​According to the 2018 Connected Worker survey by Deloitte, just under half (49%) of respondents said they waste an average of ten minutes for each hour worked, in a median 35 hour week.

The report, The Modern Workplace 2018: People, Places & Technology by software company Condeco draws on a survey of 500 business leaders in six countries: the UK, the USA, France, Germany, Australia and Singapore. This was supplemented by in-depth qualitative interviews with senior executives in the same countries.

A recent review of the available accounts for 22 facilities management firms with operations in the UK, revealed that average margins remained stagnant at around 7% during the last three years and in comparison, revenues grew at an average of 14% from last year.

Launch of Government Property Agency will generate more than £1 billion of financial savings.

In the UK, it is estimated that up to 8 million people are lone workers. That’s more than 20% of the 31.2m working population.

​Now in their fourth year, the THS Awards celebrate some of the industry’s finest innovations as well as time-tested solutions.

A recent review of the available accounts for 22 facilities management firms with operations in the UK, revealed that the average (EBITDA) margins has remained stagnant at around 7% during the last three years. In comparison, revenues grew at an average of 14% from last year.

​Growth within the market for outsourced integrated services and TFM in health and education has therefore been on the modest side. In 2017, the market was estimated to be worth £3.2bn - around 2% lower than in the previous year. FM market growth has also been hampered by a decline in the number of large-scale projects undertaken.

‘While it appears that most of Carillion’s loss-making contracts were not FM contracts, the company’s collapse has highlighted the problems which very low margins and outsourcing to a small number of large contractors can cause.’

The government is gearing up to launch a £12bn tender for cleaning and FM services at schools, hospitals and in other public buildings, in the wake of Carillion's collapse, and as part of their aim to give a third of public sector workers to SMEs by 2020. SMEs within the FM sector will hugely benefit from using remote workforce management software when it comes to tendering to win more of these public sector contracts.