A major new drive to get thousands of offenders into stable jobs and away from a life of crime will see top UK business bosses, sitting on new Employment Councils which will support offenders serving their sentence in the community ...

2024 was a year of change. The election of a new Government heralded an historic budget and plans to overhaul employment legislation. Alongside this, facilities managers are striving to meet net zero, adopt new technologies and wrestle with the challenges ...

The soft facilities management firm has won the Excellence in Inclusivity and Diversity Award and Purpose Beyond Profit Award at the Yorkshire Excellence in HR Awards, for its dedication towards inclusive, sustainable employment opportunities for frontline FM workers. In its ...

Kayleigh Fantoni has been appointed to the role of General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer at soft facilities management firm, SBFM. In her new role, Fantoni will oversee legal functions to support SBFM’s governance and risk management, ensuring that the ...

Soft service provider SBFM has been officially accredited as a Living Wage Recognised Service Provider. The accreditation reflects SBFM’s ongoing commitment to providing fair wages and improving the livelihoods of its team members. The Living Wage accreditation, awarded by the ...

The soft FM service provider has appointed Stuart Hamilton as its new Chief Strategy Officer to spearhead business growth. Hamilton joins SBFM’s leadership team, after working at the investment fund Soho Square Capital for the past eight years. His work ...

Matt Chapman, CEO at SBFM explains why the soft services supplier is keen to share its blueprint for better communications with front-line workers Last year, a report commissioned by Legal and General into ‘hidden workers’, in particular cleaners and security ...

A new white paper published today by soft facilities management firm, SBFM, explores the industry’s continued struggle with recruitment and retention since Brexit and the Covid 19 pandemic and discusses the wealth of untapped potential that lies within various underrepresented ...

Privately owned soft facilities management firm, SBFM, has appointed Neil Creasey as its new Chief Commercial Officer. With a track record of building and developing high performance business development teams, Creasey brings 20 years of sales experience to the role, ...

Leeds-based soft facilities management firm, SBFM, led by Founder and Owner Colin Shute and CEO Matthew Chapman, has embarked on an “unprecedented year of growth” and has been recognised by multiple bodies across 2023. The company says it continues to ...