DATES FOR THE
FM DIARY
17-19 MAY 2022
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01-30 JUNE 2021
Facilities Show Connect
Online Event
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28-29 JUNE 2021
The Facilities Management Forum
Hybrid The Midland Hotel, Manchester
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13 SEPTEMBER 2021
IWFM Conference ‘Emerging Stronger’
Hybrid Event
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15-16 SEPTEMBER 2021
Smart Home Expo
NEC, Birmingham
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19-21 SEPTEMBER 2021
The Flooring Show
Harrogate Convention Centre
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22-23 SEPTEMBER 2021
RWM Resource Revolution
NEC, Birmingham
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05-07 OCTOBER 2021
UK Construction Week Birmingham
NEC, Birmingham
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13-14 OCTOBER 2021
Smart FM Forum
Virtual Event
https://bit.ly/36yHHv2
02-04 NOVEMBER 2021
The Cleaning Show 2021
ExCeL, London
https://cleaningshow.co.uk/london
JUNE 2021 7
COMMERCIAL OCCUPIERS
AND LANDLORDS NEED TO
GET MORE IN STEP ON THE
FUTURE OF THE OFFICE
A new report from MRI Soˆ ware, a global leader in real estate
solutions, shows while tenants expect changes in space usage postpandemic,
landlords don’t – but both see need for new technology
adoption.
The research reveals that 71 per cent of commercial occupiers say the
mass shi‘ to remote working during the pandemic has fundamentally
changed their long-term approach to space usage, and yet 69 per cent of
landlords expect no lasting impact from COVID-19.
MRI partnered with CoreNet Global, the leading association for
corporate real estate professionals, to survey 200 tenants and 50
landlords across a broad cross-section of industries worldwide. The
findings oˆ er insights into key post-pandemic views on the return to
work and indicate critical diˆ erences in the expectations of commercial
tenants and landlords.
The survey report, MRI So‘ ware Market Insights: Getting Back to the
Oˆ ice, shows that over half of business occupiers plan to lease less space
a‘ er the pandemic, yet over half of landlords don’t see their tenants’
requirements changing:
Fi‘ y-six per cent of occupiers say they will need less space, with the
vast majority expecting fewer employees onsite at any one time;
whereas 60 per cent of landlords see their tenants leasing the same
amount of space, with only 33 per cent projecting a decline;
None of the tenants surveyed said they would seek more space to
enable a lower workplace density, and just three per cent anticipate
leasing extra capacity to allow for additional collaborative areas once
remote workers start coming back to the oˆ ice.
One area where both corporate occupiers and landlords are in clear
agreement is on the need to adopt technologies to handle changing
requirements as the pandemic abates, with even those confident in
current capabilities planning to extend their existing set-ups and/or
deploy new workplace management tools. The results show that 83
per cent of occupiers and 64 per cent of landlords plan to adopt new
technologies, while 77 per cent of tenants and 68 per cent of building
owners/operators intend to expand their current solutions.
Other significant findings include:
The report confirms the scale of remote working, with 72 per cent of
occupiers having fewer than a quarter of their employees onsite during
the crisis – and virtually all of those were deemed essential workers;
Remote working has grown in acceptance, with roughly a third more
companies expecting to allow remote working (89 per cent) a‘ er the
pandemic than before (66 per cent) – a 23-point uptick;
More remote working will mean diˆ erent oˆ ice set-ups for many
employees, with 54 per cent of occupiers either converting to or
expanding their use of hot-desking and just 20 per cent keeping
assigned workstations;
The impact of these changes is that occupiers are altering their lease
strategies, with landlords seeing their tenants: negotiating new terms
(63 per cent), breaking leases (50 per cent), seeking shorter renewal
periods (44 per cent), and/or letting leases lapse (29 per cent).
If you have any knowledge of FM news from across the world,
please feel free to get in touch with our assistant editor
Sarah O’Beirne email sarah.obeirne@kpmmedia.co.uk
Amey launches
tri-partnership
to bid for £800m
MoD estates
contract
Amey has announced it will
bid to secure the UK MoD
Training Estate Support
Contract (TESC) contract
supported by Babcock
International Group plc and
Elior UK.
The contract provides
industry support across a
range of services across the
UK MoD’s Defence Training
Estate, which covers 200,000
hectares, equating to
approximately one per cent
of the UK’s landmass, and is
used for training for all three
of the Armed Forces.
Valued at approximately
£800 million, the contract
delivers industry support
to training and integrated
facilities management,
encompassing built estate
facilities management,
catering, accommodation
and cleaning services, rural
estate management, grounds
maintenance.
The tri-party relationship
will be led by Amey and
brings a unique blend of
skills and experience and
an understanding of the
requirements of the MoD.
Amey and Babcock
bring unparalleled skills
and experience of the
UK’s Defence Estate and
training support; Amey as
the incumbent currently
supporting virtually all of
the MoD UK military built
infrastructure and Babcock
as the foremost provider
of training services to the
MoD. Amey and Babcock also
have a proven track record
of delivering successful MoD
contracts both independently
and through ALC, a 15-year
joint venture.
Elior UK has a wealth of
experience in specialist
Defence catering, cleaning
and retail services and
delivers contracts across MoD
Hebrides SFM, the FMSP
Portsmouth Dockyard and
previously within three large
Defence SMACs – Wessex,
East Midlands and Kent.
The formal tendering
process has begun, with
contract award forecast for
April 2022 and an In Service
Date of September 2022.
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