The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) and BAM FM have officially launched the full open-source guidance for both FM Providers and in-house FM team to measure and engage on business carbon emissions. SFMI and BAM FM, who announced their partnership ...
Read More »Cleaning & FM industry honoured at 2022 Golden Service Awards
The elite of the cleaning and FM industry were recognised at the 2022 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards for their outstanding excellence and commitment to deliver performances that continually raise standards – through unprecedented challenging times. Created over 30 years ...
Read More »UK FM sector not doing enough about planetary and personal wellbeing
The FM sector is not taking a strategic approach or taking enough specific action to address its responsibilities towards the wellbeing being of individuals and the planet as a whole, argues VINCI Facilities in its latest white paper report. VINCI ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »The driving seat
The FM sector will drive a green recovery says Simon King, Mitie’s Director of Sustainability and Social Value The UK Government recently announced its ten-point plan for a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’, a major milestone in the nation’s race to net ...
Read More »IWFM launches new social value measurement framework
The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) has partnered with the Social Value Portal and National Social Value Taskforce to develop a new measurement framework . Designed specifically for the workplace and facilities management profession, the National TOMs Facilities Management ...
Read More »Pattenmakers opens nominations for 2021 Young Manager Award
Livery company the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers has opened nominations for its annual Young Manager Award. A unique career development opportunity, the award is open to managers aged 21-32 working in the FM sector, and there is no cost to ...
Read More »Facilities Management Survey 2020
Over the past six months the FM sector has worked hard to meet the challenges of dealing with the effects of the Covid-19 crisis; from supporting office based staff who’ve switched to working from home to mobilising operatives offering front ...
Read More »Up and running
We talked to industry experts about what FMs need to do to get buildings ready for the post COVID-19 world Never before in the FM sector have priorities changed so quickly. In February and March it was all about exiting ...
Read More »Managing in a crisis
Blog from Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities It’s not often that a blog literally writes itself but as we have heard almost incessantly over the last few days, these are unprecedented times. The news moves so quickly that whilst ...
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