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Workplace Week To Raise Money for Children in Need

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:06:10 +0000

Workplace Week is run by leading workplace consultants Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA). During the week, companies will open their doors and host visits to their offices during working hours; visits will earn money for charity.

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BIFM And FMA Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:54:27 +0000

The goal of the MoU is to help both organizations to provide enhanced services to their members and raise the profile of facilities management through cooperation and collaboration.

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BIFM Awards 2010 – Call for Entries

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:48:10 +0000

Winners are announced at the BIFM Awards, the biggest networking event in the UK. The closing date for entries is Friday, April 30, 2010.

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Two Achievements in the Global FM Community

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:31:48 +0000

Brazil's facility management association celebrates five years and Global FM pioneer is honored in the UK.

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BIFM Announces Awards Finalists

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:55:20 +0000

The BIFM Awards recognizes more than just the work that facility managers (fms) do; they identify the evolution of FM as an industry.

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Frank Booty’s Facilities Management Handbook Now Available

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:38:48 +0000

The newly updated Facilities Management Handbook will be essential reading for professionals responsible for facilities, services provision, and health and safety in the workplace.

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The Facilities Show, May 12-14 2009

Heidi Schwartz — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:30:49 +0000

The Facilities Show, in association with BIFM, will take place from May 12-14 at the Birmingham NEC.

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New BIFM Credentials Program in the Works for UK Facility Managers

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:28:45 +0000

The main goal of the new credentials will be to provide more flexibility and greater recognition for individual achievement, thereby encouraging take-up and accelerating the "professionalization" of facilities management. Importantly, the new qualifications are "standalone," and candidates can enter at any point in the structure.

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UK Association Working to Advance Facility Management Profession

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:09:00 +0000

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has adopted a new mission statement, following a review by the Institute’s Members’ Council. The new wording was recommended by the Executive and endorsed by the BIFM Board on 28th February 2008.

The new mission statement reads: “To advance the facilities management profession”

Following the adoption of a new medium-term strategy and business plan at the end of 2007, the Board concluded that the existing mission statement, agreed in 2004, should be reviewed to ensure it reflected the primary purpose and direction of the Institute.

New BIFM chair Iain Murray said, “In

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