If you run a building, you’ll know just how much that goes into the services required to keep it operating efficiently and safely. Keeping up with the day-to-day management of a facility involves regular cleaning, waste management, grounds maintenance, responding to any emergencies, and plenty more. Managing all of this is a full-time job in itself, wouldn’t you rather be focussing on the core business?
Outsourcing facilities management is a great way for businesses to save time and money. Let’s get into how:
- Outsourcing facilities management frees up the company’s internal resources to focus on other important tasks, such as marketing and product development. This allows you to grow your core business, if you were focusing on the management side, you would be distracted from your main goals.
- Allows the business to hire a team of experts in the field who are dedicated to managing their facility. These experts have years of experience and can provide insightful advice on how to improve the company’s facility in the long term. Hiring experts will make sure each job gets done to the highest standard possible.
- Outsourcing is a lot simpler than hiring a cleaning company, a security company, a plumbing company, a grounds maintenance company, and more or trying to hire an internal team to take care of it all. One facilities management company can meet all of your requirements 24/7, you’ll be a lot less stressed with everything taken care of.
- An FM company is extremely flexible, from how often you want their cleaners to come in, to the exact dates you want them to service your building. Single cleaners or a group of cleaners, whether you have a small or large building, an FM company can create a bespoke solution to suit you.
- Fantastic customer service is practically a guarantee with any reputable FM company, that’s because their main goal is to meet your requirements. They usually feature a 24/7 helpdesk so that you can call them for any emergencies, and they’ll get someone to sort it out as soon as they can.
- Health and safety is probably the most important aspect of running or owning a building. Not getting this right can lead to staff injury, fines, a bad hygiene rating or even potentially being shut down by health inspectors. A reputable FM team will ensure you’re meeting health and safety regulations, so your staff and customers will be safe, and you won’t be worried about any health and safety concerns.
- Creating lasting impressions on visitors to your building. Having a spotless building goes a long way in visitors’ minds, they’re much more likely to visit again and take note of how organised it is. Cleanliness has become much more of a top priority these last few years, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, where we saw just how fast and easily bacteria could spread.
- Reduced costs on recruitment and a whole internal team’s wage are key benefits of hiring one company to manage it all.
- Imagine how streamlined your building management would be by hiring one company to handle everything – there’s no separate staff from different companies, and everyone is connected even if they’re on different teams e.g., the cleaning crew and grounds maintenance crew. They work together to completely streamline your FM services as they’re all managed by the same company.
- Professionalism is key in taking care of a building, all the FM companies’ staff will be in the same colours and uniform, which means they’ll look a lot more professional than separate staff in scattered uniforms. FM teams also know just how to interact with visitors and customers and they’re extremely professional in every interaction.
As you can see, there are many benefits to outsourcing your facilities management services, keeping your building clean, safe, and running smoothly has never been easier. From regular cleaning to keeping your staff safe with building security, you can hire a trusted FM company to meet your every requirement and more. If you’re located within the UK, I would recommend getting a quote from City Group Managed Services, they’re big enough to handle every single aspect of FM, but also small enough to be there for their clients when they need them; when you ring their helpdesk, it’s often the owner you’ll get put through to. With a client retention rate of 96%, it’s clear that they know just how to look after buildings to a high standard.
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