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Zero trust strategy

John Michael, CEO, iStorage considers the dangerous new ‘golden age’ of ransomware and the role of Zero Trust IT architecture to help neutralise its impact The path of digital transformation, accelerated by the unique requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic, has ...

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As a sector we can make an enormous difference in reducing emissions

By Alan Stenson, CEO of Neutral Carbon Zone The FM industry has a crucial role to play in reducing our global carbon footprint and achieving a net zero future. The built environment accounts for approximately 39 per cent of global ...

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Standing up for health

The Sit-Stand Switch: Three steps to transition your organisation to sit-stand furniture. By Richard Guy, UK & Ireland Country Sales Manager, Ergotron The average person sits 12 hours each day, which increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, certain cancers ...

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Government Facilities Management Strategy and its impact on FM procurement

The Government’s Facilities Management Strategy* is designed to establish standards to address the quality of service which should be aspired to in the procurement of FM contracts. What impact do you think this initiative will have on the procurement of ...

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Innovations for FM

Founder and Managing Director of Okappy, Richard Harris reviews the most significant technological changes that took place in 2022 and what FMs should look out for this year  Technology is constantly evolving, with every new invention comes a new possibility ...

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Protecting people

David Rowan, Sales Director at Chubb explores the growth in lone working and introduces how a new app can assist employers in keeping lone workers safe Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, employers have a responsibility to ...

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Safeguarding systems

Matthew Holliday, Director of Approval Schemes at the National Security Inspectorate explains how access control systems have evolved to meet today’s demands, with a revised code of practice that provides valuable reassurance In recent years, technologically driven solutions have been ...

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Climate debate

Mitakshi Sirsi, Director of Sustainability, Broadway Malyan (pictured left) and William Poole-Wilson, Founder and Managing Director, WILL+Partners (pictured right) discuss how the construction industry and architecture & design firms can help improve sustainable outcomes in the built environment This article ...

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Just the job

Digitising your job management processes can bring benefits you weren’t expecting. Richard Warley, CEO of BigChange explains how digitisation is about more than just efficiency Anyone working in facilities management knows that getting your internal processes right results in better ...

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Fluorescent banned

A new wave of regulations, including the rewriting of the EcoDesign lighting regulations and the removal of the mercury exemptions for lighting means fluorescent lamps will be banned in the UK from September 2023 says Kevan Shaw, Design Director at ...

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