The UK built environment is losing more than £740,000 a year due to fragmented efforts to improve gender equity, according to a landmark new report that calls for urgent sector-wide coordination. The study published by Building People CIC and Women ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Engineering-led facilities management workplaces services provider, EMCOR UK, which is now part of OCS, has been accredited as a Trailblazing Employer in the Proud Employers Accreditation Scheme. The scheme is run by leading LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall. It benchmarks employers against ...

Workplace caterer, Genuine Dining, is making a long-term, intentional investment in social value, embedding inclusive employment, purpose, and impact across the business, with the launch of  ‘The Bridge’, an employment programme designed to create meaningful opportunities for people with learning ...

Bellrock has been named in the latest Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List. The company has been recognised for its commitment to enlightened employment practice at all levels. The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers is a definitive list of UK-based ...

Michael Fildes-Peace, Managing Director for Circles, Sodexo’s premium workplace experience and employee engagement service, has been named on the INvolve global Outstanding Executives Role Model List. The list showcases leaders who are breaking down barriers at work and smashing the ...

The latest WIHTL & Diversity in Retail (DiR) annual report, launched at last week’s WIHTL & DiR Inclusion Summit, shows continued progress on gender representation across the Hospitality, Travel and Leisure (HTL) sector – but also warns of a decline ...

Dubai Airports, the operator of Dubai International (DXB), has enlisted Paralympian Jessica Smith, disability rights expert Fatma Al Jassim, and the advocacy foundation, Team AngelWolf as strategic advisors, in a move to make the airport the most inclusive and accessible ...