With government committed to reducing carbon emissions in its estate, at a time when funding streams are squeezed, how can organisations cost and prioritise energy projects effectively?

Public money is more important than ever and to manage it wisely, you need to have the right skills in place, says Sumita Shah, technical manager, public sector, ICAEW

The BRE Trust is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the launch of a new three year thematic research programme called Future Cities.

With the global economic climate still fragile, budgets and ROI are still at the top of everyone’s agenda. Any city destination chosen for a conference or event needs to deliver.

The appearance of the local area is a major source of public concern in itself – as big a concern as terrorism, according to recent Keep Britain Tidy research

As procurement officers seek to derive more value from their budgets, a new approach from the Meetings Industry Association members is to guarantee to deliver exactly what their clients want.

Every second that something continues to burn, the greater the cost in repair and recovery. Chris Downing, UK extinguishing product manager for the Siemens Building Technologies division, looks at why those in the public sector should ensure fire detection and extinguishing systems are suited to their environment to be at their most reliable, responsive and effective.

Robert Rabinowitz PhD, director of Environmental Markets, BRE, advises on how to choose the right business model for renewables in social housing

As construction of the first standardised Sunesis school in the UK gets underway at Oakfield Primary in Rugby, the model receives endorsement from the Design Council.

CIPFA has long understood the need for strategic financial advice that is not only technically perfect but is also grounded in the practicalities and demands of modern public services.

A growing number of FM specialists can now provide both the ‘hard’ facilities services such as building maintenance and the ‘soft’ services such as catering.

‘Friendly’ hit the top spot for words used to describe NewcastleGateshead in a recent delegate survey.

Abdul Traore reports details of the British Parking Association’s redeveloped Model Contract for Parking

Failing to strengthen financial management in government is not an option, says Manj Kalar, Technical Manager for Central Government, CIPFA

With 54,909 responses across the country, the government’s consultation on high speed rail was one of the largest ever undertaken by the Department for Transport.

The progress report of the pothole review being undertaken by the DfT's Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP) has identified the growing problem of potholes.

Professor John Walker London Chapter ISACA Security Advisory Group and CTO of Secure-Bastion believes the days of external simplex threats have now given way to multi-faceted attack vectors.

Amanda Beesley from the British Security Industry Association, explains how modern security technology can help cut utility costs, as well as improve safety

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