PPVS Complete Facilities Management

Get in touch: Peterborough: +44 1733 244414 London: +44 20 4538 0835 Email: info@ppvs-fm.com

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Soft Facilities Management Services & Contractors

For growing estates, soft facilities management directly affects how buildings are experienced day to day. Cleanliness, security, waste management and front of house services shape perception, support compliance and influence operational efficiency. When standards slip or service delivery is inconsistent across locations, it impacts your reputation, employee wellbeing and customer confidence.

 

PPVS delivers structured soft facilities management across commercial, retail, and industrial environments. We manage over 3,000 sites across the UK, supporting organisations that require consistent presentation, hygiene and site standards at scale. Through defined service levels, measurable performance indicators and central oversight, we ensure soft services contribute to operational stability.

UK & International Scope Soft FM

We deliver soft FM nationwide through employed staff and accredited partners, so every site gets the same standard wherever it sits. For international brands running UK estates – and across Europe – we provide one accountable partner rather than a different local supplier for each service and site. From a single building to a national portfolio, we coordinate cleaning, security, grounds and gritting centrally, with consistent SLAs and reporting throughout.

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Compliance in Soft FM

Soft services carry more compliance than people expect, and we keep all of it evidenced. Cleaning is delivered to BICSc standards with COSHH-controlled chemicals; security officers are SIA-licensed; gutter and exterior work follows safe working-at-height controls; and winter gritting is governed by your occupiers’ liability duty of care to keep premises free of ice and snow. Waste is handled under duty of care – one partner, one audit trail.

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Fully Qualified Soft Facilities Management Professionals

Achilles Network Silver Plus accredited
ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management certified
NICEIC Approved Contractor
Constructionline registered contractor
IWFM (Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management) member
SafeContractor approved logo
NSI (National Security Inspectorate) approved installer
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Operations Helpdesk with CAFM Reporting

Our Operations & Helpdesk team deliver 24/7 FM support, coordinating planned and reactive works across your entire portfolio. Every job is managed by dedicated Project, Contract and Account Managers to keep workflows smooth, compliant and under control.

 

Daily reporting gives you full visibility over spend, outstanding works, security issues and upcoming opportunities, reducing unnecessary call-outs and protecting budgets.

 

Our CAFM platform centralises all activity, tracks SLA performance and generates the reports your teams rely on. Clients can log in at any time through the portal to monitor works, review updates and stay fully informed.

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Sectors We Work In

We deliver soft FM across three core sectors, among others. In retail, we keep stores clean, secure and presentable to brand standard, working around trading hours. In commercial, we handle office cleaning, front-of-house security and grounds for occupiers, landlords and managing agents. In the industrial sector, we cover site security, yard gritting and industrial cleaning where safety and uptime come first.

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CAFM Reporting & How It Helps with Soft FM

Every soft service sits on our CAFM platform, giving you one live view of your estate. Cleaning specifications, security patrol logs, gritting call-outs and SLA performance are all tracked in one place, with proof of service you can pull on demand. Instead of chasing separate suppliers for updates, your team sees what’s done, what’s outstanding and where spend is going across every site.

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Soft FM Multi-Site Capabilities

Across a portfolio, soft FM only works if it’s consistent. PPVS standardises specifications and SLAs across every site, delivered through employed teams plus vetted partners and coordinated from one help desk. Rather than juggling a different cleaner, guarding firm and grounds contractor at each location, you get one accountable partner and one view of performance and spend – the simpler, lower-cost route to soft FM across a national estate.

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Why Choose PPVS for Soft Facilities Management Services

Most providers deliver one soft service, PPVS brings the full scope under one accountable partner.

 

  • One contract, one helpdesk – cleaning, security, grounds, pest control and gritting coordinated centrally, not five suppliers to chase.
  • Self-delivery plus vetted specialists – employed teams where it matters, accredited partners for national reach and consistent standards.
  • CAFM visibility and proof of service – every task, patrol and visit logged, with SLA reporting across the estate.
  • Scale with family-run accountability – 3,000+ commercial sites, 50+ years’ combined experience and full accreditation (ISO 9001, SafeContractor, Achilles, IWFM).
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Join Our Growing List of Amazing Clients With Soft Facilities Management

Wayfair logo
Next logo
Victoria's Secret logo
Skyscanner logo
British Sugar logo
Biffa logo
Xero logo
Lithia logo
Pendragon logo
Bidwells logo
Joules logo
Crown Paints logo
Hays Travel logo
White Stuff logo
Hotel Chocolat logo
Hackett London logo
Motorpoint logo
Stantec logo
Spire Healthcare logo
TEG Venues logo
Selwood logo
Scott Pallets (BSW Group) logo
Mitsubishi Electric logo
Hendrickson logo
Jewson logo
Joe & The Juice logo
Centrica logo
Eddisons logo
Paragon Customer Communications logo
CKH logo
Travelex logo
Saint-Gobain logo
ABN AMRO logo
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British Land logo
Savills logo
Bakkavor logo
Bauer Media Group logo
Cotswold Company logo
DAF Trucks logo
F.Hinds Jewellers logo
T.C. Harrison logo
Foxtons logo
Friars Pride logo
Mejuri logo
Mildmay Mission Hospital logo
PMT (Play Music Today) logo
Q-Park logo
Verastar logo
alo Yoga logo
M Group logo

Soft FM FAQs

What is soft facilities management?
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Soft FM covers the people-delivered services that keep a building clean, safe and welcoming – cleaning, security, landscaping and grounds, pest control and winter gritting – as opposed to hard FM, which maintains the building’s physical systems and fabric.

What's the difference between hard and soft FM?
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Hard FM covers the physical building and its systems – HVAC, electrical, plumbing and fabric. Soft FM covers the services delivered by people – cleaning, security, grounds, pest control and gritting. Most estates need both, and we deliver both.

Which soft services can you deliver under one contract?
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Cleaning, manned security, landscaping and grounds maintenance, pest control and winter gritting – all under a single contract, help desk and point of contact.

Do you cover multi-site estates nationwide?
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Yes. We deliver soft FM from single buildings to national multi-site portfolios, with consistent specifications, SLAs and reporting across every site.

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Get in touch to see how we can help with your Soft Facilities Management.

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