Cleaning Industry news

• Shaping energy efficiency: Nemetschek Group brand Spacewell helps tackle the energy crisis

  12-12-2022 15:21 via fmj.co.uk
  The Nemetschek Group, a leading global provider of software for the digital transformation in the construction and media industries, is driving a more sustainable building management. It is responding to the energy crisis with the solution Spacewell Energy (Dexma), enabling the energy-efficient operation of facilities and helping companies save operational costs and increase revenues.
  “The need to reduce energy consumption is becoming increasingly acute, accelerating the growth dynamic of
  
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• Portico launches Portico Pulse

  12-12-2022 14:39 via fmj.co.uk
  The specialist provider of tailored guest services has launched Portico Pulse, a comprehensive online-directory of more than 300 value-add experiences from local businesses, which Portico says will help transform communal workspaces into a hive of activity, elevating office occupancy and supporting employee engagement, socialisation and collaboration.
  Portico Pulse was created in response to a growing number of clients looking for new ways to engage employees and encourage them back into the wor
  
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• Nilfisk maintains growth

  12-12-2022 13:34 via chtmag.com
  Nilfisk, a leading global supplier of professional cleaning equipment and services, has published its Q3 2022 results and reports a revenue of €263 million. This corresponds to an overall reported growth of 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Results are primarily driven by strong performance in the Branded Professional business, especially in the Americas and Asia Pacific.
  Organic revenue growth was 5.4%, primarily driven by 10.8% organic growth in the Branded Professional busines
  
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• Finance For Enterprise helps Biobax acquire Aqua Air

  12-12-2022 12:52 via chtmag.com
  A Huddersfield-based manufacturing company is setting its sights on significant growth and expansion after calling on Finance For Enterprise to scale production of an innovative range of microbiological cleaning products, following the successful acquisition of one of its competitors.
  Biobax produces a diverse range of environmentally friendly products including sustainably sourced paper straws, hand sanitisers and cutting-edge cleaning products, all of which are manufactured in-house from its S
  
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• 14forty launches sustainable cleaning drive at N Brown Group

  12-12-2022 12:37 via chtmag.com
  14forty, one of the country’s leading facilities management companies and part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has installed Tersano filtration systems, which convert normal tap water into SAO (Stabilised Aqueous Ozone), across three sites belonging to online retailer, N Brown Group plc.
  14forty provides cleaning, catering and security services at N Brown’s three UK sites in Manchester, Oldham and Glossop, as part of its partnership, which began earlier this year.
  SAO is a highly
  
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• Hybrid working now the norm shows global study

  12-12-2022 12:03 via fmj.co.uk
  A new study by global workplace consultancy, AWA, of 220 offices in 33 countries, representing nearly 250,000 employees, has revealed that hybrid working is becoming established as the norm, with people now coming into the office an average of just 1.5 days a week, versus nearly four days a week before the Covid-19 pandemic. 
  AWA’s second Hybrid Working Index study, conducted between September and November this year, found that on average people go into the office 29 per cent of the t
  
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• IoH President to retire

  12-12-2022 11:26 via fmj.co.uk
  The Institute of Hospitality (IoH) has announced Surinder Arora FIH will retire as IoH President on 31 December.
  Arora has held the role for three years and has been an avid supporter of the many changes that IoH CEO Robert Richardson FIH MI has implemented since he joined as CEO in Spring 2021.
  Making the announcement, Richardson FIH MI said: “I would like to thank Surinder on behalf of the Institute and its members, for his years of service to the IoH and to hospitality as a wh
  
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• Medirest awarded Exemplar site status at Royal Surrey Hospital

  12-12-2022 11:02 via cleaningmag.com
  Medirest and its partner, Royal Surrey Hospital, have been awarded ‘Exemplar’ site status for the early and proficient implementation of the 2021 National Standards for Cleaning.
  
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• London’s biggest expansion in office space set to foster future industries

  12-12-2022 10:53 via fmj.co.uk
  Lambeth is set for London’s biggest increase in office space over the next decade with an estimated six million square feet of extra space for business set to be created.A report commissioned by Lambeth Council details this expansion, how it supports the borough’s growth priorities and delivers space fit for the future of work.
  The report ‘Lambeth: The Future of Sustainable Work’ sets out how expansion supports the council’s bold ambitions to foster well-paid jobs i
  
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• ASFP unveils the winners of its 2022 Passive Fire Protection Awards

  12-12-2022 10:34 via fmj.co.uk
  The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) announced the winners of its 2022 Passive Fire Protection Awards at an Awards Dinner at the Park Regis Hotel in Birmingham on 25 November.
  Chosen by an independent panel of judges, the winners were presented with their awards by special guest speaker Mandy Hickson, a former Royal Air Force pilot. Hickson later regaled guests with tales from her time as a fast jet pilot in Iraq, sharing insights of successful leadership and highlighting the im
  
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• Liverpool receptionist wins national award

  12-12-2022 10:08 via fmj.co.uk
  Liverpool North Probation Delivery Unit (PDU) receptionist Lisa Mockridge has been honoured at the national Inspire Justice Awards, delivered by Skills for Justice.
  The expert panel of judges awarded Lisa the prize for going above and beyond to ensure offenders that she greets on the front desk were looked after and cared for.
  Lisa offers visitors breakfast if they have an early appointment and goes out of her way to help people in need, giving out personal hygiene supplies to those who are stru
  
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• Waterblade branches out into Hospitality

  12-12-2022 09:56 via fmj.co.uk
  Up to now we have seen Waterblade as a great way to dramatically reduce your wash hand basin water consumption, and most of our clients are using them in their washrooms. So we are really pleased to be steaming ahead with a client who is fitting Waterblade to over 1,000 hotel room ensuites per month.
  Waterblade can reduce the water and energy consumption in your basin, be it in washroom or bathroom. Typically halving the water used in your taps. This can equate to 4% of the whole building consu
  
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• The transformation of FM

  12-12-2022 01:00
  At the heart of every workplace is the technology transforming the facilities management industry and powering its future. New and emerging innovations bring the promise of more efficient and environmentally sustainable organisations and more engaged, more productive workers. Markus Sontheimer, group chief information and digital officer at ISS in Denmark, writes exclusively for ECJ.As we emerge from the global pandemic, the world has never been more interested in the workplace. And right at the
  
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