i-FM: The online resource for facilities professionals

The British Council for Offices, in conjunction with the College of Estate Management, has developed an interactive online accreditation course based on the latest edition of the BCO Guide to Specification.

Having researched its market and consulted its members, Arseg, the French facilities management association, has decided that it's time for a change.

The University of Bradford was named Carbon Champion of the Year at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2012, presented earlier this week.

Recent research puts the number of official standards relevant to FM practice at over 250. And then there are the still-under-development FM standards themselves.

Steve Coppin has been appointed Compliance Manager for VINCI Facilities.

Christian Pauritsch has been appointed Operations Director, South West at the independent contract catering company.

Paul Richards, QSHE Director at Interserve, has been appointed chair of the Health and Safety Working Group of the Facilities Management Association.

The building to support services group reports that 17 employees started the Kier Foundation Degree in Integrated Maintenance and Facilities Services in January.

Oxfordshire County Council is to abandon its own schools catering operation and wind the service into a property and facilities deal currently being tendered.