News & insights

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Melanie James as Account Director. With extensive industry experience and a proven track record of driving client success, Melanie will play an important role in further strengthening client relationships and driving growth at Anabas.

Gemma Rigby discusses what components feed into a ‘virtuous cycle’ that links employee health and wellbeing with engagement and business performance.

Here we discuss the key role that facilities management companies play in creating positive, happy and engaging workplace experiences for employees this International Day of Happiness.

With the growing emphasis on sustainable buildings and a heightened recognition of employee well-being, the WELL Building Standard has emerged as a comprehensive framework to address the needs of building occupants.

The corporate landscape is evolving at a rapid pace, driven by innovations, and technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI). While many industries face challenges and concerns around the use of AI day to day, facilities management teams are embracing it and the opportunities it presents.  

Ideas about how to maintain and foster a positive workplace culture for employees who split their time between the workplace and at home.

Anabas’ managing director, Alistair Craig, reflects on the year and discusses our key achievements and milestones as we get ready to wrap up 2023.

Our managing director, Alistair Craig, recently released an exclusive top tips video series about how corporate businesses and facilities managers can enhance the workplace experience in a hybrid working world.

Anabas has restructured its team and made a series of internal promotions and additional new appointments in a strategic move to strengthen and prepare for further growth.

Brigita Perry, workplace experience manager at Anabas, discusses how corporate front of house teams have evolved their roles to meet the needs of a modern workplace, encompassing workplace experience, engagement, and employee wellbeing.  

While the office is no stranger to change, the pandemic introduced a new and unexpected competitor – the home office. With up to 56% of employees having a dedicated personal office space in their home, this means more than half have a convenient setup featuring comforts and amenities that many office spaces will struggle to match.

We’re delighted to announce that Anabas’ Managing Director, Alistair Craig, has been recognised among this year’s Workplace Leaders Top 50 – a list of the most influential, inspiring, and innovative leaders making a positive impact on their workplace and industry.  

Leading corporate office FM specialist, Anabas, has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to keeping its employees and workplaces healthy and safe.  

For FM service providers, there is a growing responsibility to find the practical ways we, as an industry, can positively feed into the communities we’re part of. Adopting a strategy that champions social value can carry a spectrum of benefits.

Ravi Bhatnagar, Account Director at Anabas, looks at attention management in the workplace and how to achieve peak performance from employees.

Simon Whitehead, Business Development Director at Anabas goes Under the Spotlight.

The Premises & Facilities Management (PFM) Awards was held at The Brewery in London on 2^nd November in a ceremony opened by PFM’s new editor, Amanda Vliestra, and hosted by newsreader and broadcaster, Trevor McDonald.

I have been with Anabas for just 6 months but from day one, I’ve loved it here! What makes this company so special is the people; right from the start I felt fully embraced in the culture. Each member of the team is kind, always happy to help and make me, and everyone, feel appreciated.  Being part of an organisation like that is deeply important to me, which makes going the extra mile so worth it.

I started my Anabas journey in 2019 working as a receptionist alongside the wonderful reception team. While I was there, I saw an opportunity to expand my corporate experience by helping and covering the helpdesk team. It was here that I discovered the ‘facilities world’.

When analysing how a building requires maintaining, and looking to obtain a facilities management contract, being aware of the types of maintenance in facilities management available can help to further your understanding.

Cost controls and efficiencies are the responsibility of a facilities manager, who is likely to be increasingly under pressure to do more with less. Whether hard or soft services, facilities managers must have oversight of a building’s life cycle costs, from maintenance to technical investments.

We are pleased to welcome Nigel Wilby to Anabas as our new IT Director. With new inhouse expertise, Anabas’ internal technical operations will be enhanced, and we will expand our tech offering to our clients.

The circular economy and facilities management are complementary in how they can work together to create healthier building and office experiences.

In the wake of the global pandemic, many businesses have revisited the role and relevance of their office space.

