Andy Barrow and Dylan Alcott reflect on the PRM services they have experienced and suggest ways to elevate the standard of PRM provision across the globe Dylan Alcott is an Australian Paralympian with gold medals in wheelchair tennis and wheelchair ...
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A recent Condeco study suggests most business leaders see the value of agile working practices. How can CAFM systems support new flexible environments, including coworking and serviced office spaces? TONY GREEN TECHNICAL SALES MANAGER, FSI Most people are now fully ...
Read More »Game of risk
A recent survey by FMJ and FM company Salisbury Group found that the vast majority of FMs see risk management as a key part of their role. We brought together a group of client-side FMs under Chatham House rules to ...
Read More »Insourcing vs outsourcing debate: What’s best for business?
The insourcing of FM services is growing in popularity. The report ‘Rebuilding Capacity: The case for insourcing public contracts’ from the University of Liverpool, recommends it for providing service flexibility and the ability to allocate resources where they are needed. ...
Read More »Rachel Whitford: What the new flexible working bill could mean for you
The new flexible working bill intends to make all jobs flexible by default. Rachel Whitford, Area Manager for Express Vending explains what this could mean for your business The future is flexible, at least it will be if the new ...
Read More »Digital learning: The future of workplace DNA
E-learning is still regarded as an easy way to deliver uninspiring training courses to a mass audience at low cost. That’s no longer the case, argues IWFM Awards judge, David Sharp, MD of International Workplace Vocational training is essential to ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to University of Manchester’s Library Space Development Manager
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? Having run businesses in the music sector, I decided to transfer my project management, working with people, event management and marketing experience to the education sector. It was ...
Read More »Working at height
The first FMJ/Barbour EHS regular compliance piece covering Health and Safety, Environment and Energy, Estates and Facilities Management; focuses on working from height The main piece of legislation governing work at height is the Work at Height Regulations 2005. These ...
Read More »The certainty of uncertainty
Blog from Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities As summer ends and the big return to work gathers a pace the only certainty in the FM sector and the built environment is the continued uncertainty that pervades our whole economy. ...
Read More »Customer-centric cleaning
Chan Mehta, Managing Director of The Cleaning Company, reflects on the importance of prioritising the needs of the client’s client Businesses are constantly encouraged to put their customer first. According to research by Gartner, 89 per cent of businesses compete ...
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