19 September 2016 | Jamie Harris

Servest has won a five-year contract with Imperial War Museums (IWM).

The contract, which begins in November, sees Servest responsible for soft services, including cleaning, front-of-house services, waste management and pest control at the Imperial War Museum London, the Churchill War Rooms, HMS Belfast, Duxford, and the Libeskind building in Manchester.

Servest is also set to deliver event support at the sites, which include three annual two-day air shows at Duxford in Cambridgeshire.

Rob Legge, Servest Group CEO UK and Europe, said: “The organisation’s five sites, including both World War I and II buildings, bring with them a specific set of challenges that Servest has experience managing. We are all very excited to be working with such a prolific arts and culture organisation.”

IWM handed the security services contract to the Shield Group in April 2014, while Levy Restaurants, part of Compass Group, secured a £36 million, five-year catering contract with the museum group 12 months ago.