The latest issue of our weekly newsletter, Insight, is now available to view online here. This week: a report from Corenet claims that  global (meaning – American) space standards are moving closer to the UK norm; an update on the proposed merger between the UK’s largest facilities management trade associations; Simon Heath argues that when it comes to providing great service in FM it’s better to be exceptional at a few a things than mediocre at lots; the pitfalls of using social media as a recruitment tool; and why we need to come up with something better than the current approach to ergonomics which remains rooted in 20th Century thinking and legislation.

In the latest issue of the Insight newsletter we are pleased to announce a partnership with Worktech 13, which will be held at the British Museum in London on the 19th and 20th November. Over the next few months look out for content from some of the world’s foremost thinkers on office design and management including Frank Duffy, Philip Ross, Dave Coplin and Greg Lindsay. Also this week, according to two new property reports the London office market continues to thrive; why flexible workers may be limiting their career prospects and how desk size can influence behaviour. Regular contributor Simon Heath warns that the BIFM partnership with DWP may prove an ill-advised and short-lived union and Mark Eltringham hails the Design Museum’s move to the long empty Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington. To view this week’s newsletter click here.