We love working as a team from our offices in Leeds & Newcastle but it’s also important to us that we spend time away from our working environment, keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in the Facilities Management (FM) industry.

This allows us to understand any challenges, trends or predictions that might impact our business, our clients and our candidates. It’s also the reason we schedule one particular annual event into our diaries - the world's largest dedicated FM event that attracts thousands of people from all over the world - AKA Facilities Show.

Here's some news to cheer us up on a rainy June morning!...We're proud as punch to receive the news that 300 North has been recognised by CV Magazine in their 2019 Recruitment Elite.

The Elite looks to highlight some of the globe’s key players from across the industry who have stood out from the crowd during the past 12 months and achieved excellence in their retrospective sector.

Let’s keep the mental health and wellbeing conversation going in our workplaces!

Everyone has mental health, in the same way that we all have physical health. At times we can struggle to maintain good physical health due to different reasons, such as being too busy and tired to fit in a trip to the gym, or to cook dinner so we order a takeaway. Similarly, we have to work at maintaining good mental health where certain factors might make this a challenge. The workplace can often be an environment of high pressure and stress with impending deadlines and the expectations of exceeding targets. This atmosphere can be challenging for people experiencing mental health difficulties and create barriers to accessing the right support from their employers. 

It’s Wednesday 15th May and that means only one thing for the global facilities management (FM) community - World FM Day!

This annual celebration highlights the significant contribution FM makes to the global economy and recognises the essential work of FM professionals. The theme for 2019 is ‘celebrating global ISO FM Standards’, which is a nod to the welcome standardisation of FM practices internationally.

It's a while since we provided an update on Paralympic Athlete Callum Hall (who we are delighted to be sponsoring); So we've asked him to bring everyone up to speed on what he's been up to since the end of 2018.

Callum explains "In January I competed in my first marathon of the year in Dubai where I finished 7th. Unfortunately I had food poisoning the week before, which drained my energy levels and affected my lead up into the race, however I still pushed 1 minute outside my PB, a good sign that training has been working!

It’s an exciting, intriguing and nail-biting time for facilities management (FM). With each month that passes, the FM sector is required to meet the present and predicted needs of a market filled with challenges and complexities.

From workplace tech to wellbeing, all this talk of change has got us thinking about the trends beginning to seriously shape the future of FM.

We would like to say a very warm welcome to the newest member of the 300 North team, Annie Broadhurst.

Annie is our recruitment administrator and she will have a diverse role which includes supporting the recruitment consultants as well as the wider operations and marketing functions.

Here's what Annie had to say about her first few weeks at 300 North:

It’s hard to believe it’s April 2019 already! As we close the book on the first quarter of the year, 300 North takes a look at what the rest of the year, and beyond, has in store for the UK Facilities Management (FM) market.

300 North is pleased to announce its accreditation by APSCo, The Association of Professional Staffing Companies.

APSCo was formed to give all firms involved in the recruitment of professional talent, the specialist support and distinctive voice they need to be successful. APSCo membership is fundamentally about aspiring to the highest possible standards.

Discussing Mental Health and Wellbeing can still be difficult for some people, so this ‘Time to Talk Day’ we want to encourage people to have the confidence to speak up. 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our life time, so it is important for everyone to feel that they can open up and discuss how they are feeling. Often speaking about an issue can be the beginning of recovery as you are opening yourself up to access help.