Frank and Brown

I have picked my team – what about you?

Two weeks to go and all the polls indicate a hung Parliament.  David Cameron and the Conservatives are on a mission to persuade the world that a hung Parliament is a bad thing; Nick Clegg is trying to keep a poker face and Gordon Brown and the boys and girls in red are playing catch-up. But, unless things take a dramatic turn then it still looks like a coalition, a power-share or call it what it is – teamwork – and collaboration will be on the cards. So, how will they work it out – who gets be in Team GBR Cabinet 2010? (more…)

Managing a magazine is always a bit odd as you’re working at least one month ahead.  The January/February edition of FMX has just been signed off, and the digital edition went live, http://bit.ly/4OYtNV, today, and some of the content might already be out of date. But the arguments and themes we champion in the magazine are still current and unlikely to go away any time soon.

In my leader column I comment that 2010 is going to be tough. We will probably see a Conservative administration, albeit with a small majority, and we might witness the dawn of a new era of austerity that probably won’t be all that different from now. Everyone is going to be urged to tighten their belts. One thing we can all do to economise is be more efficient about the energy we use – at work, at home and in the schools, hospitals and what ever other facility we might enjoy the benefit of.  This is a key theme in FMX, and across the whole of the facilities management industry, because FMs are going to be the people that help everyone make the buildings and facilities in the UK become more efficient. (more…)