Cleaning Industry news

• Buckthorn Partners to acquire Amey for £400m

  11-10-2022 15:28 via fmj.co.uk
  UK investment firm, Buckthorn Partners LLP, has entered into an agreement to acquire Amey Group PLC, from Spanish owner Ferrovial for £400 million.
  Amey is a leading supplier to the UK government and public sector with over 100-years of experience in innovative design and infrastructure management, maintenance, and upgrade, with core expertise in consulting and transport and built infrastructure management. The company has over 11,000 employees across 200 locations in the UK.
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• Home Secretary’s remarks about migrant workers and unskilled labour are ‘divorced from reality’ says BCC

  11-10-2022 14:52 via chtmag.com
  Leaders of one of the UK’s biggest industries have branded the Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s comments about reducing migrant workers entering the country as “ridiculous”, “completely out of touch” and “divorced from reality”.
  The £59 billion cleaning, hygiene and waste sector has been suffering from severe staff shortages since a tightening of immigration rules last year left cleaning and hygiene professionals incorrectly labelled as unsk
  
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• Use of synbiotics revolutionise hospital cleaning systems

  11-10-2022 13:51 via chtmag.com
  Hospitals could save more than a billion euros a year in medical and hygiene costs by switching to a new synbiotic cleaning product, which coat surfaces with live probiotics to actively fight off bacteria, instead of using traditional disinfectants.
  Researchers found that where the product was used, Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) fell, saving cash as fewer patients became infected and required treatment. Whilst savings were also made on cleaning costs because the symbiotic products do not n
  
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• Kärcher UK launches new industrial cleaning equipment hire service 

  11-10-2022 13:08 via chtmag.com
  Kärcher UK has integrated its product hire service, Clean Sweep, and rebranded as Kärcher Hire, to provide product hire options across its UK industrial cleaning equipment range.
  This service will allow new and existing business customers to hire a range of Kärcher products to deliver everyday cleaning needs quickly and efficiently. The integration will be underpinned by the opening of multiple new depots to speed up delivery times, with five planned to be operational by the end o
  
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• Check your weak spots

  11-10-2022 12:16 via fmj.co.uk
  IoT expert Pippa Boothman VP Marketing & Communications at Norwegian tech company Disruptive Technologies, the developer of the world’s smallest wireless sensors and IoT infrastructure, explains how to address IoT security weak pointsThe Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly becoming an indispensable technology for many facilities managers. Wireless IoT sensors provide a comprehensive, cost-effective, and simple method of data collection, allowing businesses to utilise this data in vario
  
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• ‘Twindemic’ could cost more lives due to shortage of cleaning staff - BCC

  11-10-2022 12:05 via cleaningmag.com
  Industry body calls for urgent Government support ahead of the Winter flu and Coronavirus threat.
  
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• Andron awarded five-year deal with Colliers in Scotland

  11-10-2022 11:48 via fmj.co.uk
  Andron Facilities Management has landed a new five-year deal with global real estate company, Colliers for the delivery of cleaning and support services to a portfolio of offices across Edinburgh and Glasgow.
  Colliers provides end-to-end commercial real estate solutions across all property sectors including offices, industrial, retail and residential. The new contract aims to help Colliers support and develop its services to clients and tenants, while making a substantial contribution to the dev
  
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• Kingdom merges its technology and systems divisions

  11-10-2022 11:14 via fmj.co.uk
  Kingdom Services Group, a provider of specialist services in the UK has merged its technology and systems companies which are now operating under the sole name of Kingdom Systems.
  The merge will enable Kingdom to provide a specialist, bespoke service to its technology and systems customers but do so more collaboratively within one division and one team, which Kingdom says will have many obvious benefits for its customers such as a single point of contact and a greater holistic view and understan
  
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• Increase a roof’s longevity and reduce carbon

  11-10-2022 10:26 via fmj.co.uk
  Undoubtedly, buildings’ sustainable management and maintenance are at the forefront of many minds, with a significant shift in how facilities managers view their long-term refurbishment and asset management programmes.
  With many businesses implementing clear environmental targets for the coming years, early considerations in commercial roofing projects are crucial to addressing environmental challenges and reducing carbon.
  By taking more of a holistic approach to the issue, Garland UK Tech
  
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• MD promotion for Paul Goodchild at Platinum Facilities

  11-10-2022 10:21 via fmj.co.uk
  The technology led hard FM service provider, has promoted Paul Goodchild to the role of Managing Director.
  Goodchild joined Platinum Facilities as Finance and Commercial Director in 2018. His promotion to MD recognises his “hard work to enable exceptional service delivery, develop the company culture and achieve growth”.
  Goodchild has 23 years of experience in the service industry, 14 of which are in the facilities management sector. He is a qualified Chartered Director with the IOD,
  
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• Pareto in University of Reading win

  11-10-2022 10:01 via fmj.co.uk
  Pareto FM has been appointed by the University of Reading to provide hard services at its Gateway Building on the Thames Valley Science Park campus.
  Under the terms of the deal, Pareto will deliver all associated mechanical, electrical and fabric related planned and reactive maintenance to the innovative building.
  Speaking about the contract award, Tony Parr, Facilities and Operational Manager, University of Reading said: “It was critical that the University of Reading found a contrac
  
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• Why is hybrid working becoming more desirable?

  11-10-2022 09:37 via fmj.co.uk
  After the lockdown had finished more companies decided to keep flexible working and allowed employees to work from home some days during the week. This has resulted in hybrid working rising from 13% in early February 2022 to 24% in May 2022, whereas the percentage of people working exclusively from home has fallen from 22% to 14% in the same period.
  Hybrid working provides a better work life balance for most people and is a key factor that people look for when looking for a new job. Now is the p
  
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• Thermal imaging ‘could help to improve hand hygiene techniques’

  11-10-2022 01:00
  Portable thermal imaging could be used to monitor and assess hand hygiene among healthcare professionals, according to US researchers.Studies have shown that healthcare workers often fail to thoroughly clean their thumbs and fingertips. Thermal imaging cameras could be used to highlight any missed areas of the hands and help to improve health professionals' techniques."Effective hand hygiene is recognised as the single most important act to prevent the transmission of potentially pathogenic micr
  
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• Cleaner, safer

  11-10-2022 01:00
  New from cleaning chemicals specialist Cleenol Group is the edencleen range, launched in line with its aim to play a part in a ‘cleaner and safer world’.These new formulations have been developed around a number of stringent principles and ingredients including RSPO (The Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified palm oil derivatives, no animal derived products, cruelty free and minimal petrochemical derived products.The products are also VOC and phosphate free, with recyclable/r
  
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