5+ hour, 20+ min ago  (315+ words) Global analytics and advisory firm Gallup has published its annual State of the Global Workplace 2026 report " and a drop in employee engagement levels for the second year in a row is one of its key findings. Globally, employee engagement fell…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (263+ words) The Clean Space is continuing its cleaning role at The Old Vic, one of London's most historic theatres, maintaining its alliance with the venue following recent considerable refurbishment and expansion works. The deal covers cleaning services across a mixed and…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (163+ words) Employees lose an average of 26 minutes of productive time each day due to noise disruption. This equates to more than three working weeks per year." The findings come from research by Oscar Acoustics, based on a survey of 2, 000 UK office…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (501+ words) Data-driven workforce deployment eliminates inefficiencies without deskilling people, says Colin Pepper is strategic project manager at JPC by Samsic. In many cleaning and FM conversations, "data-driven deployment" is misunderstood as a euphemism for workforce reduction." At The Bower in London's…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (10+ words) Major drive to reclassify assault crimes on security workers'Facilitate Magazine...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (271+ words) Maintenance costs are set to rise 15% over the five years to Q4 2030, as measured by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) All-in Maintenance Cost Indices." Cleaning costs are expected to rise by 23% over the same period, driven by increasing labour costs....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (427+ words) The government has announced a "70 million funding package to tackle the perturbing shortages in vital building safety professions " an issue that has persistently been holding back housing delivery across the UK. At its core, the investment to be made by…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (447+ words) Facilities managers responsible for commissioning fire risk assessments are set to face stricter expectations when verifying competence, as the government moves toward formal regulation of the profession, according to Dr Gavin Dunn, chief executive of the Fire Protection Association (FPA)....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (175+ words) Mears Group has secured a new five-year contract with Leeds City Council, worth around "18. 5 million annually, for maintenance of the council's housing portfolio in west Leeds." The deal includes the option to extend for another five years. Starting in October,…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (195+ words) The British Standards Institute (BSI) is inviting comments from interested parties on the draft of its upcoming BS 8703 Facilities Management " Development of a workplace strategy. Produced by BSI's FMW/1 " Facilities Management committee, the nascent standard is designed to provide guidance…...