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perceptions that the UK Commercial Property
Market is in the downturn phase of the property
cycle, according to our Q3 UK Commercial
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The number of injuries and incidents of illhealth
in workplaces across Great Britain is
still too high, statistics show
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on Phase 1 of the public inquiry into the fire at
Grenfell Tower. Hywel Davies, CIBSE Technical
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18 NOVEMBER 2019
BLOG FROM RORY MURPHY, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, VINCI FACILITIES
REMEMBER REMEMBER…
THE 12TH OF DECEMBER
So a er a year of political deadlock and
more votes in Parliament than anyone
of us can comprehend we are finally
all set for a general election in December.
The ‘Brexmas’ election as it has already been
coined will finally sort out Brexit, heal the clear
divides that exist across our communities and
enable the country to focus on the matters in
hand, namely the NHS, education and crime to
name but a few… Or so we are led to believe.
The alternative scenario is that we come
through the election as divided as we went
in, we get Brexit ‘done’ or we don’t, we have a
people’s vote, or we don’t, we have a majority
led Government or we don’t. It is against this
backdrop that all of us in the FM community
need to deliver excellent services, build strong
businesses and keep increasing the productivity
of UK PLC for the betterment of all the thousands
of people we employ.
We are in highly unusual times and whilst
the Politicians may want this election to
be a vindication or otherwise or their own
particular version of Brexit, the wider Social,
Environmental and Economic challenges are
those that we as business leaders in FM
need to address.
In an Environmental context,
we are in the midst of a
climate emergency,
the environment and
our e ect upon it are
now squarely on the
corporate agenda.
Whether people
have subscribed to
the plastics pollution
outrage, highlighted by
David Attenborough’s Blue
planet or are sympathetic to
some of the messaging from
pro environmental activists such
as Extinction Rebellion, it is impossible
to ignore the groundswell of opinion. The FM
sector and business community will and can
have an enormous impact on improving our
environmental performance and it will be
interesting how these challenges are addressed
in the lead up to this election.
In terms of our Economic wellbeing, the
scarcity of resources and skills remains a top
five risk for any business in the UK. Access to
skills, training, retention and the diversity of
our workforces present a very real challenge to
the delivery aspirations of any business. The
growing influence of the digital revolution and
the need to upskill, retrain and identify the
employees and professionals of the future is a
fundamental requirement. The adequacy of the
Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities
Apprenticeship levy, the development of skills
in our schools and colleges and the excellence of
our Universities are all political issues that need
focus, a willingness to listen to industry and
some action.
In a Social context, there are a whole array of
issues spanning from fair pay through
to adult social care, a ordable
social housing and the longterm
e ects of the austerity
measures on many of
our Public Services.
It is in this arena
that I suspect many
of the Politicians
will choose their
battles. We should
prepare ourselves
as FM professionals
for promises of huge
spending across the three
main public sector activities
of health, education and crime
Economic wellbeing, the
scarcity of resources and
skills remains a top fi ve
risk for any business
on one side versus the ‘privatisation is
In terms of our
in the UK.”
bad’ arguments on the other and the increasing
desire to bring more services back in house.
Through all of this we navigate ourselves,
our engineers maintain critical assets and keep
the lighting and heating on in our retail stores,
schools, factories, hospitals and distribution
warehouses. The small army of cleaning and
security professionals will continue to work
tirelessly to keep up appearances and keep us
safe.
The 12th of December will come. The
promises, rhetoric and noise will be deafening
between now and then but our challenges from
an FM perspective will remain the same and we
should continue to keep focusing on those and
on delivering excellence to all our stakeholders.
ADVICE & OPINION
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