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 […]
Industry Spotlight: EMCOR UK’s technology expansion and dynamic mentoring programme…
Since I started working for EMCOR UK as an apprentice 30 years ago, technology has radically changed the way EMCOR UK does things, directly benefiting the company’s employees and the work performed for clients. For example, in 2015 we introduced the EMCOR UK Mobile Management Application – a unique asset maintenance tool for engineers available […]
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 services… Let the client […]
BIFM collaborates with employer groups on apprenticeship standards development…
The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) is working closely with employer groups in a bid to create new standards for apprenticeships in the industry that include both degree apprenticeships at Bachelor’s and Master’s level, as well as supervisor and manager levels. In theory, the industry body claims new apprenticeship standards will provide companies with the opportunity to employ apprentices at all levels, from senior management to strategic and operations. With 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, Mitie’s property management business, Mitie Property Services, has announced a partnership deal with the construction training experts, Geason Training to administer an NVQ Level 2 Trailblazer Apprenticeship in Property Maintenance. The programme, which runs for […]
NG Bailey further invests in specialist energy services…
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 ‘central operations’ centre. The new centre, which claims to offer support to the company’s specialist team by merging the existing facilities management, IT and engineering […]
Brexit vote behind confidence dip in energy efficiency…
The latest EEVS & Bloomberg report has suggested that supplier confidence in the energy efficiency sector has fallen to its lowest point in five years; detailing a combination of supplier order books, sales prices, government action and staffing levels had experienced an overall confidence fall to (-) 38 points for the second quarter (Q2) of 2016. This follows a decline of 21 points in the previous quarter to (-) 4; the […]
