For this month’s regular column on individual FM careers, we talked to one of the many front-line FM people working for our NHS.  Interserve Domestic Manager Vanessa Morrison runs a team of 219 people delivering catering and domestic services to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a range of challenges for businesses with many restrictions on normal operations. This includes difficulty of getting support from contractors in carrying out statutory inspections, examinations and tests of plant and equipment or the need ...

How do you manage unoccupied buildings during a lockdown? We talk to three FM specialists about the issues involved, including the role of technology, shutdown procedures and the impact on maintenance programmes For the majority, the world has gone into ...

Winners of this year’s CIBSE Building Performance Awards demonstrate how innovative engineering and focused post-occupancy involvement can deliver outstanding projects, says Sara Kassam, Head of Sustainability Development at CIBSE Renovation and renewal emerged as a key theme in this year’s ...

FMs will be faced with a range of procurement issues during the lockdown. David Richards, Chief Customer Officer, Bellrock, offers some advice on reviewing your supply chain, whether you need to identify a secondary supplier and how to source continuity ...

A range of FM thought leaders gave us their views on how the sector has reacted to the COVID-19 crisis and how it might respond in the weeks and months ahead. Sara Bean reports Over the last few weeks the ...

Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? I actually started out at SPIE in a temp role after I finished University. During that period, I made sure I spoke with various people in the organisation ...

With most of us WFH (Working from Home), Jo Sutherland, MD of Magenta Associates and IFMA UK Director offers some useful tips on maintaining good communications with colleagues and continuing our self-development The Coronavirus outbreak has been described as a ...

Blog from Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities It’s not often that a blog literally writes itself but as we have heard almost incessantly over the last few days, these are unprecedented times. The news moves so quickly that whilst ...

Jenny Cantrell, Business Manager of Facilities Management recruitment experts 300 North on why the FM sector needs to reach out to the school and student population to succession plan for the future With the current skills shortage in FM, largely ...