Mission possible: taking your daughter to work
Take your Daughter to Work day, which takes place next month (25 April) is a great opportunity to strengthen the relationship between school and work, …
Cathy Hayward
Getting the right FM recruitment consultant
Adelphine Williams offers advice to FMs looking for a new job on picking the best FM recruitment agencies for you and working successfully with them …
Thoughts from Workplace Futures
Arriving at a conference by cable car does lend a certain sophistication to the event. But the success of yesterday’s Workplace Futures conference was less …
Strategic thinking
One of the characteristics of a profession, particularly in recent times, is constant self-examination and redefinition. Facilities management certainly does its fair share of soul …
A new convenience store: from crime stories to stamps
When I first read that Scotland Yard was axing 65 police stations across London and setting police officers up in local Post Offices I thought …
Cathy Hayward awarded CIPR’s Post Graduate Diploma in PR
Cathy Hayward, Magenta’s managing director, has been awarded the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Post-Graduate Diploma in PR with distinction. Cathy completed the year-long, part-time …
Work experience: the solution to a student’s struggles?
I’m 19 years old, living in Brighton, Britain’s most charming city, studying at the UK’s eleventh best university (well according to TheTimes rankings, at least) and yet, …
Is the conference dead?
Over the past 25 years or so I must have been to at least 150 conferences, that’s not counting all the seminars, workshops, roundtables and …
Inspired thought at WIFM conference
Yesterday’s inaugural BIFM Women in FM (#wifm) conference had it all – poetry, grand opera, Shakespeare, Disraeli, tears, laughter and great food. Held at Channel …
Cathy Hayward named deputy chair of the BIFM London region
Cathy Hayward, Magenta’s managing director, has been named joint deputy chair of the BIFM London region for the next 12 months. She will work with …
