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Building services and Facilities Management (FM) firms are busier than ever as they deal with a backlog of non-urgent maintenance and repairs. But despite the easing of lockdown restrictions, it’s not quite business as usual just yet. Deep concern about coronavirus continues, and many people in both residential and commercial settings are still wary of tradespeople and engineers visit [...]

Take a look around you. How many of your colleagues, managers, employees, business partners or other leaders in your sector are women? More to the point, how many of them are in qualified engineering or technical roles? If you are in the engineering, construction or building services sectors, the chances are it’s very few. Just 11% of the engineering sector in the UK is made up of wom [...]

On June 26th it is World Refrigeration Day and there’s never been a better time to celebrate it. From air conditioning to getting Covid vaccines delivered, here we celebrate 10 reasons why getting a job in the refrigeration, cooling and heat pump sector could be the coolest career move you’ve ever made. This year the campaign is “Cooling Champions: Cool Careers for a Better World”, an [...]

Optimising cash flow is a key element of business success, allowing you to pay your staff and suppliers on time. One of the easiest ways to do this is to invoice your customers accurately and fast, which sounds simple but without a streamlined invoicing process, there’s a lot that can go wrong. This guide walks you through how to create an invoice checklist to make sure that every pro [...]

As people return to workplaces, pubs, restaurants and shops, there is a renewed focus on how we keep buildings safely ventilated during Covid and beyond. All eyes are on the Facilities Management and HVAC sectors for guidance on making this happen. This blog explores ventilation solutions in the context of Covid-19, how ventilation in buildings after Covid can finally get the attentio [...]

Suicide is now sadly the single biggest killer of men under 45 and male site workers are three times more likely to commit suicide than the average male in the UK. In fact, suicide kills more construction workers than falls. Depression and anxiety have overtaken musculoskeletal disorders in construction, and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) warns of a silent mental heal [...]

Within the field service industry, businesses can often be guilty of a lack of organisation. This can naturally lead to mistakes, duplication of tasks or data and all round confusion for both staff and customers.  Having a proper job scheduling system in place enables your field workers to take complete ownership of a project. This not only increases productivity and revenue, but [...]

Covid-19 has changed the way we do things; for on-site workers, meticulous precautions have been introduced to keep everyone safe. Now the end of the lockdown is in sight, will things just slowly go back to normal or will some of the new safety protocols remain? BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association) is urging against safety complacency as lockdown restrictions ease. Wit [...]

Imagine if all of your engineers were able to comfortably manage one more call each day – think what impact this could have on productivity and profit! And what if we told you that this is perfectly feasible simply by improving your scheduling? It’s all about optimising your engineers’ time out in the field and this relies on efficient and effective scheduling of calls. It sounds simp [...]

What is Reverse Charge VAT? Why is it Being Introduced? When Did It Come into Play? Who Will Be Impacted? Who is an ‘End User’? When is Reverse Charge VAT Applicable? Who is Responsible for What? Are VAT Rates the Same? How Do I Show VAT on Invoices? How Will the New Reverse Charge Rules Affect My Business? What Can I Do to Minimise The Impact? If you are running a business in the co [...]

You may have heard of the 80/20 rule – which claims that 80% of your output comes from only 20% of your time. Similarly, 20% of customers contribute to 80% of revenue, and 20% of workers contribute to 80% of a business’s success. You get the picture. So, how can you apply this to your business? In the case of your workforce, you shouldn’t go out and let 80% of them go – but you [...]

Managing work orders effectively can be crucial to long-term business success. In doing so, you can empower your field service team to improve their job completion and first-time fix rates. So, what’s the secret? We’ve put together the ultimate guide to mastering work orders in 2021. Contents What is a work order? What is the best 8-step work order process? (Infographic) What shoul [...]