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Facilities Management UK September 2026


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In the latest issue... FM UPDATE AND LATEST NEWS


04 Innovative loading solutions from FBS Hormann at Humdinger Foods.


06 How Inter County built an FM service group for businesses.


07 Moving beyond paper-based compliance.


Registered Company No. 12353711 VAT Reg. No. 339 224 695


Printers


ATTENTION: CLEANING STRATEGY 08 The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) forecasts that cleaning costs will increase by 29.1% by 2031. Jo Gilliard, CEO of Jangro, explains why a more strategic approach to cleaning can help facilities managers make better use of available budgets.


PERIMETER PROTECTION 16 Lincolnshire-based


Micropress Printers Limited Reydon Business Park, Fountain Way, Reydon Southwold IP18 6SZ


successfully completed the installation


FBS Hörmann has of


13 high-security gates for a major retail organisation across Northern Ireland, marking the company’s first UK project using gates manufactured by fellow Hörmann Group company, Holler Gates.


BUILDING THE FUTURE OF FM ISSN 1757-3149


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18 Across FM and the wider built environment, attracting people into technical careers, developing


specialist skills and creating


clear routes for progression remain critical challenges. For PTSG, the answer is to invest directly in the people who will shape the future of the business and the industry.


ASSESSING SUSTAINABLE LIGHTING


22 There’s far more to sustainable lighting than energy efficiency and power consumption. Embodied


carbon,


repairability and circularity all play a part in sustainable lighting as Nick Gwilliam, Lighting Designer at Ansell Lighting, explains.


fmuk 03 product lifespan, VISIBILITY & RISK MANAGEMENT


30 William McCallum, Sales Director at Remark Group, explores why maintaining standards across busy operational environments has become just as important as defining them.


REPLACING SERVICETRAC?


32 With ServiceTrac’s compliance platform being withdrawn, many organisations are searching for a replacement. Understandably, their immediate priority will be finding a solution that allows operations to continue without disruption...


HOW TO AVOID DOWNTIME 34 Operational downtime is


reduced most


effectively when the building is treated as an active workplace or public environment. Careful diagnosis, proportionate access and phased working allow repairs to proceed without turning a localised defect into a wider interruption.


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