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FMs identify mental health as their biggest challenge in new report

  A survey of 750 European facility management professionals by MRI Software, a global leader in real estate software solutions, reveals that mental health is the biggest challenge they face, with 39 per cent pinpointing it as a critical issue. ...

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Six key management skills for Facilities Management Heroes – and one skill to rule them all…

For those more visually inclined, this article is based on a video on the Xenon Group YouTube channel – you can watch it here When you tell people that you work in Facilities Management, what do they think you mean? ...

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FMs of the future

James Deeley, Senior Business Manager at Boden Group discusses the importance of employers and recruitment experts acting together to address an FM talent shortage and help secure the future of the sector The Facilities Management industry is set to grow ...

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Change architects

CJ Green, Co-Founder of BraveGoose and Co-Creator of CleverGoose HR Advice Technology, on why FMs are the architects of workplace change The disciplines of human resources and facilities management are increasingly becoming blurred in organisations, primarily because we are now ...

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The return to work: Preparing for facilities management in the age of COVID-19

By Craig Greenhalgh, Research Analyst at Comparesoft There is no doubt that the outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the way we do things. From managing health and safety to how we interact with each other. In a short space of ...

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Home working lessons for FMs

Blog from Tim Oldman, Founder and CEO, Leesman How ironic. Facilities management spent years distancing itself from cleaning and janitorial services, casting these out as undervalued, commoditised and margin-less activities, in favour of the sparkly lights of workplace management. Then, ...

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Signed, sealed, delivered

Entering into contractual arrangements for the supply of services is an everyday occurrence for facilities managers and FM service providers – even when they don’t realise it. Too often people mistakenly believe that there is no binding contract in place ...

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We must learn lessons from Grenfell

The golden thread of information must improve transparency and drive collaboration between project partners to make our buildings safer says James Connolly, Head of Partnerships at eviFile Today (14 June) marks the second anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire – ...

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