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Positive signs of stabilisation for the workplace sector as we head into 2024 and beyond

Office fit-out and refurbishment specialist, BW: Workplace Experts, has published its latest, workplace market insights (Q3 and Q4) showing an evolving but positive picture over the last six months of the year and into 2024. Ongoing challenges around rising costs ...

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IWFM unveils 2023 Impact Awards winners

The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) has announced the winners of its IWFM Impact Awards 2023. From boosting the Wales Millennium Centre’s energy efficiency to fostering diversity and inclusion among young people, 2023’s IWFM Impact Awards witnessed a ...

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Office reset

The world of work may be changing but the physical office is here to stay, it’s up to us how we use it, writes Sam Addison, Head of Project Management at Colliers real estate The global pandemic necessitated, and accelerated, ...

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HSE workplace fatality statistics: Have we reached a dangerous safety plateau?

HSE’s fatal injury statistics for 2022 to 2023 suggest that workplaces are no safer than in 2016, says Nick Wilson, Director of Health and Safety at WorkNest According to the most recent data from the HSE a total of 135 ...

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Research confirms link between office transformation and workplace satisfaction

New research has found that companies that have made a change to their offices and way of working since the pandemic have a 17 per cent higher satisfaction score among employees than those that haven’t. The report titled ‘Great Adaptations ...

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New report shows a cross-functional approach is needed for FM

Global worktech company, Eptura has published the second edition of its quarterly Workplace Index which reveals employees rank socialisation and collaboration as the top motivator to work from the office.  The index analyses building use, asset data, and behavioural insights to ...

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Neurodiverse individuals prefer ‘person-first’ language in the workplace

Exceptional Individuals, the UK’s first employment agency for the neurodiverse community, conducted The Exceptional Individuals Language Consultation Report to highlight the need for inclusive language when referring to neurodiverse individuals within the workplace. The survey revealed that 75 per cent ...

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HSE publishes latest workplace fatality figures

According to the latest figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 135 workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain in the last year. The annual data release published by the HSE, Great Britain’s workplace regulator, covers ...

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AstraZeneca creates a wellbeing-first work environment

The global, science-led biopharmaceutical company has installed the latest generation of living walls from Finnish indoor nature technology company, Naava, as part of the workplace-wellbeing-first design of its new relocated offices to the business and innovation hub of Espoo’s Keilaniemi ...

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Research finds FMs have an increasing role in worker and workplace emissions reporting and reduction initiatives

A new study commissioned by climate tech firm, Mobilityways, of facilities managers working for large UK companies employing more than 500 staff, found that 74 per cent of their firms had already started reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions linked to ...

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