Cleaning Industry news

• Free guide to securing your supply chain for the future

  07-11-2022 13:31 via fmj.co.uk
  In a highly cost-competitive and dynamic marketplace, to keep up with ever-expanding client demands and remain competitive, there is increasing pressure on FM organisations to effectively manage risk.
  And with the growing challenges of dealing with multiple suppliers, contractors, and day to day processes, it has never been more important to have access to a compliant supply chain that you have full visibility of.
  Market-leading Health, Safety and ESG risk management provider Alcumus, has produc
  
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• Construction Output predicted to fall ‘significantly’ in 2023

  07-11-2022 12:31 via fmj.co.uk
  Construction output is forecast to fall by 3.9 per cent in 2023 following a rise of 2.0 per cent in 2022, as activity currently continues at a high level, according to the the latest Autumn Construction Forecasts 2022-2024 by the Construction Products Association (CPA).
  The fall for 2023 is a sharp downward revision from -0.4 per cent in the Lower Scenario of the CPA’s Summer Forecasts, which the CPA says is mainly due to the impact of a wider economic recession, exacerbated by the effect
  
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• ADT Workplace announces Board appointment

  07-11-2022 11:51 via fmj.co.uk
  The commercial interior design, build and delivery specialist has appointed Craig Sanderson to its Board of Directors.
  Sanderson, who joined the business on 1 November 2022, has a wealth of experience in the design and build market having spearheaded Oktra’s northern operation, and most recently holding the position of Director at Modus Workspace Ltd in the Midlands.
  As well as leading the Business Development and Marketing team, he will work alongside the existing Board and senior managem
  
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• Automatic control

  07-11-2022 11:24 via fmj.co.uk
  Tom Shrive the Founder and CEO of askporter debunks the common misconceptions regarding automation and how it can help FMs take more control
  Amid the harsh realities of soaring energy costs, looming recession, and skills and labour shortages, coupled with the task of maintaining the UK’s aging, energy-inefficient building stock, facilities managers are increasingly turning towards automation for a solution to the challenges they face.
  A report from Hays titled: ‘What Workers Want&rsq
  
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• IoT project roll out shines light on Aberdeen City Council’s sustainability commitment

  07-11-2022 11:06 via fmj.co.uk
  Aberdeen City council is unlocking sustainability and decarbonisation improvements across the city through an intelligent street lighting project.
  The ‘Lighting Up Aberdeen’ project is part of a partnership with IoT service and solutions provider, North, and is helping the local authority create a greener future through the use of energy-efficient lighting across the city.
  The project has seen a state-of-the-art IoT solution installed to manage and monitor more than 37,000 street lig
  
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• Willmott Dixon crowned UK’s best workplace 

  07-11-2022 10:18 via fmj.co.uk
  The contracting and interior fit-out group has taken first place in the Big Company category of the Best Companies Awards that recognises the UK’s top workplaces.
  The win is based on responses from Willmott Dixon’s people to an online survey of questions sent out by Best Companies, along with information supplied about company culture, ethos, policies and innovative initiatives that engage our people. The awards are open to companies from all sectors.
  The event also saw Group Chief E
  
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• Cooltech rebrands as Ecoserv Technical Services

  07-11-2022 10:04 via cleaningmag.com
  Cooltech Environmental Engineering has been renamed as Ecoserv Technical Services and has made a number of senior management appointments following the acquisition of the company by Ecoserv Group last year.
  
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• Compass Retail expands charity partnership

  07-11-2022 10:01 via fmj.co.uk
  Compass Retail has expanded its charity partnership with Alzheimer’s Society to include more of its retail estate.
  Alzheimer’s Society has been supported by the healthcare retail business for the past seven years across its 200 healthcare-based retail sites, already raising over £400,000. With the addition of its Instore cafes across the country, a further 125 sites will now be raising funds for this important charity.
  Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer and 900,000 peopl
  
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• The Snickers Workwear ‘Head to Toe’ Layering system

  07-11-2022 09:41 via fmj.co.uk
  ‘Suit Up’ in Layers for consistent comfort and protection in cold and wet weather.
  You’ll get ‘head to toe’ functionality and protection with Snickers Workwear’s ergonomic base layers, insulating mid layers and weather-protective outer layer clothing.
  They not only allow craftsmen and craftswomen to quickly adjust to changing weather conditions, but also give them the opportunity to make sustainable choices about the clothes they wear on site.
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• Eastman Kodak recycles expired hand sanitiser produced during pandemic

  07-11-2022 01:00
  New York State has entered into an agreement with Eastman Kodak to help it dispose of a huge glut of out-of-code hand sanitiser.The product was manufactured by prison inmates at three US state correctional facilities in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was part of a plan by the then New York governor Andrew Cuomo to boost the state's limited supplies.NYS Clean hand sanitiser was produced and distributed at no cost to the consumer.  But following massive over-production, much of i
  
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