Year: 2018

Seventy-three per cent of British people say an unpleasant smell in the washroom would negatively influence their perception of a venue. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/smelly-washrooms-damage-a-businesss-reputation/ News from FM World

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has announced that it will change its name to the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) and begin a process to become a chartered body. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/news-analysis/bifm-announces-plans-for-name-change-and-chartered-status/ News from FM World

The British Institute of Facilities Management will put forward a resolution to change its name to the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management. CEO Linda Hausmanis discusses the reasons behind this. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/news-analysis/the-workplace-and-bifms-future/ News from FM World

Cordant Cleaning has been awarded a contract to provide a range of specialist cleaning services across 560 locations belonging to The Riverside Group, a national housing association. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/cordant-cleaning-enters-housing-sector-with-riverside-deal/ News from FM World

Official figures released by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show that flammable cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower is still being used on buildings across the country. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/flammable-cladding-still-being-used-on-buildings/ News from FM World

A member of the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) will sit on an additional working group to advise Dame Judith Hackitt’s review into building safety after the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower last year. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/labc-to-play-role-in-hackitt-review-golden-thread-working-group/ News from FM World

Elior UK has been awarded a catering contract with The Famous Grouse Experience (The Edrington Group) at the historic Glenturret Distillery in Crieff, Perthshire. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/elior-uk-to-cater-for-the-famous-grouse-experience/ News from FM World

Facilities services company Pareto FM has achieved 77 per cent of significant organic growth building on the 300 per cent growth it had achieved the previous year. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/pareto-continues-significant-growth-by-77-in-fy3/ News from FM World

ISS UK has agreed to sell its landscaping business to Tivoli Group, backed by Sullivan Street Partners, although the deal is pending approval. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/iss-poised-to-sell-its-landscaping-business/ News from FM World

A survey of 1,000 office workers across the UK suggests an average employee spends 10 hours and 42 minutes each week preparing for and attending 4.4 meetings, with 2.6 of those deemed unnecessary, costing the UK’s 5.4 million businesses about £191 billion a year. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/unnecessary-meetings-cost-191bn-a-year/…