Cleaning Industry news

• World Mental Health Day: 5 ways to support mental health in the workplace 

  10-10-2022 14:06 via fmj.co.uk
  To coincide with World Mental Health Day (10 October), Alex Minett, Head of Products and Markets at supply chain risk management expert, CHAS, offers five steps companies can take to make workplaces more inclusive for workers who have experienced mental health issues.It’s fair to say the Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled a global emergency for mental health, and there’s no sign of letup with ongoing disruption to mental health services and access to treatment. This is compounded by the
  
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• Claremont Insight Report finds the workplace has a unique opportunity to evolve

  10-10-2022 12:23 via fmj.co.uk
  While trying to get back to some sort of ‘normality’ post pandemic presents huge challenges, this is not necessarily a negative as it offers opportunities for workplaces to evolve. This is the findings of a new Interiors Insight Report published by Claremont Group Interiors in association with FMJ.
  The report confirms that with the over half (52 per cent) of employees saying flexible work policies would affect the decision to stay at their organisation, this new hybrid world of work,
  
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• Salisbury wins back-to back golds

  10-10-2022 12:20 via cleaningmag.com
  For the second consecutive year, Salisbury Group has secured a Gold Award from RoSPA - the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
  
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• Checklist for drainage risks

  10-10-2022 12:11 via fmj.co.uk
  Climate change means it has never been more important to assess site drainage risks and take steps to control them, says Kevin Moon, Managing Director of drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc
  Here in the UK we’re used to a variety of weather, but climate change is making that variety ever more extreme. That brings significant challenges as flooding does not just involve rivers bursting their banks or waves breaching sea defences. Overwhelmed surface drains and sewers often co
  
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• Bellrock makes the grade for university hard FM services deal

  10-10-2022 11:48 via fmj.co.uk
  Bellrock Property & Facilities Management has secured a five-year hard services agreement with Swansea University, who were looking for a digital transformation partner to deliver on the ground.
  The contract includes a 24-hour helpdesk, overseeing buildings across two main campus sites, comprising approximately 100 buildings across the city.
  Through technology-led innovation, underpinned by Bellrock’s software platform Concerto, its multi-skilled, operational team will be working close
  
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• Skanska UK announces occupational health and wellbeing appointment

  10-10-2022 11:12 via fmj.co.uk
  Megan Taylor has been appointed Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing at Skanska UK.
  Taylor, an occupational health and safety professional, joins the business from British Transport Police where she was Deputy Director of Safety, Health and Wellbeing. She has previously held senior health and wellbeing roles at Network Rail, LNER, Virgin Trains and Southern Railways.
  Speaking about her new role, Taylor said: “Skanska UK enjoys an enviable reputation in health and wellbeing. Parti
  
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• ISS awards patient meal supply contract to apetito

  10-10-2022 10:32 via fmj.co.uk
  ISS UK has awarded apetito, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of delivered-in meals, a new patient meal supply contract across the company’s healthcare business, serving around 8.5million meals per year.
  apetito’s core values, principles and policies makes them a significant asset to ISS’s healthcare food service vision. ISS says apetito shares its high standards of quality, responsibility, dedication and ethics, and is also focused on reducing food waste, sourcing ethica
  
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• The Momentum Group adds to its Liverpool property management portfolio

  10-10-2022 10:01 via fmj.co.uk
  The Momentum Group has secured the property management contract for Aviation House, Estuary Business Park, Speke, Liverpool.
  The Grade A office accommodation close to Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport, adds 18,000 sq ft of space under management to the company’s growing portfolio of property management instructions and fits with the Group’s aspirations for continued growth.
  The appointment adds to the Momentum Group’s growing property management instructions including those
  
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• Scottish hotel group switches to GreenTeck Global’s 100% natural cleaning system

  10-10-2022 09:46 via fmj.co.uk
  A new distribution agreement between GreenTeck Global and Alliance Scotland has already inspired one Scottish hotel group to swap its cleaning products for a chemical-free alternative.
  Thanks to the partnership, Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels recently committed to introducing GreenTeck Global’s COSHH-free AquaTeck SC100 cleaning system across its eight-hotel portfolio, which are all set within iconic Scottish locations.
  The AquaTeck SC100 allows businesses to convert ordinary water into hy
  
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• New learning module

  10-10-2022 01:00
  Independent janitorial distributor network Jangro has refreshed the health and safety training course on its e-learning platform, the Jangro Learning Management Solution (LMS).The new module takes 30 minutes to complete and areas covered include identifying risks in cleaning; preventing accidents during cleaning; recognising responsibilities regarding health and safety; and identifying chemical and biological hazards in the workspace.jangrolms.net
  
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• Can microfibre spread dirt?

  10-10-2022 01:00
  John Griep at VSR, our reporter in the Netherlands, gives us new insight into the microfibre cloth.Can microfibre cloths cause dirt to spread? An odd question perhaps. After all, microfibre cloths are cleaning cloths and their purpose is to clean surfaces, not to make them dirtier. But, it is true. Microfibre cloths can indeed spread dirt. The microfibre cloth contaminates itself, so to speak, when the cloth is folded. This is clear from research conducted on our behalf.In 2009, international re
  
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