five-year programme of fit-outs, building closures and disposals. of capacity added in 2022, taking total installed capacity to around 38GW. Progress was also made on exiting coal use, with the fossil fuel now representing 2.6% of centralised generation capacity.

Energy transition

The group forecasts net recurring income of €3.4 billion to €4 billion for this year, in line with analyst estimates of €3.7 billion. By 2025, ENGIE sees earnings of €4.1 billion to €4.7 billion as it reaps gains from renewables investment and its Energy Solutions business.

Catherine MacGregor, group CEO, said: “Notably, we have reached our goal to increase from 2022 onwards the rate of additions in renewables capacity from 3 GW to 4 GW on average. 2022 was also a year of refocus, both strategic and geographical. The completed €11 billion disposal plan will allow us to significantly increase our investments in renewable energy and decarbonisation solutions for our customers. In the new energy order, it is more crucial than ever to accelerate the transition and rely on a balanced energy mix.”

Aston wins trio of retail deals

Aston Services Group (has won three new cleaning and security contracts at retail centres in the north of England.

The contracts are at Ladysmith Shopping Centre in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Prince

Bishops Place shopping centre in Durham, and Lakeside Village Shopping Centre in Doncaster. The Lancashirebased facilities services provider will also carry out landscaping and washroom services at the Ladysmith centre.