The third annual Business Confidence Monitor Middle East, conducted by BIFM in partnership with i-FM.net and FM EXPO, shows a consistently positive outlook and steady growth within the FM industry, with some key challenges ahead. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/broadly-positive-outlook-for-fm-industry-in-middle-east/ News from FM World
Year: 2017
Minister presses large firms to come clean over workplace diversity
Business minister Margot James has urged the UK’s largest companies to increase transparency about the diversity of their workforce ahead of the first meeting of the new Business Diversity and Inclusion Group. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/minister-presses-large-firms-to-come-clean-over-workplace-diversity/ News from FM World
Interserve awarded five-year, £90m deal with DfT
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has won a five-year contract worth £90 million to provide total facilities management services for the Department for Transport (DfT). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/interserve-awarded-five-year-90m-deal-with-dft/ News from FM World
Incentive FM buys WES Group to bolster its Tec division
Incentive FM Group, the leading independent facilities services company, has acquired a third M&E business in a move to increase the geographical reach, scale and range of its Incentive Tec business. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/incentive-fm-buys-wes-group-to-bolster-its-tec-division/ News from FM World
IWBI launches Community Standard to fortify health and well-being
The International WELL Building Institute has launched a new Community Standard. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/iwbi-launches-community-standard-to-fortify-health-and-well-being/ News from FM World
Property guardians should adhere to a mandatory standard
A standard to ensure that property guardians operate to the minimum level of requirement should become mandatory, the London Assembly Housing Committee heard this week. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/property-guardians-should-adhere-to-a-mandatory-standard/ News from FM World
Indigo UK remains as car parking manager at Cardiff uni
Cardiff Metropolitan University has awarded a five-year deal for car park management with Indigo UK. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/indigo-uk-remains-as-car-parking-manager-at-cardiff-uni/ News from FM World
Ashridge secures three-year deal with APAM UK
Security company Ashridge Group has won a three-year security guarding contract with property asset management company APAM UK at its multiple sites across the UK. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/ashridge-secures-three-year-deal-with-apam-uk/ News from FM World
10-minute walk a day can reduce risk of early death
Ten minutes of brisk walking during your lunch break could add years to your life, according to research from Public Health England. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/10-minute-walk-a-day-can-reduce-risk-of-early-death/ News from FM World
NHS Property Services makes two senior appointments
NHS Property Services has announced two senior appointments to its executive team. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/nhs-property-services-makes-two-senior-appointments/ News from FM World