Guest Blog, Brian Londsale: The current status of energy efficiency

Energy efficiency is now beginning to enter the minds of consumers and businesses alike. Whether the carbon footprint in your home or the use of travel to and from your workplace, the need to raise awareness and take action is gaining traction. Simple ways in which to do so include: Cost-cutting initiatives of the 1970s […]

Forum News: 5 successful negotiation tips to implement at industry events…

Making the most of any time spent out of the office, and ensuring the meetings you partake in are as effective as possible, involves the expert ability of negotiation, which can make the difference between triumph and disappointment with what you set out to achieve. Look, Listen & Learn: If you talk too much, you […]

Heathrow Airport awards Balfour Beatty with £170 million deal…

The international infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty, has announced that it has been awarded a £170 million deal by Heathrow Airport in a bid to modernise its baggage handling process. Awarded through the Heathrow Airport Limited Delivery Integrator Framework project, to which Balfour Beatty was appointed in 2014, the deal will involve the installation and upgrade of Heathrow’s baggage screening and handling systems at […]

IFMA and RICS collaborate in celebration of World FM Day…

Further to the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) collaboration — which was announced in April of this year — both parties have publicly continued to commend the approximate 25 million facilities management (FM) professionals around the world for the variety of fundamental roles they play. Consistent with the ‘Empowering people for a productive world,’ theme of this year’s World […]

FM and Sports & Leisure Forums join LIW for ‘forward-thinking’ partnership…

It has been announced that the Facilities Management Forum and the Sports & Leisure Forum will support the Facilities Management Education Stream at Leisure Industry Week (LIW) on September 20-21. The education programme will be devoted to all aspects of the design and layout of a leisure facility, and delegates will be able to leave with the […]