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CBES strengthens Co-op partnership

UK: City Building Engineering Services (CBES) has been awarded two new contracts with the Co-op to provide FM and refrigeration services from April 1.

A wide range of maintenance services will be provided including fabric, plumbing, mechanical and electrical across more than 1,300 food and funeral sites in the UK.

CBES has provided refrigeration maintenance services to the Co-op for the last 11 years and this is the third consecutive contract to be awarded to the business. The new contract will also see the addition of installation services across the 550 sites.

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