Cleaning Industry news

• CEF opens brand-new branch in Bicester

  27-01-2023 14:47 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The UK’s leading multi-channel electrical distributor CEF opened a brand-new branch in Bicester, Oxfordshire on Monday 23rd January.
  The new premises on Launton Trade Park includes a huge ground floor space and mezzanine to offer contractors the widest choice of electrical essentials and accessories required to complete work for clients. Newly appointed Bicester Branch Manager Callum Machon has relocated after working for CEF in the North West of England for 10 years and is excited to take
  
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• Julius Rutherfoord appoints finance director

  27-01-2023 14:17 via chtmag.com
  
  London-based commercial cleaning company, Julius Rutherfoord & Co, has appointed a new Finance Director as it aims to increase its public and private sector contracts.
  David Gajlewicz, who previously has worked for CSL Group for 10 years, joins the firm from Neilson Financial Services, where he was Group Finance Director.
  Julius Rutherfoord & Co was incorporated in 1994 by two brothers-in-law and now has sales at over £25 million. Across all of its sites, Julius Rutherfoord provide
  
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• Loo of the Year Awards 2022 winners

  27-01-2023 12:02 via chtmag.com
  
  Hereford-based Loo Of The Year Awards has celebrated all those that have been flushed with success in the 2022 Awards for the ‘best of away from home washrooms’.
  This year’s 35th annual Awards, held on 12 January at the National Motor Cycle Museum, Solihull, were headline sponsored jointly by Citron Hygeine and Aunt Flow and the associate sponsors were Accrol and P-Wave. Cistermiser was this years Awards Supporter. The compere for the day was Jules Hudson from BBC Escape t
  
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• Investor and occupier demand for UK commercial property falls

  27-01-2023 10:46 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Commercial Property Monitor Q4 2022 has revealed a further deterioration in overall market conditions during the quarter.
  At national level, 83 per cent of respondents believe the market is in the downturn phase of the cycle, up slightly from 81 per cent taking this view in Q3. Forty-nine per cent still consider this downturn to be in its early stages.
  In the occupier market, the all-sector net balance for tenant demand slipped to -20 per ce
  
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• Barnsdales FM chosen for logistics portfolio 

  27-01-2023 10:02 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Carlton Forest Group, based in Worksop and North Nottinghamshire, has appointed Doncaster-based firm Barnsdales FM Ltd as the new facilities manager of its portfolio of warehousing sites across Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire.
  The contract, which was awarded following a competitive tender process will see Barnsdales FM take on the exclusive responsibility for the service and maintenance of four sites across two counties.
  The appointment comes on the back of several recent high-profile su
  
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• ISS UK&I awarded new and expanded FM contract with Virgin Media O2

  27-01-2023 09:37 via fmj.co.uk
  
  ISS UK & Ireland has extended and expanded its facilities management contract with entertainment and telecoms firm, Virgin Media O2.
  The contract sees ISS delivering a total facilities management service across the entirety of Virgin Media O2’s UK infrastructure, with service alignment across the national technical operations and combined office portfolio, that will deliver operational efficiencies and service enhancements.
  ISS will provide services covering the maintenance of critical
  
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• Report: Sustainability tops most important customer demands for cleaning businesses in 2023

  27-01-2023 08:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Almost four in five cleaning businesses say that sustainability will be of greatest importance to their customers in 2023 – an increase of over 25% from last year.
  
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• Staff at some UK museums volunteer to do their own cleaning

  27-01-2023 01:00
  Staff at museums in the UK's Southend have volunteered to clean the premises themselves in a move aimed at saving the council £36,000 over the next three years.Southend Council will do away with outside cleaning contractors and rely instead on the museum's own staff to keep the city's historic attractions clean. This is expected to help reduce the council's deficit, which currently stands at £7.3million."I understand this suggestion came from the staff themselves - and who better to
  
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