The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), Asset Skills, the Facilities Management Association (FMA), and the Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA), have agreed to the concept of forming ‘one single and united body to represent facilities management and support services’.
The four organisations said: “As the facilities management and support services profession and industry have matured and evolved, so too must the bodies representing and leading them.” A steering group has been established to progress the proposed merger, which brings together:
• Asset Skills, the skills body representing facilities management, property, housing, cleaning, and parking.
• The BIFM, the professional body for facilities management.
• The FMA, the trade association for the facilities management sector.
• The CSSA, the trade association for the cleaning and support services industry.
The group will ‘address how these and other organisations could come together into this single body to meet the needs of the industry and the professionals that work within it’. The proposal will be put forward to each constituent party’s membership for agreement and ratification.
