What Is Access Control?

When you have a commercial property, you’ll have to oversee multiple things. Facilities management has quite a few things involved in it, which could be enough to overwhelm some people. It shouldn’t have to. Focusing on particular areas will make things much more straightforward. Security will be one of the more vital. You’ll need to […]
Benefits of Landscaping Your Office and Workplace
If you operate a commercial office or workplace, you probably have some kind of green area in front of your building. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for those commercial green spaces to go neglected and become messy. But that often leads to a variety of problems. In order to remedy them and benefit your business, […]
The Return to Office: Creating a Safe Environment
The global health pandemic has created many uncertainties, including what the future of the workplace looks like. For those employees who have had flexibility to continue working away from the main office environment, the prospect of now making a full-time return is now rather daunting. Office safety is high on most peoples priority list. A […]
Why Health and Safety is Important
Health and Safety issues are extremely important to the success of a business. They must be fully integrated into the everyday business decision making process. In doing so, an organisation commits to continual improvement in health and safety performance with the goal of causing no accidents or harm to people or the environment. Health & Safety Core to […]
Planning for Reoccupation of the Workplace
Organisations need to plan for the return to the workplace. How and when people work needs addressing for the successful reoccupation of the office. Workplace Reoccupation The health pandemic has significantly changed the way many office employees work, with a huge proportion still working flexibly from home for either part of all of their week. […]
Manned Security’s Role in Keeping Property Safe and Secure
Manned Security Keeps Facilities Safe Keeping your premises safe and secure can be the main responsibility of a facilities management director or property manager. After assessing your organisation’s needs from a security service, manned security will probably be top of the list. Manned security guarding is a highly effective way of eliminating theft and vandalism. […]
Return to the Sustainable Office – Going Back to Green
Across the UK, the great ‘return to office’ is taking place. Sustainable office buildings are once again becoming hubs of activity and city centres are thriving as old routines kick back in. However, for many, there is one big difference. Today’s workforce is now working in a far more flexible manner, with the home office […]
The Office Hub Model: The Workplace Re-imagined
As more and more employees start to re-integrate into the workplace in the most flexible manner we’ve ever seen, there’s one conversation that is still very much in mid-flow – what exactly is the role of an office for today’s hybrid workforce? Whether dedicated offices are actually needed or not isn’t, it appears, up for […]
Vetting and Training Security Staff
Employing the best security staff is central to delivering reliable and efficient security services. Successfully recruiting, training and vetting effective security staff always begins with the careful planning of the recruitment process. This ensures enough time to thoroughly vet each candidate. Where applicable it should be noted on the initial job adverts that all applicants […]
The Lockdown Effect on Workplace Culture
Covid-19 has brought about many changes, not least the way people interact with each other. This impacts workplace culture too. Social distancing, the deterring of unnecessary physical contact and increased hygiene practices have all had an impact on the way we behave, both individually and around each other. As employees begin to integrate back into […]