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WELCOME
Adding more resilience to the FM industry
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aving launched FM Director magazine in September 2022 with a core focus on promoting the many examples of excellence within our industry, I’m very pleased to confirm that we’re now in the enviable position of having to reduce the length of our articles in order to include as much material as possible in each issue. This means that some features will continue to receive a generous four pages of coverage, while others will be reduced to one or two pages, depending on the level of interest and alignment with our core value of celebrating the best aspects of FM. I would also like to state that there is never a shortage of content to include in each issue of this magazine due to the fact that there are so many examples of best working practices that exist within our sector, which are in turn encouraging others to raise their game and match the efforts of their competitors in order to win more business and remain attractive to clients. There needs to be constant vigilance and effort within the efforts of FM Director to ensure its reporting is accurate, of course, but that provides further cause for celebration due to the fact we can choose the best people to speak to and the most relevant facilities to write about. With news articles continuing to emerge about the greenwashing tactics employed by some of the larger businesses to boost their sustainability credentials, this shows how easy it is to be taken in by the presentation of ‘facts’, which then prove to have been adjusted or hyped to allow the company in question to jump on the bandwagon. Whilst FM Director would never claim to be perfect, its efforts to ensure accuracy of content are winning ever more appreciation from our readers and the industry in general, particularly with the individuals and organisations involved with similar strategies. Perhaps the best example of this is the confirmation of FM Director magazine as the official media partner of the highly impressive Tomorrow Meets Today initiative, confirmed by the front page interview of founders Sajna Rahman and Andrew Hulbert, both of whom are regarded with considerable respect throughout the industry for their individual efforts. Their partnership has provided the impetus for TMT to continue to develop and – similar to the growing levels of appreciation for FM Director content – encourage ever more people to express their willingness to provide their support for future initiatives (turn to p6 of this issue for our report on this month’s event). The TMT partners are considering their many options to increase their activities in Director and we will look forward to supporting 2024, another ambition shared with FM Director, and engaging with these with the aim of publicising the wealth of both emerging and established talent within our industry.
DENNIS FLOWER MANAGING EDITOR
There is never a shortage of content to include in each issue of this magazine due to the fact that there are so many examples of best working practices that exist within our sector
November 2023
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