Moving an entire office and all the considerations that come with having employees, takes a great deal of planning and coordination.

Anabas has been awarded a new three-year TFM contract by The Law Society, the independent professional body representing solicitors in England and Wales.

At the beginning of 2021, the UK government proposed “the future buildings standard”, capturing points of upcoming change in building regulation guidelines.

This couldn’t be a more pertinent time to celebrate FM. The last 14 months have certainly had its share of challenges. Challenges that we could never have imagined. But there has also been opportunity.

RWE has named Anabas as its new integrated facilities management (FM) provider…

Anabas launches national competition amongst staff to identify the most brilliant team…

Teams across Anabas have been keeping mentally fit and healthy throughout the lockdown period by taking part in exercise challenges.

Richard Bostelmann has joined Anabas to work on our long-standing partnership with Ogilvy which was extended earlier this year. Bostelmann has 19 years’ experience in the FM sector including roles with Europa and ISS as well as a spell with Anabas six years ago. He has particular expertise in M&E.

As a large percentage of us are now working from home and adapting our lives around recent rulings put in place by the Government to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we have been working with our people to ensure we all protect our mental and physical health and wellbeing.

Kevin Valks works as a Security Inspector at one of our client sites in London and has worked at Anabas for just over 6 months. Learn about his career as he answers questions on his journey so far…

Joanne is one of our Account Executives and is based at our Business Support Centre in Darlington. Joanne is currently on the Team Leader Level 3* apprenticeship with Lifetime Training. Learn about her apprenticeship journey with Anabas as she answers questions on her experience so far…

Yasemin is a Mobile Floor Captain at Anabas and is currently completing her Facilities Management Supervisor Level 3* qualification part-time with Grey Seal Academy. Learn about her apprenticeship journey with Anabas as she answers questions on her experience so far…

What did the legendary management consultant and author, Peter Drucker, really mean when he said, “culture eats strategy for breakfast”? Corporate Office FM specialist, Anabas has explored this very topic in their latest white paper.

Let me start by saying… I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my working life. Some worse than others. I can also say, that over the course of my career, I have benefited from working with managers and teams who have given me a second chance and allowed me to learn and grow from my errors.

When we enter a building and approach a reception desk, we all have certain expectations; we expect to be greeted with a smile, helped by someone with a friendly manner, who is professional, efficient, capable and personable.

Get to know Ravi Bhatnagar, Account Director at Anabas, as he goes under the spotlight…

Get to know Tim Hysom, Account Director at Anabas, as he answers questions on his career in the FM industry…

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for this year’s PFM Partnership Awards in the ‘Partners in Corporate’ – Private Sector category, for the work we do with Callcredit Information Group.

JohnPaul Pearson, Commercial Manager at Anabas, demonstrates how ‘Back to the Floor Days’ create a positive experience for our staff.

In recent years, more and more businesses have found out that it pays to be dog-friendly. Evidence suggests having an office dog is beneficial in many ways…

For those facilities managers who have enough time in their life to watch TV, you may know him as Will on the BBC comedy W1A. He is the resident intern who is working at the BBC because he is someone’s nephew. He is the affable, ‘Tim nice but dim’ character that doesn’t seem particularly bright.But watch him more closely as he works in the programme commissioning team

Anabas is responsible for a number of agile workspaces and here Account Director Ravi Bhatnagar shares some advice on how to manage this type of environment.

The UK is apparently on the verge of a flexible working ‘tipping point’, it has become a fundamental part of the modern workplace and as such, the practice of agile working is constantly evolving.

Corporate office FM specialist Anabas has expanded its operations and relocated its Headquarters to new premises in Darlington to support its continued growth.

Anabas has secured a new 3 year contract to deliver facilities management services with InfraRed Capital Partners. The new contract will provide a variety of facilities management services at the leading Global Investment Manager’s office in central London. This includes reception, building maintenance and office support services.