Patrick Martin, Co-Founder and Director of Sanaway explains why specifying matting correctly helps keeps employees safe, floors protected and reduces costs Companies have a legal obligation to safeguard their employees and visitors against workplace hazards under the Workplace (Health, Safety ...
Read More »Police reform and what it means for private security
By Russell Dean, Director of Operations, Bidvest Noonan Over recent days I’ve been reflecting on the major policing reforms announced by the Home Office, and discussing them with colleagues across our business. Having spent over eight years as a police ...
Read More »Mind the generation gap
At a keynote panel at Facilities & Estates Management Live, Lauren Stirling, Head of HR & People Development at Elior UK, chaired a discussion on the wellbeing of employees in a multigenerational workplace. Madeleine Ford reports The panel, which consisted ...
Read More »Sound & Vision
Ulysse Dormoy, Chief Executive Officer, Atrium explains why acoustic lighting is the hidden link to productivity and comfort in commercial buildings The modern workplace has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past decade, with open-plan offices, collaborative zones, flexible meeting ...
Read More »Anatomy lessons
Tawanda Majasi, Head of Facilities Management, Town Hall by Bottaccio, introduces his theory on the anatomy of the intelligent building The Facilities Management industry suffers from a profound strategic branding crisis: despite overseeing 70-80 per cent of all operational expenditure, ...
Read More »Predictive Advantage
Matt Kent, Director of Engineering, and Jessica Rauf-Thomas, Head of Operational Asset Management at EMCOR UK explain the risk-based maintenance approach that helped a national water utilities provider reduce planned maintenance time by 35 per cent Facilities management has long ...
Read More »From hype to discipline: The 7 new rules of Information Management in 2026
By Nigel Dews, Managing Director of Restore Information Management The story of 2026 is not about chasing the next breakthrough. Organisations aren’t abandoning innovation, but they are done with experimentation for its own sake. Big visions are being replaced by ...
Read More »Building services training
BMS Electrical Training has grown from a response to an industry shortage into a major provider of professional development in building services According to the 2025 UK Engineering and Technology skills survey by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), ...
Read More »Desirable destination
Front-of-house could be your most underused tool for recruitment and retention, making the office a destination, not just an obligation says Cheryl-Anne Cooper, Chief Daymaker at On Verve As businesses grapple with bringing their employees into the workplace, they need ...
Read More »Skating towards a circular future: Action drives environmental change
By John Twitchen, Founder at Stuff4Life Thirty years ago, as an Environmental Studies student at the University of Hertfordshire, I took part in an industry placement that changed my life. At the time, I didn’t realise digging trial pits on ...
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