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1 Oct 2008 Carbon Trust boosts loans to SMEs protected
The Carbon Trust has doubled the maximum size of interest-free loans to small and medium size firms wanting to improve their energy efficiency.
1 Oct 2008 Certificates come off the wall protected
Employers need no longer tack their liability insurance certificate to a workplace wall. Instead, it can be displayed electronically on an intranet or website, according to the latest legislation taking effect today.
30 Sep 2008 Dumped gadgets reveal business secrets protected
Bank details, company relationships and personal data are just some of the information UK plc is still leaving on their discarded technical gadgets.
10 Jun 2008 BIFM launches FM Taxonomy
BIFM has produced a facilities management taxonomy to help members and the wider facilities management community structure their understanding of the scope of the field.
4 Jun 2008 FM service quality survey
BIFM is supporting Investment Property Databank (IPD) in a joint initiative with University College London to define and measure FM service quality.

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Analysis

29 May 2008 Lean-looking Compass serves up a business lesson as inflation bites
Food price inflation seems to be the latest cause célèbre about which economic commentators are becoming hot under the collar.
29 Apr 2008 Confidence dips lower as downturn leaves no sector immune from gloom
The credit crunch has bitten hard and, like a dog with a bone, it’s going to take some time to prise off its vice-like grip.
17 Apr 2008 BA looks to restore reputation after feeling bite of T5 ‘teething trouble’
As I discussed in this column recently reputations in the City are hard won and very easily lost and the market tends to have a long memory when it comes to forgiving indiscretions.
7 Mar 2008 Ambitious Carillion still flying high despite post-takeover turbulence
Carillion’s acquisition of Alfred McAlpine, which completed in early February, was not without controversy.
7 Feb 2008 Outsourcing might not be perfect but alternatives are not in great supply
They say that familiarity breeds contempt, and in much the same way success can lead to sniping and attempts to pick holes in practices that ostensibly work very well.

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Articles

23 Jul 2008 Market value
Theorist Milan Kundera once said: “Business has only two basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results. All the rest are costs.”
24 Jun 2008 Next in line
If you want something done, give it to a busy person. And Iain Murray, who takes on the mantle of institute chair next month, has plenty on his to-do list.
29 May 2008 Where we want to be
If the BIFM was a terrible teenager when FM World was born four years ago, then it is now starting to crystallise into a sophisticated twenty-something.
29 Apr 2008 Alphabetical disorder
Does your company adopt the A-B-C approach?
16 Apr 2008 Cracking the code
As many in the facilities management world within the UK, and in particular those that have been intimately involved with the BIFM since its establishment in 1993, the establishment of a new professional discipline does not just happen.

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Events

9 Dec 2008 Climate Change Impacts for FM (Code 812CLIM)
9 - 10 Dec 2008 Health & Safety Regulations, Responsibilities & Risk Assessments (Code 812HSA)
9 - 10 Dec 2008 Understanding & Managing Building Services (Code 812FLPS)
10 - 11 Dec 2008 Display Screen Regulations & Risk Assessment (Code 812DSA)
11 Dec 2008 Understanding & Developing Service Level Agreements (Code 812SLA)

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Documents

  Type   Date Title
 icon Audio Visual
Sep-07
Dr James Bellini at BIFM AGM 2007
Presentation by Dr James Bellini on 'Tipping Points' delivered before the BIFM's 2007 AGM
pdf icon Reports
Aug-07
Business Plan for 2007/08
The Business Plan for the International Group protected
pdf icon Supplements
Jun-07
FM2007 Challenges & Opportunities in the FM Sector
Results of a joint research investigation by the BIFM and accountants and business advisers BDO Stoy Hayward
doc icon Guides & Briefings
May-07
A Guide to the BIFM Website
A Word Doc which guides you to the useful part of the Website protected
doc icon Meeting agenda/minutes/summaries
Feb-07
Minutes Jan
2006 protected

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