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First female FM wins top Middle East awardFawzeia Hamad Al Marzouqi, an FM manager with the Emirati government's facilities services division, has become the first woman to win FM of the Year at the Facilities Management Middle East Awards in Dubai. 18 June 2013
Mandatory greenhouse gas reporting on the wayPublicly quoted companies should get ready for mandatory greenhouse gas reporting as soon as the next financial reporting year ends, the government said. 17 June 2013
HSE fines school after climbing wall injuryAn Essex high school has been fined for safety failings after a 14-year-old boy fell more than four metres from a climbing wall. 14 June 2013
BICSc backs call for healthcare cleaning qualificationsStan Atkins, chief executive of the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc), has backed a call for national qualifications for cleaners working in the healthcare sector. 14 June 2013
Think Tank: FMs ill-prepared for power cutsOnly 8 per cent of respondents to the latest FM 100 Think Tank poll believed that half or more of FMs were very well prepared to meet a power shortage. 14 June 2013
Call for NHS cleaners to have own qualificationsThe outgoing chair of the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP) said hospital cleaners for the NHS should have their own professional qualifications if cleanliness standards are to be raised. 13 June 2013
ThinkFM: strategic FM needs strategic commsOrganisations create strategies that eventually fall apart because few people know about them, talk about them or act upon them in a co-ordinated way. 12 June 2013
ThinkFM: the reality behind 'partnerships'No matter what cynics say, true business partnerships exist, although they won't and don't last forever, said David Howorth at Monday's ThinkFM conference. 12 June 2013
Procuring FM a question of valueDemonstrating value for money in the procurement of facilities management (FM) services is one of the toughest challenges facing experts in the field. 12 June 2013
BIM4FM creates online discussion groupThe BIM4FM group has created an online discussion group to stimulate the conversation around the engagement of facilities managers, owners and occupiers in Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Government Soft Landings (GSL). 12 June 2013
Group consults global FM industry on new guidanceA working group led by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and consisting of representatives from the BIFM and CoreNet Global's UK Chapter, is calling on FM professionals worldwide to help shape a new 'strategic facilities management guidance note'. 12 June 2013
ThinkFM: Beware the tigerThe tiger roars at the very moment you can make a difference to the business, explained Jim Lawless, in his key note speech at yesterday's ThinkFM conference. 11 June 2013
ThinkFM: The board is human, tooKnocking on the boardroom door is only the fist step toward success. The second step is convincing them you have the solution to the company's problem, said Debra Ward, managing director, Mitie Client Services. 11 June 2013
BIM useful, but not the Holy GrailThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened three consultations, including one on the control of legionella in water systems. 10 June 2013
BSRIA chief warns of surge in power shortagesAndrew Eastwell story 04 June 2013

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