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The British Institute of Facilities Management’s’ (BIFM) reigning ‘Facilities Manager of the Year’, Deborah Rowland, has officially been presented with her ‘Platinum Award of Excellence in FM’ after her success in the 2014 Global FM Awards. The annual Awards from Global FM recognise and reflect the ‘best-of-the-best’ in facilities management (FM) from across the globe, as entrants only consist of award finalists from Global FM members. On World FM Day (4 June 2014) it was…

Despite risk of loss or misuse, over 40% store confidential documents on site The biggest threat to public sector data comes from employees, a new PHS Data Solutions survey has shown. 83% of the 141 senior public sector managers and other staff polled by Ingenium said they were most concerned about internal loss or misuse, with just 10% worried about the external threat posed by hackers. Despite this, only 18% use a secure managed offsite…

projecting savings in excess of £10 million In a move that represents a first in the public sector, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has transferred its obligations on the surplus leasehold properties it holds to a specialist Leasehold Liability Transfer partner. The Leasehold Liability Transfer is the initiative of BIS and its partner organisation UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS). UK SBS forecasts that the transfer will deliver a 40 per cent…