26th & 27th January 2026
Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, London Heathrow
29th & 30th June 2026
Hilton Deansgate, Manchester

Guest Blog, Simon Field: Loud noises and preventing damage in the workplace…

When it comes to facilities management, it is not just the health and safety of your employees that you have to worry about, you also need to protect contractors and visitors. Due to the varied tasks taking place within the facilities management industry, one of the biggest dangers can be exposure to loud noises. Simon […]

Forum Insight: 5 top tips to closing big money deals…

There are a number of viable reasons as to why decision-makers across a broad range of sectors ultimately lose out on big money deals; many overlooking the simplest of techniques that can either make or break a business relationship. Here, we break down the fundamental tips to help you sell your servicesโ€ฆ Let the client […]

BIFM collaborates with employer groups on apprenticeship standards development…

Theย British Institute of Facilities Managementย (BIFM) is working closely with employer groups in a bidย to createย new standards for apprenticeships in the industryย that include bothย degree apprenticeships atย Bachelor’sย andย Master’sย level, as well asย supervisorย and manager levels. In theory, theย industry bodyย claims new apprenticeshipย standardsย will provide companiesย with the opportunityย to employย apprentices at all levels, from senior management to strategic and operations.ย Withย the facilities management (FM) supervisor […]

New trailblazer course provides Mitie employees with ‘upskilling’ opportunity…

As a result of a recent survey conducted in the first half of this year asking ‘its people’ on what improvements they would like to see in the workplace,ย Mitieโ€™s property management business,ย Mitie Property Services,ย has announced a partnership dealย with the construction training experts,ย Geason Trainingย to administerย an NVQ Level 2 Trailblazer Apprenticeship in Property Maintenance. Theย programme, which runsย for […]

NG Bailey further invests in specialist energy servicesโ€ฆ

According to reports, the independent facilities, engineering and IT services group, NG Bailey, has confirmed that it will continue to invest in its specialist energy services by introducing a dedicated โ€˜central operationsโ€™ centre. The new centre, which claims to offer support to the companyโ€™s specialist team by merging the existing facilities management, IT and engineering […]

Brexit vote behind confidence dip in energy efficiency…

The latestย EEVS & Bloombergย reportย has suggestedย that supplier confidence in the energy efficiency sector has fallenย to its lowest point in five years;ย detailing aย combination of supplier order books, sales prices, government action andย staffing levelsย hadย experiencedย anย overall confidence fall toย (-) 38 pointsย for the second quarter (Q2) ofย 2016. This follows a decline of 21 points in the previous quarter to (-) 4;ย the […]