Building Performance Insights

In last month’s newsletter, we spoke about the opportunity for us all to build back better as we emerge from the pandemic.

Since then, our futures have turned even brighter.

• Britain is on track for the strongest growth since WWII as we stage a faster-than-expected recovery from the pandemic, according to the Bank of England. The Bank raised its UK GDP growth estimate to 7.25% throughout 2021, up from their February forecast of 5%, citing rapid progress with the COVID-19 vaccine and easing of restrictions leading to a boom in pent-up demand.
• The UK vaccine rollout remains on track with over 35 million people vaccinated with their first dose. This means that the COVID-19 alert level has been lowered from 4 to 3.

With all our futures looking brighter, now we must plan and mobilise for the future as we put the pandemic behind us.

Recently, our monthly webinars have focussed on shaping the future of working and workplaces, and how we should adapt to the lessons of the pandemic. During these discussions with a variety of experts, two particular issues kept coming up – employee concern about returning to the workplace and how employee flexibilities gained during the pandemic need to be incorporated into your organisation’s future plans. All our previous webinars are now available to watch.

In May’s webinar we will discuss “How to reduce your organisation’s carbon footprint.” Register here for your free place.

LCMB are investing in a brighter future. To that end, we welcome Oscar Russell to our business as Senior Consultant.  We are also creating two new degree apprenticeships from September, helping nuture and grow new talent for our industry.

If you need any help or advice on how to manage or re orientate your workplaces, buildings and estates for this bright future, do get in contact for an informal, no obligation chat.

Regards

John

John O’Brien

Founder and MD

[email protected], 07711032137

LCMB welcomes Oscar Russell

We are delighted to welcome Oscar Russell to LCMB in the position of Senior Consultant. He is a welcome addition to our team. We know that Oscar will strengthen the support we provide to our clients as we help to make their workplaces, buildings and estates work harder for their organisations, people, and customers. Previously, Oscar was Group Estates Director at the Retirement Villages Group. Read more here.

How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Of Your Organisation

Boris Johnson recently pledged to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions 15 years sooner, by 2035. This welcome news does, however, impact all UK organisations, so our May webinar is not to be missed.

Discussing what these changes will look like and how you can prepare for, get ahead of and benefit from carbon emission reduction in your organisation, our panel of experts include:

• Ahmed Goga, Director of Strategy and Programmes at OxLEP
• Michael Still, Energy Contracts Director at Bouygues E&S Solutions
• Steve Kellett, Sustainability Manager for the property developer Argent

So put Thursday 27th May at 11am in your diary and register for your free place today.

Its Time to Design Covid-19 Secure Workplaces For Your Organisation

One issue that keeps arising in our popular monthly webinars is how employees are concerned about returning to the workplace. Luckily, we can help you to put their minds at rest with a combination of two of our services that are very much in demand – COVID-19 Secure to keep them safe and Thrive to help them perform at their peak.

COVID-19 Secure – this service looks deep into your estates, buildings and workplaces. We pinpoint the hazard areas and provide a long-term strategy with the COVID-19 secure solutions you may need. For more information and to download our brochure, click here.

Thrive – research has proven that people perform at a far higher level when the environment they’re working in is right. When it’s not, you could be losing around 10% of your working days through absenteeism and presenteeism (working when sick).

So, optimising your workplaces makes sense. Because when worker productivity is improved, your organisation reaps the rewards. Our solutions provide around 2-3.5% additional staff productivity, a 5-10% reduction in operational costs, and 10-15% carbon emission reduction every year, giving you an excellent return on investment. For more information click here to download our Thrive brochure.

LCMB have been helping our clients to implement their COVID-19 Secure solutions since the beginning of the pandemic.

If you would like to benefit from our expertise, we are offering a free, no obligation discussion providing some initial advice on where to start Book one of our free Covid-19 Secure Solutions Consultations

Delivering a Better Employee Experience In a Post Pandemic World.

Last month our panel of experts discussed how the nature of work will change because of the pandemic. If you missed it or would like to watch it again, the link below will take you to that webinar where you can enjoy some interesting and valuable insights. And if you don’t have an hour to spare, click on the settings icon to speed it up!

Special guests included Emma Heal, MD of Lucky Saint; Rob Robson, Director of People Science, The People Experience Hub; and Bev Hamlet Bowers, HR Director of Nominet, the .UK domain name registry and providers of cyber security capabilities that protect the UK government and global enterprises. You can watch the recording here.