Making the transition from military to civilian FM

An assessment of the transition from a military Facilities Manager to a commercial Facilities Manager by David Morris, Managing Director of the Xenon Group.

David is ex RAF and has not only made the transition from military to civilian FM himself, but has guided many other ex-military personnel through the process as part of his roles as Xenon Group MD and Fellow of the British Institute of Facilities Management. Continue reading

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IOSH Managing Safely courses in Leeds

As part of our on-going mission to make a more productive, efficient, recognised and overall valued Facilities Management industry, we have recently added a new string to our bow in the form of one of the basic requirements of a Facilities Manager – the IOSH Managing Safely course. Continue reading

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The Facilities Management Careers Day – a resounding success

On a surprisingly bright, sunny day in London (until the evening, at least), over 200 facilities managers descended on the South Cloisters building of UCL for the 2nd BIFM Rising FMs Careers Day. A day of presentations, workshops and information stands ensured that every attendee had something useful to take away. Continue reading

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Congratulations to the Rising FMs SIG

Yesterday (12th July) was one of those days in Facilities Management where everything seemed to happen at once – in a good way! Continue reading

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Xenon Group Prize Draw – the winners!

First of all, a very BIG thank you to all participants that took part in our prize draw. We are delighted that you took the time to complete our ‘One Minute Leveller’. We hope this gave you a good indication of which qualification you should be aiming for. Continue reading

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The BIFM Rising FMs Careers Day

In just one week, the South Cloisters building at UCL will host the second EVER Facilities Management careers day, hosted by the BIFM Rising FMs Special Interest Group. Continue reading

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5 Reasons why you should study with us

If you’re looking to study for a Facilities Management qualification, we can think of all sorts of reasons why you should come to the Xenon Group for your training. To list them all could take months, so we’ve chosen the top 5! Continue reading

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Congratulations to our Rising Star

A special congratulations goes out to Herbie Hawes, one of our distance learning students who was recently named as one of FM World’s ‘Rising Stars of FM’. Continue reading

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Win a free Distance Learning Qualification

It’s less than a month until the Rising FMs’ Careers Day in London and we’re offering the chance for three lucky Facilities Managers to win a free place on one of our distance learning courses. Continue reading

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The Facilities Apprentice – the Final

It’s been two weeks since the final of the 2012 series of The Apprentice, and now that the dust has settled we’ve got a very special guest summary from Trisha Proud of Partners in Solutions Ltd Continue reading

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