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International Women’s Day – Are women the future of the security industry?

The aspiration: ‘Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world’; the message for International Women’s Day, as groups across the globe come together today, on 8 March, to celebrate women’s achievements and #ChooseToChallenge with this year’s theme. Diversity and ...

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Breaking down barriers

Louie-Mae Gibson, Estate Director and Operations Board Member for Business balance at Knight Frank Promise (KFP) focusing on Women in Business, is using her considerable experience to fulfil a commitment to advancing the opportunities for women in property and FM ...

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Operational advantage

CAFM continues to help FMs meet the challenge of COVID, while the data produced can be harnessed for the future monitoring and wellbeing of buildings, assets and people. The experts tell us how PAUL BULLARD BUSINESS STRATEGY DIRECTOR, FSI In ...

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Data driven

Mark Scott, Head of Managed Services at Keysource tells Sara Bean why taking an FM approach to managing data centres brought huge benefits to a major city Police Service The COVID -19 crisis has led organisations to look at ways ...

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Driving change for a safer future

The Construction Products Association (CPA) has launched an industry-wide consultation into a new proposed Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI), to gather the views on the Code before it is formally launched later this year. The new Code addresses the ...

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Career Ladder talks to Tivoli Group’s Chief Operating Officer

Q: What first attracted you to working in FM, did you have much awareness of the profession? I initially trained as an accountant and was looking to relocate to the North West in 2000 when a position came up for ...

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Power of difference

Kate Cooper, Head of Research, Policy & Standards at The Institute of Leadership & Management discusses its recent research, ‘Workplace neurodiversity: the power of difference’(i) Writing in Business Insider(ii) recently, Bank of America’s Chief Information Security Officer Craig Froelich urged ...

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Green investment is key for the post-COVID world

Blog from Jason Knight, Managing Director, Ground Control While the latest COVID lockdown may seem like a setback, the UK can still recover from this pandemic, but we need plan for a post-COVID world. So, despite the huge spending on ...

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FM Clinic: Sustainability in FM

Sustainability is a huge priority for the FM sector, whether developing energy management strategies, increasing recycling or investing in renewables. But there is a broader definition of sustainability where FMs have the opportunity to deliver social value in providing a ...

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Mental wellbeing, whose role is it anyway?

Sarwat Tasneem, who combines an architectural background with expertise in behavioural change, explores the growing role FMs must play in safeguarding employee wellbeing By mid-October 2020, I had facilitated my 8th mental wellbeing coaching session online with a new client ...

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