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September 2024
Audits: How to Inspect the Uninspected
Learn how automated audits help FMs improve compliance, cut costs, and maintain high standards across sites.
May 2024
Is Poor Air Quality Stifling Your Workplace?
We outline the importance of maintaining indoor air quality to achieve health, productivity, and cost-efficiency benefits.
April 2024
30 Years of FM and SWG
Celebrating our 30th birthday, we look back over the last three decades of our history and the evolution of the FM landscape.
April 2024
Health and Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace
FMs should prioritise employee wellbeing by cultivating positive workplace cultures & utilising FM software to improve physical environments.
March 2024
Can You Afford to Be Wasting Space?
Our latest blog highlights the significance of understanding space utilisation and the strategies that optimise space management.
January 2024
Building a Sustainable Future: How FM Can Lead the Way
This blog creates a blueprint for improving sustainability in the FM sector, exploring how to identify and action sustainable business goals.
December 2023
2023: A Year in Workplace Tech
We reflect on 2023 - a year of workplace focused technology including AI, the Metaverse, retrofitting with BIM and Digital Twins.
November 2023
Managing Workspaces in the Hybrid Work Era
Hybrid working has become a new standard in the workplace, but with recent retractions from large organizations how does this affect facilities managers?
August 2023
Overcoming Challenges for FMs in the Public Sector
Learn more about how the challenges facilities managers face within the public sector can be eased with innovative technologies.
July 2023
5 Top Tips for Better Maintenance
Our latest blog reveals 5 top tips and essential strategies to enhance asset performance, minimize downtime, and boost productivity.
July 2023
Reinventing the Workplace: Neurodiversity and FM
Learn about the 'reinvention of the workplace,' a movement to accommodate hybrid working and neurodiversity
May 2023
Integrating BIM and IWMS: Understanding the Benefits for FM
Discover the benefits of integrating BIM and IWMS software, including improved efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced data management.
January 2023
A Beginners Guide to Space Management
In this informative guide we’ll explain why space management is important, its rise in popularity and the benefits to the FM team and wider organization.
December 2022
2022 in Review – What Were the Priorities in FM?
As the year draws to a close, we’re taking a look back at what aspects of facility management most interested those in the sector over the last 12 months.
November 2022
Smart Buildings and Integration
SWG experts explored the opportunities for specialized FM software to optimize building performance at the Smart Buildings Show.
August 2022
Creating Smarter Spaces
Whether your workspace is expanding or decreasing, decisions around change must be based on hard data. Read how companies are using space management software to assist.
December 2021
The Evolution of an Industry – 10 Years of FM Surveys
Take a look back over how technology in FM has changed over 10 years, informed by your experiences.
May 2021
How Lockers Are The Key To Hybrid Workplaces
COVID-safe businesses inviting back employees are likely to enforce a clear desk policy - making lockers essential kit to keep the workplace organised.
March 2021
A Hybrid Office for an Evolving Workforce
Hybrid working models can protect businesses and employees from disruption through homeworking options and also providing a clean, functional, COVID-safe workspace.
July 2020
Rebuilding the Workplace Community
Working from home is not suitable for everyone, and the role of FM is pivotal in preparing offices for safe use and welcoming back the workforce.
July 2020
Predicting Future Workspace Requirements
COVID-19 has changed the normal working environment, and businesses need to plan for a future with more remote working and identify changing office space requirements.
July 2020
Light CMMS for Rich Facilities Management
As lockdown begins to ease and some employees head back to the office, pressure to maintain a safe, hygienic and fully functional space is as never before.
June 2020
Maintaining Social Distancing at Work
As employees start returning to work after strict lockdown, find out how you can manage social distancing using simple space management tools.
June 2020
Managing Site-Wide Health and Safety with IWMS
How creating schedules by location, rather than asset, can help FMs manage health and safety across their site during and beyond COVID-19.
January 2020
2019 in Review – What Were the Priorities in FM?
New Year is a time of reflection, and we’re looking back on the priorities for facilities management professionals over the last 12 months.
July 2019
Technology: Are FMs Embracing Change?
‘Technology as a force for change – we are all technology companies, aren’t we?’ A commentary on the debate featuring SWG.
March 2019
Give Up Giving Up – FM Practices to Let Go
Giving up smoking for a month is good for self-control and health, but why not also consider giving up bad FM practices to form positive habits instead.
February 2019
Using IWMS to Combat Energy Waste
How using IWMS can help the FM team identify energy saving strategies in order to reduce expenditure and greenhouse gas emissions.
