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Lucy Jeynes appointed first female chair of governors at South & City College Birmingham

Lucy Jeynes, a respected figure in the facilities management sector and founding Director of Leamington-based Larch Consulting, has been appointed Chair of Governors at South & City College Birmingham (SCCB). Over a 35-year FM career, Jeynes has advised major organisations ...

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Beyond control

James Massey, Managing Director for Facilities Management at MRI Software explains why the future of facilities lies in intelligent energy and building management In the modern built environment, the pressure on facilities managers has never been greater. Rising energy costs, ...

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Consumer experience economy continues to influence real estate decisions, finds JLL survey

JLL’s 2025 Global Consumer Experience Survey reveals how shifting spatial experience preferences are poised to reshape the built environment. The global survey of 12,000 consumers across 19 markets and 64 cities uncovers that while consumers are increasingly drawn to AI-enabled ...

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BESA warns overheating is now a critical building safety issue

With the UK set to record its warmest summer on record, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for urgent action to tackle the growing number of buildings that overheat. The Association says the rising number of deaths linked ...

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Practical path to decarbonisation

Tom Garrigan, Executive Director at BSRIA says combining accurate building data with occupant insights can deliver retrofit programmes that are evidence-based, cost-effective, and resilient With 85 per cent of the buildings that will be in use by 2050 already built, ...

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Built environment professionals back standardised product LCAs as confidence in ‘green claims’ falters

A new sector-wide study reveals overwhelming support for clearer sustainability standards in the UK’s built environment – with 86 per cent of professionals calling for mandatory Lifecycle Assessments (LCAs) on products to cut through confusion and rebuild trust. The figure, ...

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UK office buildings are wasting the equivalent of a year’s CO2 from over 3,470 homes in a single day

New analysis calls for urgent attention to building performance as inefficient systems overheat both offices and the planet. As heatwaves push UK temperatures above 30°C, new analysis by building analytics platform Demand Logic reveals that operational inefficiencies in UK office ...

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CROSS-UK named as the official voluntary occurrence reporting system for building safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in its role as the Building Safety Regulator(BSR), has appointed CROSS-UK (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures) as the official voluntary reporting system for structural and fire safety until at least 2028. As part of ...

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92% Internal Rates of Return hidden in ‘Boring’ Buildings finds new report

Retrofitting everyday commercial properties – often overlooked in favour of high-profile, flagship projects – can generate extraordinary returns, according to a new report from Building Atlas. Entitled ‘The Beauty in ‘Boring’ Buildings: the business case for retrofit beyond flagship assets’ ...

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Operational excellence

CIBSE’s Measuring Performance and Facilities Management 2025 Conference brought together leading voices from across the built environment to explore the evolving landscape of building performance. Madeleine Ford reports CIBSE’s Measuring Performance and Facilities Management Conference, held on June 19, centred ...

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