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Pendle Council’s recycling materials have been recognised for being clear and well written in the annual Plain English Awards. Judges for the Plain English Campaign praised the Council’s annual refuse and recycling calendar leaflet and a special recycling edition of the Council newspaper Pendle News. Plain English Campaign founder and director Chrissie Maher said: “Although recycling is not the most exciting of subjects, staff at Pendle Council have produced material that is well written and…

Educating business, demonstrating economic benefit, linking facilities management (FM) to productivity and responding to future trends and consumer behaviour were just some of the areas debated by a panel of industry leaders at the latest British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) FM Leaders Forum. The ‘Defining the future value of FM’ forum asked whether it is possible to define FM by outputs, and if a defined ‘value of FM’ helps strengthen the understanding of FM…

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has published a new Good Practice Guide providing practical guidance for facilities management professionals. The Energy Audits Good Practice Guide supported by Hoare Lea is the latest in a series of new and improved guides to support standards and professionalism in facilities management (FM). Jacqueline Gillman, Product Development Manager at BIFM said: “This latest Good Practice Guide shows how the procedures defined by the facilities manager for day…