Cleaning Industry news

• Utilisation data is a key metric for companies rethinking office design amid greater hybrid work

  08-11-2022 14:46 via fmj.co.uk
  With the increase in hybrid work, access-card swipes, WiFi logins and occupancy sensors are the new data currency for companies rethinking office design, according to a new study by global real estate advisor, CBRE.
  The study found that companies are more closely tracking their use of their office space, with 90 per cent of respondents saying they now routinely gather utilisation data in order to better understand why, when and how employees are using the office.
  CBRE’s findings are adding
  
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• RICS calls for urgent action to decarbonise real estate

  08-11-2022 13:37 via fmj.co.uk
  With buildings producing approximately 25 per cent of all UK emissions, RICS is calling on the Government to urgently address gaps and meet ambitious climate targets.
  According to RICS, existing UK Government decarbonisation policies are “insufficient” and have “no incentives” to manage operational carbon emissions, an “absence” of regulation of embodied carbon from design to construction, and a “limited” retrofit programme.
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• Equans and Innovate UK provide funding to specialist net zero digital start ups

  08-11-2022 13:11 via fmj.co.uk
  Equans has invested in two net zero carbon software specialists – Grid Edge and OnGen- through the Clean Growth Innovation Fund, which will support the UK’s energy, digital and industrial transitions through the development of disruptive technologies, services and business models.
  The pioneering partnership between Equans and Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will see Equans’ investment aligned to grant funding from Innovate UK. This partnership is the first of i
  
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• Protect and serve

  08-11-2022 12:03 via fmj.co.uk
  Professional security requires skilled and motivated personnel says Jason Wakefield, Sales Director at Todd Research and Chris Phillips, Head of Physical Security Consulting at 2-sec & MD of International Protect and Prepare Security OfficeTerrorist attacks targeting crowds, high-value properties or computing infrastructure are still regrettably common, and safeguarding measures tend to be reactive, rather than proactive. With events, travel networks and workplaces now back to capacity afte
  
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• Churchill supporting refugees into employment

  08-11-2022 11:22 via fmj.co.uk
  Churchill has joined the Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent) network.
  This is the latest commitment the company has made to supporting refugees, as it has recently partnered with the Refugee Employment Network.
  Tent was founded in 2016 and mobilises the global business community to improve the lives and livelihoods of more than 36 million refugees who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries. There are more than 300 companies in the Tent network, including major international bran
  
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• ISS sets out next phase of its OneISS strategy

  08-11-2022 11:11 via fmj.co.uk
  ISS has presented the next phase of its OneISS strategy and new financial targets at its Capital Markets Day held at Canary Wharf in London.
  ISS stated that the company’s journey is evolving from a period of turnaround to a new phase of strong growth at sustainable and attractive margins. It added all financial targets and commitments have been achieved since the launch of the OneISS strategy in 2020, and its financial health has recovered.
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• World Ventil8 Day launches

  08-11-2022 10:50 via fmj.co.uk
  Today (8 November) marks the first annual World Ventil8 Day, an international awareness campaign to promote the importance of better building ventilation in supporting health, wellbeing, and productivity.
  Spearheaded by healthy building champion Professor Cath Noakes OBE, Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings at the University of Leeds, the campaign is being driven by UK bodies BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association), CIBSE (the Chartered Institution of Building Servi
  
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• Kärcher UK launches new industrial cleaning equipment hire service Kärcher Hire

  08-11-2022 09:46 via fmj.co.uk
  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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• Kärcher UK launches hire service

  08-11-2022 08:30 via cleaningmag.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.
  
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• Cleaning software specialists merger

  08-11-2022 01:00
  Specialists in software development for the professional cleaning sector Buttons For Cleaners - based in Belgium - and Facility Apps of the Netherlands have completed a merger.The management of Buttons For Cleaners will gradually transfer responsibility to the management of FacilityApps. The team in Belgium will continue to work from its base in Ghent."From the start of Buttons For Cleaners, our ambition has been to help cleaning companies in Belgium digitise their administration and planning,"
  
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