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DIO awards contract for housing and facilities management

Homeland April 15, 2019

DIO’s Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) has awarded a contract for housing and facilities management to Crown Commercial Service (CCS). The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) awarded the contract to provide housing and facilities management (FM) across defence estates. The CCS will begin work once current arrangements expire. The contract forms part of a ...

Work starts on kitchen and dining area at Nescliff

Homeland April 15, 2019

Work has begun on a new kitchen and dining area at Nescliff training camp near Shrewsbury. The new state-of-the-art kitchen and dining facility will allow personnel at the training camp to have an extra space to relax thanks to a £4million investment. The new building will be completed by the Defence ...

Catterick investment creates urban training environment

Homeland April 3, 2019

A new £1.2million investment has upgraded a realistic urban training facility at Catterick training area. The investment in the Whinny hill facility has created 13 new buildings to provide a realistic urban training environment for armed forces and emergency services personnel. The facility features reconfigurable containers which can recreate a variety ...

Defence, innovation and infrastructure, investment boost

Homeland November 23, 2016

Chancellor Philip Hammond has made his Autumn Statement on the economy. The Chancellor presented his statement today, vowing to create a more resilient economy, helping clear the deficit as early as possible after 2020. Despite pressure to reduce deficit, Mr Hammond said that the UK needs to meet its commitment to defence ...