5 minutes with… Chris Moriarty
29/03/2019
In November 2018, the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) officially rebranded into the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM). The professional body had …
5 mins with Sunil Shah
05/11/2019
In Magenta’s latest ‘5 Minutes With…’ feature, the team sat down with Sunil Shah, director of Acclaro Advisory, the company behind Sustainable Facilities Management Index …
LONG READ: Magenta’s 2020 anti-vision
07/01/2020
2020 is here yet some small part of me could be convinced that it is still decades from now. This might have something to do …
Seven top tips on communicating your office relocation
22/01/2020
Everyone loves a new office. Shiny new furniture. A brand new coffee machine. A new area to explore at lunch-time. But an office move can …
Stay safe on World FM Day
13/05/2020
This isn’t the World FM Day that anyone expected. The theme planned for this year’s international celebration of facilities management, ‘Celebrating our environment’, feels secondary to …
How can PR save the planet?
22/04/2021
PR and communications can play a pivotal role in saving the planet. That sounds like a grandiose claim, so let me explain why it makes …
How to write a press release
17/06/2021
Journalists receive hundreds of press releases every day. As a PR professional, I’m responsible for writing many of them. As a former trade media editor, …
Magenta newsletter summer 2021 – industry update
28/07/2021
For the Magenta newsletter summer 2021, I’ve compiled a short update on workplace and FM. With the worst of the pandemic over, companies are beginning …
Industry insight – same but different
02/12/2021
This time last year, things looked bleak. There was no vaccine. Covid-19 cases were on the rise again after a summer lull. Much of the …
A round-up of built environment events in 2021
09/12/2021
It’s been a strange year for industry events. With the pandemic causing so much uncertainty, organisers have had to cancel or postpone conferences and trade …