March 2005 Happy workers make profits

Most businesses worry about product, process and performance but forget a vital ingredient; people... Full Story >>>

February 2005 Farrelly picks up award for Workplace Diversity

Farrelly (M&E) Building Services Limited Ltd have recently been awarded Diversity in the Workplace awarded by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Investors in People... Full Story >>>

Recent Video Clips Inspired Leaders

Inspired Leaders are a unique network of over 800 leaders from business and the public sector who share practical ideas and insights gleaned from transforming our organisations.

Listen to how Gerry Farrelly, Director of Training at Farrelly Facilities, wanted to transform his organisation so that his people came into work with a spring in their step. View the video clips to see what he discovered regarding the following topics:

1. Be the change you want to see. Great leaders change themselves first.
2. Leadership as reality TV. You are being watched and there’s nowhere to hide.
3. The Boss is Dead. People want to own their own jobs, not be told by you.

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December 10 2003 BBC Radio 4

Farrelly Facilities were interviewed on Radio 4 You & Yours show live on 10th December 2003 between 12pm - 1pm. You will be able to listen to that interview from this website shortly.

January 25 2003 The Times

THIS is a good news story coming out of the West Midlands. As more and more from the metal-bashing capital of the UK complain of lost confidence, collapsing order books and disappearing margins, here is a company that reports the opposite...
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July 17 2002 The Times

Attractive perks and civilised hours can often generate higher profits...
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May 2002 business&finance

Farrelly (M&E) Building Services Limited Limited (Farrelly Facilities) has been attracting a lot of attention recently. From airtime on Japanese television to letters from the US, something about the way the company operates has caught the imagination of people around the world. Yet Gerry Farrelly, co-director, said the radical ideas used by the company are really only common sense...
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May 10 2002 building magazine

The Tao of success

Like a frog in a well seeing the sky, the great men of Farrelly Facilities grasped that it is a fool who picks up a sesame seed but loses sight of the watermelon. Victoria Madine finds out how Chinese wisdom translates into happy workers and a great fortune. Illustration by Fiona Hewitt...
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April 10 2002 What makes a happy workforce?

Giving your colleagues a hug first thing in the morning really can boost profits, judging by the experiences of one company. What do you think? Would you like to see a similar policy where you work? What do you think makes a happy workplace?... > Full Story

April 5 2002 Daily Telegraph

GROUP hugs, socialising on company expenses and no work in the office after 5pm are the best ways to increase profits, a family-run business has found...
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April 5 2002 Group hugs increase profits

Giving your colleagues a hug first thing in the morning really can boost profits, judging by the experiences of one company. Workers at Farrelly Facilities and Engineering begin and end the day with an embrace... > Full Story