British Institute of Facilities Management

Martin Bell FIWFM has been appointed as the next chairman of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM). Bell has worked in the FM profession since the age of 20, when he took his first job as facilities co-ordinator at Nortel, before embarking on…

OCS has extended its contract to deliver security guarding and emergency helipad response services at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool – a contract the business has held since 2011. The new agreement was awarded to OCS after a rigorous re-tender process and keeps the…

OCS has been awarded a five-year multi-service contract with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as part of the Government department’s integrator service delivery model. The model services the MoJ, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Department for Education, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government…

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has launched its UK FM Business Confidence Monitor 2018. Produced in partnership with Barclays and i-FM, the Business Confidence Monitor offers a unique insight into buoyancy across the FM industry and evaluations of current thinking and attitudes at…

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has the potential to deliver significant benefits to the facilities management industry. That’s according to the results of a new survey published by the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM). The FM Awareness of Building Information Modelling Survey, developed in partnership with…

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has moved to set out its strategic priorities for the facilities management (FM) sector following the General Election. Accounting for around 7% of the UK’s GDP, the health of the wider FM industry has a major impact on…

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), the professional body for facilities management (FM), has launched the findings from its Facilities Management Business Confidence Monitor 2017 in partnership with i-FM and Barclays. The survey of professionals from the FM sector in the UK finds that 62% describe…

As part of National Apprenticeship Week 2017, international FM solutions provider OCS Group has announced that the business is launching a new apprenticeship programme here in the UK which will aim to recruit up to 900 apprentices in its first 12 months of operation. From 6…

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has now incorporated Building Information Modelling (BIM) into the Facilities Management Professional Standards to reflect the growing impact it has on the working practices of FM professionals. The addition follows a BIFM survey which revealed that 85% of…

Sodexo has seen the first five employees graduate from its British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)-accredited training programme. The Sodexo IFM Academy achieved recognition from the BIFM two years ago, and was viewed as a step forward in Sodexo’s development as a recognised BIFM Centre of…