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Our Managing Director, Alistair Craig, looks back at another big year for Anabas – with strategic client wins, revenue growth and more

As hybrid work continues to shape our professional landscapes, the power of effective Facilities Management (FM) becomes increasingly apparent in various aspects of the workplace. While the overarching goal of FM is to create a seamless and efficient work environment, the specific areas it encompasses can profoundly impact the employee and visitor experience.

A strong company culture is crucial for attracting top talent, fostering innovation, and achieving organisational success. This article explores how Facilities Management (FM) transcends basic operational duties to play a vital role in nurturing and enhancing company culture.

Shola Francis, our Head of Commercial Experience, guides us through Anabas Welcome’s innovative approach to reshaping initial interactions and setting a lasting positive experience for every visitor with our corporate reception services.

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

Anabas has received an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council.

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.

Here we discuss the approach of corporate front of house teams today, and how they are drawing inspiration and practices from the hospitality industry and embracing a guest-centricity approach.

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

In this blog, Gemma Rigby, HR Director, discusses how a focus on improving employee wellbeing and health at work can contribute to a more engaged and productive workforce, with ideas and examples that can be easily implemented to make a big impact.

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 launched Anabas Welcome, an exciting new front-of-house, guest services and lifestyle brand that will strengthen the UK-based business in response to surging demand.

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.  

Remote working can sometimes be isolating, and video calls can’t always replicate the dynamics of face-to-face relationship building. The longer we worked from home and away from our colleagues, the more being together mattered.

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.  

Like previous high-profile events such as the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and State Funeral, the King’s Coronation will present heightened risks and issues that your corporate security teams in London should consider ahead of the celebrations.

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.

Corporate office FM specialist Anabas has retained its contract with biopharmaceutical company, UCB after a competitive tender process. The seven-figure contract is for a five-year term with the option to extend for a further two years.

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

As the year draws to a close, Alistair Craig, Managing Director at Anabas, reflects on the last 12 months in corporate facilities management and all that we’ve achieved across the year.

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.

At Anabas, we think everyone should be happy at work. Happy colleagues are more cheerful, healthy, sociable and successful.

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.

World FM Day aims to recognise the critical work that facilities management professionals contribute to private and public sector businesses across the globe. World FM Day was first initiated by Global FM in 2008.

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.

Integrated facilities management is where all building work required, whether hard or soft, is managed by one core provider. Discover more about IFM today.

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

Smart buildings and smart technology have grown in popularity, but what are some new innovations in FM that are powering innovation? Anabas discusses.

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

JohnPaul Pearson, Business Support Director at Anabas, discusses the stages of a mobilisation, the process and the most common challenges faced by facilities managers.

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.

Anabas’ Managing Director, Alistair Craig, and Learning and Development Manager, Kirsty Gaunt, are recognised as Inspiring Leaders in the Inspiring Leader 2020 awards organised by Inspiring Workplaces.

Anabas has recognised that a new way of thinking and a new way of being is vital for employee wellbeing to be able to improve resilience and positivity and overcome the significant emotional impact of Covid-19.

I have been working at this client site for nine years now and transferred  to Anabas in 2017. I am a Housekeeping Team Leader and I’m responsible for making sure that all three buildings we manage are cleaned to a very high standard. I look after a team of 10 cleaners and compile our daily rota and task lists, and work with the helpdesk and the site security teams to action any urgent requirements.

While the current COVID 19 pandemic has drastically altered the use of the built environment and working from home for many is now the new norm, life as we know it will eventually return.

With the vast majority of business premises now closed across the UK, as a result of the COVID-19 ‘lockdown’, the Anabas security division is offering security advice to clients on how best to ensure their property is protected during these exceptional times.

Danielle works as our Accounts Receivable Coordinator at the Business support Centre and has worked at Anabas for nearly six years. Learn about her career as she answers questions on her journey so far…

Stephen works as our Mobile Engineer Working Supervisor across multiple client sites and has worked at Anabas for just over a year. Learn about his career as he answers questions on his journey so far…

Alistair Craig, Anabas’s MD, took part in a panel debate yesterday (22 January) on the pertinent issues facing the FM sector.

Mitsubishi Corporation International (Europe) Plc (MCIE) has named Anabas, as its new Soft & Hard FM Services provider.

Anabas has been awarded a new three-year TFM contract by x+why, the UK’s first flexible co-working space.

There is no doubt we now live in a digital world, and this has translated into the world of connected workplaces and smart buildings.

Anabas is celebrating continued success, due to the significant growth and expansion following a flurry of new client wins and a major contract extension.

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.