Insights Into Facilities Management: Issue 7, 2013

The strong run of M&A activity in the Facilities Management sector continued into the second quarter of 2013, and although the pace of investment has slowed a little it has been the most active first six months since 2008. In volume terms deal activity remains centred on the smaller size brackets, but important transactions that will change the competitive landscape further up the size ranges continue to be completed.

In this issue, on the back of one such important deal we look at the strategic push by some more domestically-focused players to consolidate the market – especially in the area of hard FM services – in order to be better placed to pitch for large bundled service contracts.