Like many sectors, the shortage of skilled labour is a major challenge facing the FM industry. According to a RICS UK Facilities Management Survey, 65% of FM services are facing difficulties in sourcing workers (Q4 2022). The challenge has been ...
Read More »Contractor Selection and Management in Times of Labour Shortage
How do you find contractors with the right experience and skills that you can trust when you have the challenge of a significant shortage of labour in the supply chain? With nearly four in five employers globally reporting difficulty finding ...
Read More »Modern Slavery – A Real Risk for the Facilities Management Sector
With the UK one of the largest markets for Facilities Management (FM) services in Europe, FM professionals are taking a more proactive approach to identifying, controlling and limiting their risks and applying this more rigorously to the contractors and suppliers ...
Read More »The lessons from history – How to navigate global supply chain disruptions
Blog by Gemma Archibald, Alcumus CEO, Supply Chain Division Disruptions in the global supply chains have been a ubiquitous problem of late and have accounted for a large part of the post-pandemic turmoil affecting businesses. However, this is not the ...
Read More »The importance of gaining accreditation to ISO/IEC 17020
Gemma Archibald, Alcumus Chief Operating Officer – Membership, outlines the benefits of partnering with inspection bodies who have been certified as meeting ISO/IEC 17020 FMs and their providers share one trait: upholding high standards at all times throughout their operations. ...
Read More »Alcumus launches new supply chain compliance solution to deliver control across the safety, ethical and financial risks within modern supply chains
Market-leading Health, Safety and ESG risk management provider Alcumus, today launches a new solution for organisations needing to manage sustainability risks across their supply chain. Designed to maximise supply chain compliance and visibility, the new solution is an expansion of the ...
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Helen Jones, COO for Corporate /Enterprise clients at workplace risk management provider Alcumus, explains to Sara Bean how the latest digital solutions can help produce better employers and more sustainable organisations In our regular readers polls and in consultations with ...
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