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Apprentices are helping to build the future

9th February 2021
While the global pandemic has thrown up questions about the future of offices and workspaces, it’s also placed the importance of future-proofing workforces into sharp relief. 
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SIA consults on top-up training for door supervisors and security guards

3rd September 2020
This week the Security Industry Authority (SIA) is launching a public consultation on top-up training for SIA-licensed door supervisors and security guards. 
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BESA champions diversity with new academy

14th August 2020
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a redoubling of efforts to improve the diversity in engineering workforces to aid the UK’s economic recovery.
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Keeping calm to carry on

3rd August 2020
Empathy, emotional intelligence and other soft skills have become vital in how workplace and facilities managers deal with the needs of their teams and their end-users during the Covid-19 crisis, with uncertainty bringing these skills into sharp focus. Bradford Keen reports
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A broader spectrum

3rd August 2020
An understanding and appreciation of others’ perspectives, be they peers or subordinates, makes for the broadening gamut of skills required to be an effective workplace and facilities manager. Bradford Keen talks to sector specialists about the personal professional development and training necessary to ensure truly empathetic facilities service management.
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Covid-19 has ‘exacerbated’ skills gap

29th July 2020
The Covid-19 crisis exacerbated the existing skills gap in the building services sector, but also created new opportunities and accelerated potential solutions, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).
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Companies should provide ‘empathy training’ to support diversity

23rd July 2020
Organisations should provide empathetic training and educational tools to battle discrimination and support diversity, a IWFM webinar audience heard this week.
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View your apprentices as part of your succession planning

17th July 2020
Supporting young people through apprenticeship schemes should be part of any succession plan as we look to collectively rise from this crisis.
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Profile of typical FM is still man in 40s

9th July 2020
The dissertation of a student of facilities management at Sheffield Hallam University reveals that the profile of a ‘typical FM’ remains largely unchanged since 1999: a 45-year-old white man who fell into the profession.
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Serco takes wing with £20m MoD engineering support deal

2nd July 2020
International services company and defence specialist Serco has won a £20 million contract to provide aircraft engineering support and airfield services at Royal Naval Air Stations (RNAS) Yeovilton and Culdrose.
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SFMI outlines a sustainable ambition for FM sector

2nd July 2020
A white paper published by the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) provides FM organisations with a framework that can help propel them to leading sustainability status.
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Compass Group signs up to Race at Work Charter

1st July 2020
Food service business Compass Group UK & Ireland has signed up to the Race at Work Charter in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC).
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