Outsourcing giant to provide facilities management for Rolls Royce鈥檚 UK and European properties

Ruby McGregor-Smith, Mitie

Mitie has been retained by Rolls Royce as facilities management provider for Rolls Royce鈥檚 UK properties.

As part of the deal, the outsourcing giant will also provide facilities management for a selection of Rolls Royce鈥檚 European facilities.

Mitie has been appointed preferred bidder. Subject to contract, it will be one of Mitie鈥檚 largest pan-European agreements.

Ruby McGregor-Smith (pictured), chief executive of Mitie, said: 鈥淲e are delighted to have been appointed preferred bidder. We really value our 23-year relationship with Rolls-Royce and we look forward to working with them over the years to come.鈥

In its most recent set of full-year results, Mitie posted a 39% drop in pre-tax profit in the year to March 2015, after incurring multi-million pound hits from exiting the M&E and asset management markets.

Mitie posted pre-tax profit of 拢41.5m, down from 拢68.5m the previous year, with the fall largely attributable to 拢72.6m of exceptional costs over the year, including the costs of winding down its M&E and asset management divisions.

However, Mitie said its core facilities management business 鈥渃ontinued to perform strongly鈥 over the year.