DATES FOR THE
FM DIARY
17-19 MAY 2022
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18-19 AUGUST 2021
Smart Facilities Management
Conference & Showcase (SFM 2021)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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01-02 SEPTEMBER 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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06-07 OCTOBER 2021
Smart Buildings Show
ExCeL London
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02-04 NOVEMBER 2021
The Cleaning Show 2021
ExCeL, London
https://cleaningshow.co.uk/london
AUGUST 2021 7
IWFM ANNOUNCES
IMPACT AWARDS
FINALISTS 2021
The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) has
announced the finalists of its IWFM Impact Awards 2021.
The awards underline the impact the profession has on the
organisations it serves and to celebrate the people, processes and
products making a daily di¦ erence to the workplace experiences of
millions.
The overall winners will be announced on Monday 11 October 2021 at
JW Marriott Grosvenor House London.
Selected finalists for the IWFM Impact Awards 2021 include:
Workplace Experience: O ice / Corporate Environment
Windermere House – United Utilities Customer Contact Centre, EMCOR
PRA Health Sciences (Real Estate team) – Swansea O¦ ice
Workplace Experience Programme, Sodexo and AstraZeneca
Workplace Experience: Non-0 ice / Corporate Environment
Operation Francoise – the critical installation of a 2nd VIE Oxygen
plant to meet COVID19 extraordinary patient clinical needs, Dartford &
Gravesham NHS Trust
Restorative Workplace, Mitie
Village, Sodexo
Site Improvement Programme (SIP), Virgin Media
Positive Climate Action
Direct Line Group Property Team
ISS leading TSB’s Net-Zero Programme
Plan Zero, Mitie
Sodexo Plastics Reduction Project
Social Value
Feeding Communities Winter/Spring Initiative, Barings
Inclusive Futures with Andron Facilities Management
Jointforces, ISS Facility Services UK
Delivering social value in the commercial property sector, Oaksure
Property Services
Team of the Year: Private Sector
Barings Corporate Services
10 Fenchurch Avenue Security Team, Bidvest Noonan
Francis Crick Institute Hard FM, CBRE
Churchill at Meadowhall
Entertainment Team, Emaar Facilities Management
Mitie NPS Team
OCS at Collins Aerospace
Optimum Group Services Technical Team
Team of the Year: Non-private sector
Royal Derby Hospital Portering Team, ISS Facility Services UK
Livingston, Mears Facilities Management (part of Mears Group Plc)
Merseyside team, VINCI Facilities
NHS Property Services Facilities Management Team
Confi dence
continues to
recover across the
UK commercial
property market
As restrictions lift, results
from the Q2 2021 RICS
UK Commercial Property
Survey sees further signs of
recovery with 56 per cent of
respondents reporting the
market is in an upturn.
This is mirrored in investor
appetite as +15 per cent of
contributors reported an
increase in all-property
investment enquiries over the
quarter. Unsurprisingly, the
industrial sector still leads
the way (net balance of +64
per cent) and is the strongest
reading on record. Offi ce
sector investment demand
also picked up from -18 per
cent in Q1 to +4 per cent in
Q2, pointing to a more stable
trend coming through.
Across all sectors, occupier
demand recorded the
strongest reading since 2016,
with a net balance of +16 per
cent of respondents reporting
a pick-up. Demand trends are
now beginning to stabilise
across the offi ce sector,
mostly for prime space.
Interestingly, there is now
a positive demand for offi ce
space in the South (+7 per
cent), and the net balance in
London is fl at (-3 per cent),
up from a net balance of -79
per cent in Q4 2020. As in
previous surveys, industrial
property continues to lead,
with both investor and
occupier demand growing
again. Now retail has fully
reopened, only -25 per cent
of respondents reported a fall
in demand.
The availability of space
unsurprisingly mirrors
the demand picture, with
availability still running low
within the UK industrial
sector, as -48 per cent
of respondents reported
a decline. While there is
plenty of available leasable
offi ce and retail space, the
recent rise in vacancies
does appear to be slowing,
although respondents have
reported an increase in the
use of incentives on off er to
encourage take up.
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