The most recent meeting of the Hospitality Network addressed the pressures employers are facing from the fallout of Brexit, challenges to the so-called ‘gig’ economy, and a landmark legal case. Tar Tumber, Director of Employee Relations at Workplace Law, reports ...
Read More »All in the mind
Changing mindsets through leadership was the topic for discussion at the latest Quora Smartworking Summit, which took place in September at ExCeL London Now in their 17th year, Smartworking Summits feature key decision-makers, speaking under Chatham House rules, who openly ...
Read More »IOSH Annual Conference 2018
The IOSH Annual Conference took place at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham on 17-18 September. There were some useful lessons for facilities managers, reports David Sharp, Managing Director of International Workplace The conference began with an informative session ...
Read More »Energy 2018
Renewable energy and the future of construction is the hot topic at Energy 2018, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC on 9-11 October With an ever-increasing focus on renewable energy and carbon emissions by government, business and public alike, FM professionals ...
Read More »Take a chance
The theme of this year’s RICS Strategic Facility Management Conference in partnership with IFMA, was FM: A risky business? One of the biggest lessons to come out of the Carillion collapse was the necessity for the FM sector to mitigate ...
Read More »World Workplace Europe
IFMA-RICS World Workplace Europe, which took place in Barcelona this year had as its theme: A People Business in the Digital World In the run up to IFMA-RICS World Workplace Europe, there was a lot of snap, crackle and perhaps ...
Read More »Facing up to automation
Rethinking work in the face of enlightened automation was the theme of the Quora Smartworking Summit held in June at ExCel There was a change of venue for the latest Quora Smartworking Summit, when the event decamped to the Platinum ...
Read More »State of the FM nations – EuroFM 2018 round-up
By Thomas Went, Account Manager from specialist B2B communications, public relations and content agency for the built environment and facilities management industry, Magenta Roughly 2290 metres below the summit of Vitosha, the mountain that looms over the Bulgarian capital of ...
Read More »Facilities Show 2018
The largest global gathering of FMs will take place from 19 to 21 June at ExCeL London. In our special show guide, we introduce some of the highlights of the three days, while a group of exhibitors tell us their ...
Read More »Positive thinking
A new FM Special Interest Group met on Tuesday 10th April at the offices of the British Quality Foundation to explore ways in which some of the business tools that have revolutionised manufacturing, offer a much more positive alternative to ...
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