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People-Centred HR: A Conversation with Stephanie Turner
Stephanie Turner leads HR for OCS’s Private FM business, bringing frontline experience into a senior leadership role. In this conversation, she shares how operational insight shapes practical HR leadership, supports… Read More
OCS Team
16 Jul, 2025
A Peek into Managing Director, Jen Bates’ Trailblazing Career in FM
With a thriving career spanning over 20 years, Jen Bates is an inspiration to all, particularly women. She exemplifies the growth potential in the FM industry achieved through hard work and dedication.
OCS Team
27 Mar, 2024
Celebrating International Women’s Day by Inspiring Inclusion
Inspiring inclusion at OCS with Young Enterprise partnerships and celebrating women's success.
OCS Team
08 Mar, 2024
Cultivating Leadership Excellence at OCS with The Alchemist programme
In a significant step to boost leadership quality across OCS, members of the senior leadership team kick off a year-long training programme.
OCS Team
07 Mar, 2024
Navigating Future Success: Exploring Career Pathways in Facilities Management
Embarking on the journey of shaping your career path can be both exhilarating and daunting. OCS is here to help illuminate the path to a fulfilling career in FM.
OCS Team
01 Mar, 2024
The Power of Listening: Why Our Colleague Engagement Survey is Essential
Group-wide colleague survey launching Q124.
Valerie Dale
05 Jan, 2024
Sean Fisher’s Path to Becoming OCS Cleaning CEO
Career progression, pathway and training and development to a senior role.
OCS Team
22 Dec, 2023
Valerie Dale, OCS Group Chief People Officer, Attends Back to the Floor Visit
Valerie Dale recently attended a back to the floor visit at one of our laundry facilities.
OCS Team
01 Dec, 2023
People into Work: An OCS Foundation Initiative
People into Work is a unique UK programme, developed by the OCS Foundation.
OCS Foundation
15 Nov, 2023
Ann-Marie Conlon-Taylor – helping OCS deliver genuine social value
OCS’s Public Sector Social Value Manager has always taken the attitude that when opportunity knocks, you open the door – and that attitude, combined with a deeply ingrained belief that you need to have ‘people on your side’, has seen her help countless people into work over the past three decades.
DE&I Team
03 Nov, 2023
Graduating in OCS style
Recently, two members of our OCS family – Marketing Business Partner Kirstie Stevens and Operations Manager Sharon Roper – graduated from University Centre Quayside (UCQ) with a BA (Hons) in Professional Management, via the OCS Apprenticeship Scheme.
OCS Academy
01 Nov, 2023
OCS Welcomes Jacky So to Lead ESG in UK & Ireland
Jacky So has been appointed as the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Director for UK and Ireland.
ESG Team
25 Oct, 2023
Nick Ackroyd Returns to OCS as Divisional Sales Director for Cleaning
Nick Ackroyd re-joins OCS as Divisional Sales Director - Cleaning.
OCS Team
17 Sep, 2023