Cleaning Industry news

• SafeGroup sees Spotless opportunity for growth

  19-01-2021 14:50 via chtmag.com
  
  National soft FM and waste management specialist SafeGroup Services has expanded its network with the acquisition of Dorchester-based cleaning company Spotless Cleaning Solutions.
  The deal according to SafeGroup provides the business with an experienced and skilled team of cleaning professionals and a well-established set of clients, along with a new base to expand services in South-West England.
  Janet Nash, who established Spotless Cleaning Solutions in 2011, has been working with SafeGroup to
  
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• Balanced Food Co in Brakespear Park win

  19-01-2021 13:38 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Breakspear Park in Hertfordshire has awarded The Balanced Food Co. a two-year contract to provide catering services across its multi-tenanted office site which stretches over 300,000 sq. ft., featuring four storeys of open space, with a central atrium.
  The deal will see The Balanced Food Co. provide an artisanal cafe, offering both full-service catering and grab and go options. Post lockdown, full restaurant service will commence for the building’s 1,300 inhabitants.
  The contract come
  
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• Engineered for success

  19-01-2021 13:04 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Between 20–30 per cent of all UK engineers are employed in FM, but the UK faces an engineering skills shortage. Sara Searle, Head of HR & Payroll and Julie Connell HR Generalist at Liebherr, explain how a long running National Apprentice Scheme is helping to address the skills shortfall
  Sean Maughan is the living embodiment of an apprenticeship success story. Now 27 years old, Maughan was 18 when he joined Liebherr-Great Britain as a Workshop Apprentice, having first completed his Leve
  
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• Expansion for Milton Keynes plumbing firm with the launch of FM sister company

  19-01-2021 12:09 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A Milton Keynes-based plumbing business is expanding with the launch of a facilities management sister company – Facilities Management Solutions.
  Plumbing and Gas Solutions, launched by Carl Yeomanson nearly 11 years ago has used the disruption of Covid to rethink and reshape his business and is pushing ahead with its expansion plans this month.
  The firm has already begun recruiting, bringing on new clients and says it is confident it will hit at least a £500,000 turnover by the end
  
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• Sixth year of consecutive growth for Pareto FM

  19-01-2021 11:38 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Pareto FM has reported its annual turnover has risen for the sixth consecutive year despite seven months of trading being impacted by Covid-19.
  Figures published for the year ending September 2020 show a 15 per cent growth in turnover to £16.2 million, with the facilities and engineering services provider on course to grow by a further 25 per cent next year.
  This achievement builds on the 55 per cent growth the company accomplished the previous year ending September 2019.
  According to the
  
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• SafeGroup acquires Spotless Cleaning Solutions

  19-01-2021 10:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  National soft FM and waste management specialist, SafeGroup Services, has acquired Dorchester-based cleaning company Spotless Cleaning Solutions.
  The deal, according to SafeGroup will provide the business with an experienced and skilled team of cleaning professionals and a well-established set of clients, along with a new base to expand services in South-West England.
  SafeGroup Managing Director Mike Drake  said: “We’re delighted to have acquired Spotless Cleaning Solutions, whi
  
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• Stereze workspace cleaners and hand sanitisers launched

  19-01-2021 10:31 via cleaningmag.com
  
  MicroCare LLC has announced the launch of a new product line - Stereze workspace cleaners and hand sanitisers - to support the fight against Coronavirus.
  
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• Platinum Facilities wins M&E deal with Legal & General Investment Management

  19-01-2021 10:13 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The technology led hard FM service provider, has been appointed by Bellrock and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) to provide mechanical and electrical maintenance services for a London portfolio of 20 properties across the LGIM estate.
  The three-year contract includes The Aircraft Factory Hammersmith, 55 Strand and 120 Aldersgate Street.
  Commenting on the contract award, Glen Cardinal, Managing Director Platinum Facilities said: “We are delighted to have been awarded the har
  
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• Altipeak go for gold with Condair

  19-01-2021 09:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Altitude training specialist, Altipeak, has selected Condair humidifiers to control the humidity in their innovative new Altipeak Mobile Altitude Pod. The six-man, environmentally controlled training chamber can simulate any climate worldwide, enabling athletes to train under the atmospheric conditions they will ultimately be competing in.
  Noel O’Brien, founder and CEO of Altipeak International Holdings Ltd, commented, “The Altipeak Mobile Altitude Pod was initially designed to assis
  
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• Regular, effective cleaning key

  19-01-2021 01:00 via europeancleaningjournal.com
  In the current pandemic, fear can lead to bad advice when it comes to hygiene, writes VSR’s John Griep.Cleaning and disinfection are not the same. Disinfection is about killing or inactivating microorganisms, thus reducing the number of microorganisms to an acceptable level. Cleaning is about removing dirt and the microorganisms it contains.Disinfection is what we do after cleaning, in the food industry, care homes and hospitals and in cleanrooms. Cleaning alone is what we do in all other
  
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