February 2019
5 Ways to Achieve a Better Work-Life Balance
A growing 24/7 work culture leaves FMs open to being ‘always on' so leveraging technology like IWMS is essential to keep work in check and facilities running efficiently.
January 2019
2018 in Review – What Were the Key Priorities in FM?
Looking back on 2018, what topics were of most interest to FM professionals? Read a round up of our most popular blogs.
October 2018
Checking Out the Workplace
The importance of first impressions cannot be underestimated and a reception is the window to a business. How can FM software help improve public spaces?
October 2018
FM Automation Made Simple
While there are many perceived barriers to the automation, it is within the reach of FMs and can provide significant organisational change.
September 2018
The Unsung Heroes of Education
Lighting and green space are proven factors in motivation, leading to better academic performance. How can the hard work of the estates team be made easier?
July 2018
Is Budget Limiting Tech in FM?
While some early adopters are certainly reaping the benefits of sensors and robotics, there are hurdles to overcome before these become widespread.
June 2018
Pocket Technology Taking Hold in FM
FM Software Survey results show a significant increase in use of tech - demonstrating the industry’s requirement for accurate, understandable and secure data in order remain competitive and professional.
May 2018
What is Static Space Costing Your Business?
Recent reports of noise being the number one bugbear of office workers are rife. What can be done to resolve a difficult situation and maintain productivity?
March 2018
QFM User Group Summary
A look at the QFM User Group held in London last week, including guest client speakers from Luton & Dunstable NHS Trust and Anabas.
January 2018
2017 in Review – What Were the Key Priorities in FM?
2017 was a year of change and discovery for facilities management, but which subjects were most important to FMs?
November 2017
Living Wage Week
The Living Wage provides fair pay for a fair day’s work, and is a voluntary rate higher than minimum wage. More employers are now signing up to this scheme...
October 2017
The Art of Customer Satisfaction
With the right technology in place, satisfaction can not only be gained but also measured and analysed in order to increase its occurrence in the future.
October 2017
The Importance of FM in Event Planning
The facilities management team is the backbone of any event, and requests can be made and managed quickly and easily through CAFM software.
October 2017
Productivity – the Workplace Challenge
43% of employees do not agree that their workplace allows them to work productively. What can facilities management team do to improve productivity?
September 2017
Demystifying Performance Based Contracts
Put simply, performance based contracts provide incentives and disincentives to achieve desired outcomes or results from contractors, with the aim of reducing costs and improving service levels.
July 2017
How is FM Technology Keeping Your Workplace Well?
Workplace wellness is currently high on the FM agenda, with many organisations now increasing their investment in the health and wellbeing of employees.
June 2017
Is Science the Future of Service?
As artificial intelligence becomes commonplace in FM, we look how it is being used now and how the cost of this tech can be made achievable.
June 2017
ThinkFM 2017 – Is Facilities Management Ready for IoT?
Today’s FM customer has become more demanding, less patient and more technology-savvy - and it is FM’s responsibility to lead workplace change.
May 2017
Enabling Positive Experiences
This year's World FM Day celebrates facilities management with the theme of 'enabling positive experiences', boosting the profession's status across the globe.
March 2017
What is Self-Service?
Self-Service - how mobile devices, public computers and kiosks can be easily implemented for effective FM and improved customer experience.
November 2016
Managing the Workplace Inside and Out
Workplace is high on the facilities management agenda, but what about outside of the building? SWG looks at nanotechnology developments in building materials and battery life.
November 2016
The Future Workplace – Sensors and IoT
The Internet of Things will revolutionise the FM industry, and SWG looks at how sensors and location-based technology can be used to do this.
October 2016
How Smart Technology is Affecting Facilities Management
2017 will be a big year for smart technology in facilities management, powered by the rise of connectivity through the Internet of Things, or IoT.
September 2016
Facility Management Made As Easy As Pie
Many parallels can be drawn between The Great British Bake Off and facilities management - read on to find out more.
May 2016
How to Choose and Implement the Right FM Software for Your Organization
The importance of careful planning cannot be emphasised strongly enough when choosing new facilities management software. SWG has produced a comprehensive, impartial guide to provide advice.
May 2016
Help Desk Self-Service – The Key to FM Productivity?
Reduce your help desk's paperwork and improve its efficiency with QFM self-service FM software.
April 2016
Making Sense of CAFM
What is CAFM? Read on to see what CAFM software does, and how it can benefit the facilities management in your business.