Cleaning Industry news

• Home workers should be monitored according to over half of bosses

  18-10-2022 14:58 via fmj.co.uk
  A new survey carried out by the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) in partnership with HR software company HiBob has revealed that more than half of bosses (55 per cent) agree with collecting information on regular home workers, including the amount of time spent on laptops each day and email sending behaviours to identify risk of burnout. However, only three in 10 (28 per cent) leaders say their organisations are using software to monitor the productivity of home workers. W
  
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• Thank Your Cleaner Day set to pay tribute to cleaners across the UK and around the world

  18-10-2022 14:12 via chtmag.com
  Celebrating the amazing work of cleaners around the world, Thank Your Cleaner Day pays tribute to the millions of people working tirelessly to make others feel comfortable and safe in their living and working environments. Together with its local partners, Kärcher UK is again calling on the cleaning industry to recognise the hard-working cleaners around the world, who often work outside office hours and therefore out of site, by thanking them on 19th October for all their hard work.
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• MBE awarded to leading cleaning industry figure

  18-10-2022 14:04 via chtmag.com
  A leading figure in the cleaning and hygiene industry has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) at Buckingham Palace.
  Kim Phillips is a Director at the British Cleaning Council (BCC), the National Chairperson of BCC member the Association of Building Cleaning Direct Service organisations (ABCD) and Head of Catering and Facilities Services at Rotherham Council.
  She was recognised in the New Year’s Honours list in January for public service after supporting communi
  
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• Preparing your municipal fleet for the winter

  18-10-2022 13:49 via chtmag.com
  With winter just around the corner, Paul Beddows, Sales Director at Dawsongroup | emc, shares his top tips for keeping your road sweeper fleet operational and on the road this season
  Municipal fleets play a vital role in keeping our towns and cities safe and clean. Road sweepers, in particular, are a key vehicle in any local authority’s municipal fleet, removing dangerous materials – such as glass or metal – from pavements and roads, keeping gutters clear and reducing the risk
  
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• Magenta wins GOLD and SILVER at the 2022 CIPR PRide Awards

  18-10-2022 13:16 via fmj.co.uk
  Magenta Associates, an integrated communications consultancy specialising in the built environment, has been crowned a GOLD winner for ‘Best Use of Media Relations’ at the 2022 Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards. To cap it off, Magenta was also awarded SILVER for the ‘Best Integrated Campaign’.
  Over the past year, Magenta has ensured that its client, Freespace, a workplace technology company, has become a trusted expert in workplace and office occ
  
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• Hybrid workers voice concerns about workplace energy efficiency as the energy crisis impacts the cost of working from home

  18-10-2022 11:46 via fmj.co.uk
  New research reveals the impact the energy crisis is having on the UK workforce, as seven in 10 hybrid workers admit they’re concerned about the cost of working from home as bills skyrocket.
  The survey of 2,000 UK workers by OnePoll, on behalf of UK smart building technology firm Infogrid, finds that worries over energy usage don’t just start and stop at home. There is also greater scrutiny from the workforce, especially younger generations, on how employers manage energy during
  
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• It’s time to give calls the attention they deserve

  18-10-2022 10:46 via fmj.co.uk
  Amid ongoing technological change and the global upheaval brought about by Covid, one tool has proven itself to be a stalwart in the world of communications – the phone.
  According to new research from Moneypenny and Censuswide, when it comes to consumers contacting businesses, the phone remains king – with 35% of people naming it as their preferred method of communication.
  We want real conversations with real people and aside from face-to-face meetings or video calls – which p
  
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• Bidvest Noonan appoints new ops director

  18-10-2022 10:28 via fmj.co.uk
  Bidvest Noonan has appointed Jenny Jones as Director of Operations in its Facilities Solutions business unit.
  With more than 20 years of industry experience, Jones is highly accomplished and brings extensive operations leadership experience across multiple sectors to her new role.
  Bidvest Noonan’s Facilities Solutions business unit provides cleaning and support services nationwide across the UK. The business unit has an impressive portfolio of customers that includes market leading firms i
  
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• IWFM announces Impact Awards winners 2022

  18-10-2022 10:09 via fmj.co.uk
  The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) has revealed the winners of its IWFM Impact Awards 2022.
  Technological innovations dominated last night’s event which took place at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House. The evening also captured the equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) agenda’s rise in prominence in the industry with four winning entries spotlighting outstanding examples of progress in this key area.
  In a step towards improving inclusivity, attendees
  
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• Waterblade breaks the one month barrier, a remarkable 1200% ROI

  18-10-2022 09:33 via fmj.co.uk
  Using our new calculator we are now regularly calculating savings achievable for potential clients. These savings are based on data you provide us. We used to expect a payback period of 6 months. Increasingly we are finding that the cost of investing in Waterblade is repaid in just one month. The main factor is of course the rise in energy costs. This is also because our prices have remained the same for 3 years despite materials price increases. We can do this because our manufacture costs have
  
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• Hotel group adopts natural cleaning solutions

  18-10-2022 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  Following the partnership earlier this month between GreenTeck Global and Alliance Scotland, Crieff Hydro family of hotels has become Alliance’s first Scottish client to adopt GreenTeck Global’s natural cleaning solutions.
  
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• ISS pledges to hire 1,000 refugees in North America

  18-10-2022 01:00
  Global facility management specialist ISS has committed to recruiting 1,000 refugees or more across its North America business by the end of 2025.The pledge came at the Tent Partnership for Refugees US Business Summit on Refugees in New York City recently. The programme aims to reduce barriers for refugees to help them integrate by providing training and employment."We live in very unsettled times, and we must all support where and how we can," explained Margot Slattery, global head of diversity
  
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