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FEATURE


THE FACILITIES SHOW 2015: CELEBRATING 17 YEARS OF SUCCESS


Forward-thinking, fast-growing and optimistic for the future – the FM sector demonstrated just how important it is to the UK economy.


ExCel London again played host to this year’s exhibition, which ran from 16-18 June. Run in association with the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), and with show partner Mitie, the show was proud to have Sodexo as its Gold sponsor, with sterling support from CIBSE and Building Futures Group. Endorsement from such respected organisations is recognition of the fact that the Facilities Show regularly attracts visitors from 39 different countries, and 35% of them have a budget of over £1 million.


Visitors to this year’s show came from a huge range of organisations including Westfield Europe, Vinci Facilities, ITV, NSPCC, GlaxoSmithKline, ISS and NHS Blood and Transplant, to name but a few. A quick scan of visitor job titles – including Head of Facilities, Head of Strategic Procurement, Global Facilities Manager, Head of Sustainable Workplace, and Operations Director – shows just how important the exhibition is to the key opinion formers who are setting the pace in this sector.


INNOVATIVE EXTRAS


DRAW THE CROWDS Innovation is a key theme for the FM industry – namely finding new ways to work more effectively and efficiently, incorporating services that can adapt to changing client needs. However, in order to be innovative we believe you need to be inspired, and a number of added attractions provided that in abundance this year.


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The brand new ‘Inspirational Speaker’ series had the best launch possible, thanks to three famous names that have risen to the top in their respective professions. Baroness Karren Brady CBE is perhaps most famous for her role as one of Lord Sugar’s Apprentice mentors, but before TV stardom she carved a name for herself in the male-dominated world of football, becoming MD of Birmingham City at just 23. She shared anecdotes from her long and successful career, giving some particularly insightful advice to women in business.


Sir Ranulph Fiennes, described by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s greatest living explorer, spoke about how the ability to perform under extreme pressure determines success, and another action man completed the line-up. Sir Chris Hoy MBE is Great Britain’s most successful Olympic athlete with six gold medals and one silver. His dedication to achieving excellence on the cycling track, through a punishing training regime, demonstrates that hard work and persistence reap great rewards. The in-show theatre was packed for all three speakers, who also welcomed questions from the audience after the main sessions.


Another new feature was the Energy Management Trail. Visitors interested in sustainability, waste management and environmental issues didn’t need a sat-nav to find relevant exhibitors – a special trail mapped out on the exhibition hall floor directed them to all the latest products and services in this


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area. This was itself inspired by the success of the Innovation Trail, introduced at last year’s event, which highlighted all the latest, cutting edge products and services to hit the industry.


TOMORROW’S FM


AWARDS Tomorrow’s FM was finally able to present the winners of their coveted awards their trophies at the show. In a small presentation that took place at the TFM stand on Tuesday 16th at 11am, Chris Macdonald (above right) of Propertyserve UK received their first place award, and The Changing Workplace’s Eoghan McHugh received the second place accolade on behalf of the company (below).


The personalised prizes were presented by Opus Business Media’s CEO Mark Hanson. Opus is the magazine’s publishing company and produces several other ‘Tomorrow’s’ publications including Tomorrow’s Cleaning, Flooring and Health and Safety titles. Unfortunately,


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