Cathy Spears - 23.09.2021
What Design Features Does Your Livery Yard Need?
The design of equestrian facilities is an important but often overlooked aspect of start-up planning for stables designed for paying customers.
Cathy Spears - 23.09.2021
Investing in Commercial Real Estate
Despite a tail-off in demand for commercial real estate during the Covid-19 pandemic, the asset class is expected to return to growth rates similar to those of the last decade within five years.
Cathy Spears - 16.09.2021
How the Environment is Changing Our Relationship with Plastic
Planning and outsourcing non-core activities are essential for entrepreneurs seeking to grow smaller businesses.
Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) - 13.09.2021
A Cautionary Tale
The Business Sprinkler Alliance comments on a recent fire at an unsprinklered warehouse in Coventry in the United Kingdom which was attended by ten fire engines and 70 firefighters.
Karen Trigg - 13.09.2021
Closing the Fire Door Safety Gap
Fire safety doesn’t happen by chance but requires vigilance and an organisation-wide commitment to staff training, according to Karen Trigg, Allegion UK (South East) business development manager.
Cathy Spears - 09.09.2021
Creating a Stable Business Structure
Planning and outsourcing non-core activities are essential for entrepreneurs seeking to grow smaller businesses.
David Smith - 02.09.2021
Beware the Long Arm of PIPL
David Smith, a Partner with The Lawyer "Top 100" firm JMW Solicitors, explains why China's recently introduced data protection legislation matters to the UK and European property sector. JMW...
CINTEC International - 30.08.2021
Fire Resistant Anchors
Following a series of highly publicised losses of life to fire in refurbished buildings, Cintec International provides guidance on the importance of fire resistant remedial anchors and reinforcements.
MO Agency - 30.08.2021
Protect Your Business By Investing In The Future
As businesses in the United Kingdom reinvent and reposition themselves for the Next Normal, many once-accepted commercial certainties are giving way to a new reality.
Staffcircle Ltd - 30.08.2021
The Importance of Performance Management In Business
Understanding employee performance management as a function of talent management is essential for businesses wishing to maximise workforce productivity and engagement.
Charlie Walker - 24.08.2021
Throw-away Lines
Charlie Walker, head of marketing at fulfilment operator Walker Logistics, comments on recent news coverage of excessive wastage of unsold stock in the UK by online retailer Amazon.
Wessex Site Inspection - 20.08.2021
Why a New Approach to Construction Defect Minimisation is Imperative
Defective construction is estimated to cost the UK construction industry at least £20 billion annually in direct and indirect charges.
Diversey Holdings - 13.08.2021
Controlling Food Service Cleaning Costs
Diversey provides guidance to catering and food service businesses on managing Covid-19 related increases in food hygiene and cleaning costs.
Samir Gulati - 13.08.2021
Managing Blended Workforces for Effective Facility Management
Samir Gulati, chief product officer at ServicePower, explains how digital service management platforms are helping the FM sector implement hybrid working post-Covid-19.
Mitch Klein - 13.08.2021
Smart Multi-Dwelling Units: What Facility Managers Need to Know
Mitch Klein, executive director of The Z-Wave Alliance - an industry initiative to promote Z-Wave as the global standard for interoperability, considers the impact of smart building technology on...
Cathy Spears - 11.08.2021
Understanding AI
With artificial intelligence transforming the operation of business across industries, managers of all levels are flocking to understand how the technology can be deployed in their organisation.
Jeremy Harrison - 30.07.2021
Keeping Compliance on the Menu
Jeremy Harrison, managing director of MSL Property Care Services, explains why the UK's hospitality sector needs to pay attention to facility compliance following the lifting of lockdown restrictions.
Cathy Spears - 19.07.2021
Working in the Food Industry
Opening a restaurant or food processing business can be very rewarding but usually requires compliance with a host of regulatory and food safety requirements.
Valpy Fitzgerald - 16.07.2021
Beware of Power Purchase Agreements
Valpy Fitzgerald explains why hidden charges are derailing promises of higher purchase prices for businesses supplying energy into the UK's National Grid under power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Allegion Plc - 16.07.2021
Sustainable Ironmongery: Why Product Life Cycle Really Matters
Sustainability is set to play an increasingly important role in ironmongery, as in other sectors where it is driving discussion globally.
Stacey Lucas - 15.07.2021
Making Sense of Particulate Matter
Stacey Lucas explains how a technology used to protect building users during the Covid-19 pandemic is also used to monitor CO2 levels in indoor air.
Steven Dunn - 15.07.2021
Covid-19: Bringing Sustainable Improvements to Construction
Site manager Steven Dunn on Covid-19's positive legacy for construction site management.
Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) - 09.07.2021
Lessons from the Recent Fire at a Lancashire Primary School
A major fire at a school in Lancashire, North West England, has led to its closure and further disruption to students’ education in the run up to the summer holidays.
Chris Potts - 06.07.2021
Thermal Temperature Monitoring: Why Prevention is Better than Cure
Chris Potts, ANT Telecom marketing director, presents a case for the continued use of thermal imaging technologies in post-Covid-19 lockdown environments.
Cathy Spears - 05.07.2021
Why Virtual Events are Still the Best Choice this Summer
Despite the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in many countries, continuing concerns over safety continue to favour virtual events over in-person ones.
News Editor - 28.06.2021
Napier University Edinburgh Recognises Glass Czarina
The creative and entrepreneurial spirit of Indeglass founder Jeanette MacIntyre has been recognised by her induction into the University of Edinburgh's Hall of Fame.
Susan Cassells - 28.06.2021
IAQ and Occupational Health
Susan Cassells, business development manager for SOCOTEC’s Environment & Safety division, explains how improving indoor air quality can safeguard employees from occupational health concerns.
Paul Simpson - 23.06.2021
Creating a Better Built Environment with Information Sharing and Digital Twin Technology
Paul Simpson, Recticel Commercial Director, explains how digital design and building information modelling (BIM) are transforming roof insulation.
Rene Buhay - 22.06.2021
How AI is Enhancing the Business Meeting Experience
Rene Buhay, VP Sales and Marketing at AVer Europe, explains how artificial intelligence is being deployed to make meetings more effective.
Gareth Rondel - 21.06.2021
What you Need to Know About the Environment Bill
Gareth Rondel, Sustainability Lead at the Contractor Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS), explains why the UK's proposed Environment Bill will impact environmental governance of the built...