Cleaning Industry news

• How an investment in cleaning can return confidence in a post-lockdown world

  04-05-2021 14:38 via chtmag.com
  
  By James White, Managing Director at Denis Rawlins Ltd
  Who would have thought this time last year that we would be navigating our way out of a third national lockdown?
  COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down and the freedoms we once took for granted have been kept from us for far too long. But with Spring in full swing, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel.
  If all goes to plan with the government’s roadmap, we will be lockdown-free in a matter of months. The 21st of June, or &
  
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• Portfolio by Churchill takes contract with the Institute of Directors

  04-05-2021 14:13 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Image CC credit: James Petts – flickr
  Churchill Group’s high specification cleaning service, Portfolio, has been awarded a three-year cleaning deal with the Institute of Directors (IoD).
  The contract, which will be mobilised when the IoD reopens after the Covid-19 pandemic will enable its members to return to the built environment in a safe and hygienic manner.
  The IoD is the UK’s longest running organisation for professional leaders, having been founded in 1903 and incorporate
  
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• Smart buildings survey

  04-05-2021 12:35 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Individual sub-systems within a building have long operated in silo. However, the current trend is headed toward a greater interconnected environment. Global technology research powerhouse, Omdia, connects the dots to reveal the value of the building’s intelligent environment through its Smart Buildings research.
  As part of this research, Omdia is conducting a survey of end-users and installers/integrators in collaboration with IFESC, the Facilities Show and Intelligent Building Europe. Th
  
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• Back for good

  04-05-2021 12:01 via fmj.co.uk
  
  As lockdown eases and people travel back into the office, Leanne Beeken, Head of Business Communications Technology at Remark Group looks at the range of technologies available to support worker wellbeing
  With the roadmap out of lockdown underway, reassuring occupants that the workplace is a safe place will be essential for FMs to consider when planning the reopening of the workplace. Adjusting to both returning to the workplace and the way it must now be organised, may present challenges for th
  
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• Preserving the past

  04-05-2021 11:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The installation of technology which enables the live real-time monitoring of an historic building could revolutionise how we protect and preserve heritage sites finds Sara Bean
  During the pandemic one of the most longed for aspects of normal life has been the opportunity to visit museums, stately homes and other heritage sites. Whether they’re open or closed to the public, preserving these buildings and their contents from damage is a key concern. Take for example the devastation caused b
  
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• Long-term leases cited as the biggest barrier to adopting a hybrid workplace model

  04-05-2021 11:19 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A survey of UK business leaders and C-suite executives has found that many businesses may have to wait to adopt a hybrid working model because of being locked into a long-term lease.
  This key finding in a survey that forms part of a new white paper published by flexspace operator, Clarendon, suggests that while hybrid work is being lauded as the solution to the post-pandemic workplace, it may not be easy for many companies to make an immediate switch.
  Other notable barriers to hybrid working wer
  
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• Student accommodation receives hygiene verification label

  04-05-2021 10:26 via cleaningmag.com
  
  The Sodexo-managed student accommodation at Northumbria University has received the Rise Safe label from Bureau Veritas.
  
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• Servo Group achieves gold standard compliance accreditations

  04-05-2021 10:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Jack Hill, Compliance Manager and Nickie McIntyre, Group Sales Director
  Multi-service provider, Servo Group, has achieved UKAS accredited ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 – which are the gold standards in quality management assurance, occupational health and safety and environmental management.
  The Leeds-headquartered firm, which provides full FM services, S.I.A licensed manned guarding, CCTV, vetted and screened rail labour, property management and construction services, has undertaken a rigorou
  
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• Johnson Controls launches 700 Series microprocessor-based conventional fire detectors

  04-05-2021 09:49 via fmj.co.uk
  
  New series of conventional detectors have built-in microprocessors that monitor and respond to smoke density, fixed temperature, and rate-of-rise of temperatureDrift compensation feature extends service life and reduces maintenance needs
  Detectors are designed and manufactured in Europe and comply with EN54 and LPCB standardsJohnson Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings – and architect of OpenBlue connected solutions and services – announces the new
  
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