Strategic thinking
One of the characteristics of a profession, particularly in recent times, is constant self-examination and redefinition. Facilities management certainly does its fair share of soul …
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A new convenience store: from crime stories to stamps
When I first read that Scotland Yard was axing 65 police stations across London and setting police officers up in local Post Offices I thought …
Is the conference dead?
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 …
Inspired thought at WIFM conference
Yesterday’s inaugural BIFM Women in FM (#wifm) conference had it all – poetry, grand opera, Shakespeare, Disraeli, tears, laughter and great food. Held at Channel …
Cathy Hayward named deputy chair of the BIFM London region
Cathy Hayward, Magenta’s managing director, has been named joint deputy chair of the BIFM London region for the next 12 months. She will work with …
Silence at the back please!
On Monday night 1,200 of the best of the best of the facilities management sector will come to the Grosvenor House on London’s Park Lane …
The mother of all refurbs?
According to reports over the long weekend (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19386492) House of Commons officials have floated the idea of moving Parliament to a temporary home so that …
ThinkFM: back in the FM limelight
Ever since the BIFM annual conference moved from its collegiate homes of Oxford and Cambridge in 2009, it has lost its sparkle. But if last …
EFMC12 proves to be a Smörgåsbord of European facilities management
The food at last week’s EFMC 2012 neatly summed up the conference itself. Serrano ham and chorizo from Spain; Nordic coalfish; Italian salamis; Danish brie …
FM United?
UPS, the delivery company perhaps best known for its brown and gold vans and uniforms, has been running a marketing campaign for several months under …
