Research

The IWFM has published guidance with a building management systems firm to assist workplace and facilities professionals with improving the health of buildings.

Research from the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) warns that half (50 per cent) of UK workers are being pressured to return to unfit office spaces by their bosses.

The hospitality sector is a high-risk sector for labour abuse and exploitation, according to comprehensive new research by a research and policy body.

A new guide will be published by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) later this month to help facilities managers improve indoor air quality within the premises they look after, delegates at the Workplace Futures conference heard this week.

A reduced working week of 35 to 36 hours with no reduction in pay was an “overwhelming success” when trialled in Iceland, according to a report.

The public consultation process for part one of the new code of practice for digital management of fire safety information is now open until 22 August.

Mitie is collaborating with the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology, one of the world’s foremost authorities in criminology, to research retail crime.

The facilities management sector is "natural career match" for armed forces veterans, according to research by support services firm Mitie.

The UK will return to a five-day work week within two years, according to a think tank.

More than half (53 per cent) of office workers plan to work in the office and remotely from home, according to a survey by a flexible office provider.

Offices will see an increasing “hotelification” in post-pandemic life, according to the chief executive of a property landlord company.

ONS data details effects of 2020 working from home order