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FM’s role in addressing mental ill health within the workplace

Mental Health UK’s Burnout Report revealed 91 per cent of workers report high or extreme levels of pressure or stress, with one in five needing to take time off in the last year. Mental Health Awareness Week takes place 11 ...

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Stadium winner

Mark Humphreys, CEO of property and construction consultancy Airey Miller, shares his views on why stadiums are becoming FM-driven smart assets Football stadiums are no longer single-use venues. They are complex, operational estates running seven days a week and they ...

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World FM Day: Cultivating belonging through the built environment – lessons from healthcare FM at scale

Facilities management has always played a critical – if often understated – role in shaping how people experience the built environment. In healthcare especially, FM professionals are central to safety, wellbeing, productivity and dignity, both for patients and for the ...

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World FM Day: Cultivating belonging for prison leavers

On World FM Day, Jamie Canter, Head of Learning and Inclusion, SBFM makes the case that tackling the FM sector’s recruitment crisis and breaking the cycle of reoffending are the same challenge, which the industry is well placed to solve. Today ...

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World FM Day: Cultivating inclusivity through built environments

By Helen Longfils, Group Director, Social Value, Mitie Belonging is an increasingly important feature of a successful workplace. When people feel valued, supported and connected, they are more engaged, more confident in their roles, and more likely to stay. Yet ...

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Simpler Recycling review

Marking a year since Simpler Recycling came into effect, Martyn Hodgkinson, Senior Manager, Brand Commercialisation EMEA at Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) explains how to review progress to unlock capability Simpler Recycling, which came into effect last year, is designed to ...

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Clean Air Acts

Jeff Charlton, Environmental Hygienist and Principal Consultant at Building Forensics explains why a specialist approach is required to secure safe ventilation in buildings Indoor air quality has become one of the most discussed issues in modern facilities management. Yet many ...

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Retail vision

Nick Atkinson, Managing Director and Kris Brown, Senior Operations Manager, Atlas Retail describe the specialist expertise required in providing FM services to the retail sector Atlas FM recently announced the formation of a new specialist FM Retail business delivering cleaning, ...

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Ready for action

Anthony Coo, Head of Product Marketing, UK & Ireland Quadient says organisations need to move beyond awareness and into action to prepare for Martyn’s Law Martyn’s Law, named after Martyn Hett, one of the 22 people killed in the Manchester ...

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Clerkenwell calling

Clerkenwell Design Week 2026 is just around the corner and boasts a programme full of specially curated events for its fifteenth anniversary. Madeleine Ford presents a preview of what’s to come The 19-21 of May 2026 marks the 15th anniversary ...

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