Custom Solar helps Pets at Home achieve sustainability goals

Custom Solar, part of Mitie, has completed the installation of a 1.25MWp roof-top solar PV array at Pets at Home’s new National Distribution Centre in Staffordshire. The distribution centre, which opened in early 2024,…

With AI, organisations will sink or swim

Enhancing margins is one of those perennial problems for many organisations. With costs rising, crowded markets and a generally challenging business landscape, how can margins realistically be increased? I’m a firm believer in AI…

Predictive and preventative: the most crucial words in maintenance

What’s your biggest engineering and technical services challenge? Where do faults and failures crop up the most? The modern estate can be incredibly complex to manage. For plenty of organisations, there are gleaming, new…

Mitie’s engineers keep Co-op running smoothly

Mitie have been responsible for engineering and maintenance at key Co-op sites since 2017, delivering savings in cost, time and energy.

Mitie illuminates stores for a global lingerie retailer with new lighting solution

Mitie led the project to upgrade and repair the internal lighting at 11 of the lingerie retailer’s stores in the UK, reducing energy costs.

Four steps to overcoming the retail crime epidemic

The headlines pull no punches. In recent weeks, coverage of UK retail crime has included: I’ve been considering what needs to be done to bring the surge in shop theft under control. There is…

Mitie gears up for new £50m contract with Halfords Group

Mitie has been awarded a new £50 million contract with cycling and motoring retailer, Halfords Group, to provide engineering maintenance services at over 950 of its sites across the UK and Ireland, including garages,…

Case study: Major retail chain guided to use more renewable energy

Overview of the challenge Our customer, a major retail chain in the UK and Ireland, plans to reach net zero emissions by 2030 for its offices and restaurants, as part of its overall net…