News & Insights

Explore why corporate leaders are choosing hybrid models to foster culture, and how strategic FM makes the office worth the commute.

What difference does FM make in the workplace? Colleagues across Anabas share their perspectives for World FM Day.

Total facilities management puts all your building services under one contract, saving time, cutting costs, and letting you focus on your business.

Understand the difference between hard and soft FM services, what each includes, and how they support safe, compliant, and effective workplaces.

Our partnership with UCB has been recognised with the Partners in Corporate award at the 2025 P&FM Awards, celebrating collaboration and service excellence.

Ravi Bhatnagar, Account Director at Anabas, shares his insights into the facilities management challenges facing professional services firms. With law and financial services under constant scrutiny, compliance, resilience, and client experience are critical. In this article, Ravi explores how a Total Facilities Management (TFM) model can help firms meet these exacting standards while supporting business continuity and workplace excellence.

As we celebrate World FM Day 2025, the global facilities management community unites under the theme Resilience in Action: FM Thriving in a World of Change.

Luke Morris steps up as Head of Service Strategy with Darren Kent joining as Projects and Engineering Manager

Dogs in the office… yes or no? We explore the benefits and offer expert-backed guidance for creating your own dog-friendly policies.

Is it time that offices themselves adapt to hybrid working? Our Business Development Director asks the question, and looks at what that might look like.

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

As hybrid working continues to evolve, it is reshaping the traditional workplace landscape, challenging organisations to rethink how they design and manage corporate offices in the hybrid work era.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Roxanne Keefe as Client Services Manager at Anabas Welcome.

In this blog, Richard Oldham, QHSE Manager at Anabas, highlights some of the key factors that will influence the future of the FM sector.

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.

In this blog, we explore the benefits of increased employee engagement in the workplace and how facilities management teams can help achieve this.  

What’s in store for the corporate FM sector this year? From innovative technology, ever-evolving hybrid working strategies and a bigger focus on ESG, in this blog we set out some of the top trends that will define facilities management in 2024. 

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.

In this blog, we will discuss the role of facilities management companies in the corporate workplace. We will explore the key responsibilities and requirements of corporate FM operations, and how they play an indispensable role in keeping the wheels of the modern workplace turning smoothly to create fantastic guest experiences.

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.

From employee wellbeing to the security of a building, or even its general maintenance, find out the differences between hard FM and soft FM.

The UK is playing a vital role as the first major economy to pass laws to reach net zero by 2050.

An employee arrives at the office and begins their working day with a team meeting in a conference room before moving to the café area to greet a new client.

I started working at Anabas in June 2013 as a helpdesk administrator, working on a large contract which covered over 70 sites nationwide. In 2016, I was promoted to account executive and delivered the admin and day-to-day management of one of our key contracts for around 3 years. I really enjoyed it there; each day was exciting and presented some great challenges!

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.

Your front of house service staff are the face of your business. They are responsible for the first impression and so it is vital to ensure they have the confidence and competence to not only meet but exceed expectations and deliver every single day.

At Anabas we are always looking at ways to both improve what we do and to engage with our employees in the best way to maximise their effectiveness in service delivery to our clients.

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

Rebecca van Niekerk, Head of Mobilisation 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.

In a recent interview, Steven Barnett, floor captain at Anabas, tells us about his role and what it’s been like to work throughout the coronavirus pandemic…

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

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…

Hayley works as a Front of House Manager at one of our client sites in London and has worked at Anabas for nearly two years. Learn about her career as she answers questions on her 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.

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.

Since early 2016, we have been involved with Circle Collective, a London based charity which supports young unemployed adults in finding work.

Welcoming dogs into the workplace can be a positive experience for many, but rules are necessary to maintain happy human and canine relationships. Anabas Account Director, Ravi Bhatnagar explains how to get this right…

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…

Why being invited into your Bosses home is a great way to be thanked.

Corporate office specialist, Anabas has been appointed by Mitchells & Butlers to deliver FM services for the next three years across its corporate office portfolio in Birmingham and London.

Facilities Management specialist, Anabas has continued to extend its reach in the delivery of facilities management to high quality office space, through a number of recent renewals and wins with a variety of corporate clients over recent months.