Is the conference dead?
03/12/2012
Over the past 25 years or so I must have been to at least 150 conferences, that’s not counting all the seminars, workshops, roundtables and …
Getting the right FM recruitment consultant
19/02/2013
Adelphine Williams offers advice to FMs looking for a new job on picking the best FM recruitment agencies for you and working successfully with them …
Renovation nation
21/03/2013
The consensus on the Budget appears to be that the Chancellor had very few options. With growth forecasts downgraded yet again, borrowing up and the …
Agile working at Unilever – video interviews
24/04/2013
I recently visited Unilever’s London office to talk with Michelle Pattison and Jacobina Plummer about agile working … https://vimeo.com/63998368
Cathy Hayward appointed interim editor of FMJ
11/06/2013
Cathy Hayward, managing director of Magenta Associates, has taken on the interim editorship of FMJ magazine. The news follows the departure of FMJ’s former editor, …
Taming the tigers at ThinkFM
13/06/2013
“The tiger is the thing that stops us. The voices of self-doubt that talk us out of our bold action.” So said Jim Lawless, the …
Magenta publishes research into social media use in FM
17/06/2013
Magenta has published exclusive research into how the facilities management sector uses social media as a communications tool. Based on the academic research Magenta MD …
Marianne to Sing for Water for WaterAid
09/09/2013
Magenta consultant Marianne Halavage is taking part in Sing for Water to raise money for WaterAid, the charity dedicated to providing safe domestic water, sanitation …
IFMA World Workplace 2013 Day One
03/10/2013
IFMA World Workplace 2013 opened in Philadelphia yesterday with a controversial change of keynote format and a party in a museum. Cathy Hayward reports on …
RICS going for FM gold
05/11/2013
Last night the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) took the gloves off in its battle with the other professional bodies to represent facilities management …