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Catering safely

Catering facilities must meet stringent safety standards. Here, Jason Webb, Director, Electronic Temperature Instruments, explains how the technology is there to keep both food and people safe There’s been a clear rise in sanitary and safety precautions across most industries ...

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Catering for the future

FMJ hears from catering and vending specialists on how food and drink services are being adjusted to support new working patterns, meet variable demands and contribute to a more hospitable workplace atmosphere According to Mintel’s UK Contract Catering report 2020, ...

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Wearables at work

PLP Architecture Partners Ron Bakker, Midori Ainoura and Bernard Storch, and PLP Labs team lead Alex Davidson describe the results of an innovative pilot study into the use of wearables at work The wearables market is expanding rapidly, as is ...

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Farm work

Patrick Dumas Co-Founder at Square Mile Farms on why he thinks every office should have a farm and how it could be a great way to pull people back into the workplace Driven by a passion for creating healthier, more ...

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Career Ladder talks to the operations manager, Covent Garden Estate, Incentive FM

Q: What first attracted you to working in FM, did you have much awareness of the profession? After leaving the military I was unsure of the direction I should take. I was first made aware of FM when I spoke ...

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Rekindling that workplace spark

Will Richards, Head of Workplace Experience at ISS UK says research proves that a new approach will be required to enrich the post-COVID workplace experience Our relationship with the office has changed fundamentally since Q1 2020. Prior to March 2020 ...

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First of a kind

ABM UK recently introduced an innovative mental health first aid training programme for its front line staff. Here, Chris Townsend, Senior HR Director at ABM UK explains why the rest of the FM industry needs to follow suit The pandemic ...

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Energy management: Getting businesses back on track with their carbon reduction journey

As organisations prepare for the widescale reopening of buildings, the need to maintain a low carbon footprint remains a priority. But with lockdown making it difficult to even produce an accurate analysis of energy management rates over the past year ...

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Meeting sustainability targets should start with data

Blog from Andrea Temporiti, Head of Digital for ABB Electrification Demand for electrical energy is rising, with urbanisation and industrialisation driving an expected increase of 33 per cent by 2040. These alarming upwards trajectories are spurring governments all over the ...

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Fire risk assessment

Caroline Judd, Director, Turnkey Fire Services looks at the basics required when carrying out a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) and the range of fire detection and warning systems available to help protect your premises A fire risk assessment covers all ...

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