Year 2021

21 Jul21 July

Geert van de Laar is leaving Facilicom Group

After being with Facilicom Group for more than 32 years, Geert van de Laar (62) will sign over his position as CEO of the Group to Eric Otto (52) on 1 January 2022. During his career, Van de Laar h...

16 Jul16 July

Will hybrid working be a success?

Thank goodness we are allowed to return to the office, and now everyone is talking about hybrid working being the ‘new normal’. So, how many days will we be at the office? What do we need to op...

7 Jul 7 July

A traineeship programme for vocational college students

1 September sees the launch of Facilicom Group’s traineeship programme for vocational college students. That makes the Group the first services company in the Netherlands to offer graduates of se...

17 Jun17 June

Mosa and Rafael are Tomorrow’s Bosses

Last week, our Vice CEO Albert van der Meulen, Facilicom’s boss, handed over the reins to Mosa and Rafael for one day. They were taking part in JINC Rotterdam’s project, Tomorrow’s Boss (Baas...

16 Jun16 June

ABN AMRO signs up Facilicom as their Soft Service Integrator

ABN AMRO and Facilicom have signed a 5-year IFM agreement for the delivery of the full range of facility services, including cleaning, security, catering and landscaping services at over 125 of...

1 Jun 1 June

Facilicom wins the no. 1 spot

Yesterday, Hospitality Group presented the results of the fifth FM Provider Performance Survey, an independent survey into the performance of facilities providers in the Netherlands who use high-en...

31 May31 May

Best Traineeship Benelux competition winner

On Friday 12 March, Facilicom Group put their best foot forward in the Best Traineeship Benelux competition. This year, just like last year, we won the title of ‘Best Practice’ in the Performan...

11 May11 May

Facilicom Group sells UK and Ireland operations

Facilicom Group is selling their cleaning and security operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland to Kingdom Services Group. The operations will be transferred today. It is a strategic starting p...

29 Apr29 April

Facilicom Group delivers the 100th plug-in company car

Today, Facilicom Group delivered our 100th all-electric company vehicle. At the Maastricht University site, Gom, a division of Facilicom Group, will use this car to drive green from now on.

17 Feb17 February

Facilicom Group is working to achieve certification level...

In 2017, we expressed the ambition to be CO2 neutral in 2030. A lot has happened since then to fulfil this ambition. For example, more employees are driving electric vehicles now, numerous measures...

Year 2020

16 Dec16 December

Facilicom awarded the quality mark 'partner in social ent...

In November, Facilicom Bedrijfsdiensten received the quality mark partner in social enterprise. This quality mark originates in the Social Work Pact MVS and is awarded to employers who distinguish ...

19 Nov19 November

Facilicom Group joins Rotterdam University of Applied Sci...

In the week of 15 to 21 November, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, are organising an international online competition in which 16 student teams fr...

18 Nov18 November

Complete concept to optimise working from home

The facilities services of Facilicom are no longer restricted to the workplace. With the introduction of the Facilicom@Home concept, the multi-service provider is offering a separate 'working from ...

5 Nov 5 November

Rotterdam-based New Fork acquired by Facilicom Group

With the arrival of New Fork directors Yorick van Baarsel and Roland Mathyi, Facilicom Group is taking the next step towards the rollout of the new F&B concept Food&i. Van Baarsel and Mathyi founde...

13 Oct13 October

Facilicom Group introduces name for F&B division: ‘Food...

Facilicom Group recently announced it was going to expand its Food & Beverage portfolio. Today, it also announced its name: Food&i. The plan calls for an official market launch in the spring of 202...

12 Oct12 October

Facilicom and Albeda reinforce each other in the world of...

On Thursday 8 October 2020, Anky Romeijnders (member of the Executive Board of Albeda) and Geert van de Laar (CEO Facilicom Group) signed an agreement for the purpose of intensifying their partners...

2 Oct 2 October

Gom supplements Executive Team with Wendela van de Water ...

Effective 1 October, two new Executive Team members started working at Gom. Wendela van de Water is Director Business Control, and Björn Weertman assumes the role of Operational Director. The Gom ...

22 Sep22 September

Facilicom Group participated in Week of Happiness at Work

The third edition of the Week of Happiness at Work took place during the week of 21 - 27 September. With a wide range of initiatives and actions Facilicom Group paid special attention to this week,...

1 Sep 1 September

Facilicom Group prepares innovative concept for F&B market

Facilicom Group is going to innovatively expand its Food & Beverage portfolio in the Benelux. Joost Smaal started working on 1 September to ‘build the new world of eating and drinking’ within t...

17 Jul17 July

Facilicom wins Best Practice for the Best Traineeship Ben...

On Friday 3 July, Facilicom Group again took part in the Best Traineeship Benelux competition. This year, we won the title of “Best Practice” in the Return on Investment category. The other win...