Last week I stayed at a hotel in London the night before I was due to run a workshop for a client. All was going well until I came back to the hotel about 8.45pm to be told ‘don’t use the lift, there’s no power’. The chap at reception was…
At my school everyone in my year at the moment has to do a week of work experience. I chose to do my work experience at Kentish and Co, they are a training and development company. The company is run by my aunt and uncle. On the Monday we travelled…
The Vltava river, Karluv bridge, Staromestske sq, Malostranske sq, Astronomical clock and Prazsky castle, all reasons enough to visit the Czech capital, Prague. But when I discovered the annual European Facilities Management Conference (EFMC) was being held in the city this year, I thought of a better reason to make…
A mortgage broker was helping me with my remortgage at home. My wife and I are a pretty complicated mortgaging case (we’d make a good case study in the Sunday papers, I wonder why they haven’t called…?). We’re both self-employed, so no two years’ income are ever the same; and…
Whilst I take a short breather over a cool glass of wine on a Sunday evening, I reflect on the previous week’s events in my role as a mother whose recent work-life was within FM. In both roles I have facilitated my client currently my partner (and service user children)…
Does it exist? We all know that meetings are an inevitably important part of running a business (and this shouldn’t be underestimated), but we also know that it can be difficult to focus and work effectively when you’re swamped with meetings that over-run. There are various apps to improve your…
Top tips from people in your industry who have been there and done it! Be ready for anything! Also, remember 100 years from now, will the big problem in front of you matter? FM by nature is fire fighting, and so it is important to take some time to step…
Top tips from people in your industry who have been there and done it! Joe Selby said recently on the IFMA Listserve: Find out what measures your CEO uses to determine whether or not the company is meeting its own internal goals monthly, quarterly and annually. Look at what aspects…
Top tips from people in your industry who have been there and done it! It’s difficult to give a precise top tip, because of the breadth of Facilities management. Know your facility down to every last nook and cranny would be one, make sure your H&S maintenance is as impeccable…
Top tips from people in your industry who have been there and done it! It’s communication which plays an important role keeping effectiveness and efficiency in services at different client places, spread over a large geographical area. For our client this problem was resolved by a web based software application…
