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As workplaces reopen, front of house teams will play a huge role in guiding building users through adaptation to the ‘new normal’. Amanda Baber, Director of Business Development at Portico, addresses how this can be done in a way that ...

Andrew Sparrow, Head of Energy and Sustainability, Platinum Facilities on the way service providers can help clients reduce energy costs Energy is a top priority for FMs, not only to reduce carbon emissions but to operate buildings more efficiently and ...

Corporate Real Estate is going through something of a revolution at the moment as the impact of COVID-19 accelerates trends in health and wellbeing, hybrid working, and the use of technology to improve space utilisation. FMJ reports The long-term effects ...

Q: What first attracted you to working in FM, did you have much awareness of the profession? I wasn’t particularly familiar with FM until University when I started researching graduate leadership schemes, and I heard about a scheme with a ...

News reports suggest that Working from bed (WFB) has grown in popularity since the start of the pandemic. What are employers’ responsibilities to ensure home based staff observe safe, ergonomic working habits to protect their health and reduce the chances ...

Darren Hockley, Managing Director of eLearning provider, DeltaNet International on ensuring your training is innovative and accessible in 2021 and beyond It’s safe to say that 2020 was a challenging year for business. From the unprecedented switch to homeworking for ...

Blog from Theo Nicolaou, Co-Founder and Director, Smartsec Solutions Since the start of the pandemic, a lot has rightly been said about the role the police, couriers, supermarket and NHS staff have played in keeping us safe. However, there remains ...

David Goodfellow, UK Business Assurance Manager at TÜV SÜD advises that adopting the leading security standard ISO/IEC 27001 can help ensure FMs avoid damaging cybersecurity breaches The prevalence of cyberattacks and data breaches is making companies increasingly concerned about the ...

Marta Kalas of Thomson Screening offers useful advice on how to create a COVID Safety Toolkit for your premises Unfortunately, COVID-19 is still with us, and will remain with us for the medium term at least. This means facilities managers ...

Mark Griffiths, Head of Business Development at Adler and Allan, discusses the importance of evaluating your assets in preparation for upcoming legislative reform to red diesel. In the 2020 budget, the government announced that many sectors will lose their entitlement ...