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The temperature debate

What is the ideal office temperature in the UK and how does it compare to other less temperate regions of the world? Marina Vassilopoulos reports on behalf of PSG Global, an international provider of office-fit outs and relocation project management ...

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London Design Festival

The London Design Festival celebrated an impressive 20 years in 2022, with the usual mix of museum exhibits, installations, exhibition and talks programmes. Helen Parton reports Among the highlights of the festival was a thought-provoking discussion on the Power of ...

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Three stages to ensure your energy security

By Mike Sewell, Plan Zero Director, Mitie With the UK’s COP presidency handed over to Egypt and Britain’s record autumn temperatures make way for winter, the debate over energy security is heating up at home. At an international level, COP27 ...

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Lessons for the future

Bernard Crouch of IWFM Risings on helping young people into (FM & Workplace) employment When COVID-19 struck, students lost the opportunity of real work experience or face-to-face encounters with potential future employers. This put them at a disadvantage when attempting ...

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Training trends

Classroom, virtual or blended training? Dale Wardill, Client Manager, International Workplace on the results of a survey on the effects of COVID-19 on training strategy and how L&D has changed in response The pandemic has altered many things in our ...

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Ecolog International marks 20 years by reinforcing FM focus

The integrated services and support solutions global specialist celebrates two decades in business in 2022. While its portfolio encompasses a huge range of capabilities, its facilities management services are among those taking an especially prominent role at the dawn of ...

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With activism and disruptive demonstrations on the increase, security firm offers three key pieces of advice

By Iain Murphy, Director of Major Bids – Kingdom Services Group Businesses around the country are counting the costs from activist groups and their evolving techniques to disrupt national infrastructure and businesses. The threats can be physical – like the ...

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Using digital technology to manage wellbeing in the hybrid workplace

Given the widescale adoption of hybrid working, how FMs manage wellbeing at work can no longer be focused solely on the physical office environment. Given this change in workplace work patterns, how can FMs adapt their approach to safeguard employee ...

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Reinventing efficiency and sustainability with digital retrofitting

By Prabhu Ramachandran, CEO & Co-founder at Facilio Inc In a world that is barreling towards dwindling resources, higher energy costs, unprecedented carbon emissions and global warming, buildings are set to become the largest consumers of power by 2030. Sustainability ...

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The management of smoke vents or AOVs

Conor Logan, Colt’s Technical Director, with a guide to maintaining aov (automatic opening vent) maintenance An ‘AOV’ or ‘Automatic Opening Vent’ is a smoke or fire vent that will open and close automatically when triggered by a control system to ...

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