Cleaning Industry news

• New law will provide workers with more say over their working hours

  06-02-2023 15:27
  
  The government is backing a new law that gives all workers the legal right to request a predictable working pattern.On Friday (3 February) the government announced its support of Blackpool South MP Scott Benton’s Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill, which will bring forward huge changes for tens of millions of workers across the UK.
  The move, which would apply to all workers and employees including agency workers, comes after a review found many workers on zero hours cont
  
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• Swiftclean employee named Apprentice of the Year

  06-02-2023 14:52 via chtmag.com
  
  Swiftclean employee, Vinney Wall, has been named Apprentice of the Year at the Rochford District Business Awards in Essex.
  Joining Southend-based Swiftclean in July 2021, Wall completed a Level 3 Business Administrator apprenticeship at the end of 2022. His exceptionally proactive approach to his work led to Swiftclean nominating him for the award, which he brought home against stiff competition at an awards ceremony in January 2023.
  His job description as an apprentice was to provide administra
  
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• Dulux Academy champions ‘Skills for Life’ this National Apprenticeship Week with its Apprentice Season Ticket

  06-02-2023 14:21
  
  Since launching in 2016, Dulux Academy has been committed to supporting apprentices, not only during National Apprenticeship Week (6th – 12th February 2023), but all year round. A promise that is synonymous with the message of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week theme, ‘Skills for Life’, it encompasses how apprenticeships can help individuals build upon their skills and knowledge for the future and, in turn, help businesses grow a workforce of experts.
  To provide sup
  
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• Sodexo gifts £2m of its apprenticeship levy

  06-02-2023 13:18
  
  Sodexo has hit the £2 million milestone for apprenticeship levy gifting to support a number of small companies and not-for-profit organisations across the UK.
  The company took the decision in 2019 to ‘gift with purpose’ a portion of the apprenticeship levy it pays. In August 2021, the food services and facilities management business announced it had gifted more than £1 million to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for apprenticeship training. This has included trai
  
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• Automatic advancement

  06-02-2023 12:16
  
  David Llewellyn, the Chief Executive of the Automatic Vending Association (AVA) explains why the vending and automated retail sector has not only survived the disruption of the pandemic but now looks set to thrive
  In 2021, the Automatic Vending Association (AVA), the trade body of the vending industry in the UK, changed its name to AVA: The Vending & Automated Retail Association. This was to reflect a growth in popularity of micro-markets, basically self-serve stores offering a range of foo
  
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• NAW2023: BESA says apprentices need to see the industry’s ‘best side’

  06-02-2023 11:28
  
  To mark National Apprenticeship Week 2023 (NAW2023), the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is encouraging employers to pledge to take on at least one new apprentice this year and promote the exciting career opportunities available in the industry.
  The theme of NAW2023 is ‘skills for life’ and events during the week will celebrate the benefits that apprenticeships present and give everyone involved in apprenticeships a chance to raise awareness, understanding and e
  
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• JLL announced as GPA’s workplace services performance partner

  06-02-2023 11:06
  
  Following a robust and comprehensive procurement process via the Crown Commercial Services Estates Management Services framework (RM 6168), the Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed JLL as its strategic partner for workplace services performance.
  The contract has been awarded for an initial three and a half years, plus up to two one-year extension options.
  JLL and the GPA have worked together on a variety of mandates and this latest announcement will see JLL deliver workplace service pe
  
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• New Product of the Year winner at the Best Business Awards

  06-02-2023 10:54 via cleaningmag.com
  Beaverswood has announced that its racksack mini has been named New Product of the Year 2022 in the Best Business Awards.
  
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• Inflation killing confidence in construction

  06-02-2023 10:32
  
  A new report by international property and construction consultancy, Gleeds has revealed that nearly nine in 10 construction professionals are concerned about rising inflation sapping confidence in the market and threatening future schemes.
  Gleeds’ winter market report states that 87 per cent of respondents who took part in its most recent survey said inflation was having an impact on the viability of projects, with just under 70 per cent believing that the current challenges are impa
  
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• Arcus FM signs partnership deal with Travis Perkins

  06-02-2023 09:54
  
  Arcus FM and building materials distributor, Travis Perkins plc, have signed a new partnership for facilities management services across the Group’s estate.
  Travis Perkins, which employs over 20,000 staff across more than 1,400 branches and sites has entrusted Arcus FM with the coordination of its FM provision across its base of sub-contractors.
  The new contract will operate across the Group’s full portfolio of businesses, from the Travis Perkins builder’s merchant, to Toolstat
  
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• Making recycling easier in 2023

  06-02-2023 09:33
  
  Leafield Environmental, an award-winning manufacturer and designer of recycling and litter bins work closely with their customers to make recycling easier and more efficient for their users, by providing recycling bins that can collect multiple waste materials in one unit, saving tonnes of contaminated waste going to landfill.
  Leafield have many internal and external dual recycling bins and below are some examples of ranges that have increased recycling rates within many organisations in offices
  
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• Sweepers - an easy ride

  06-02-2023 01:00
  How important is it that a sweeper should be easy to operate for the cleaner?  Ann Laffeaty finds out whether ergonomics and an easy ride are must-have features on a sweeper – and asks companies how they can make sure that their machines are user-friendly for the operator.A sweeper is basically an industrial broom. And that means it has just the one, relatively simple function. Sweepers needs to be able to remove the dirt, mess and debris from a floor as quickly and efficiently as pos
  
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