Cleaning Industry news

• How cleaning services for commercial real estate ended up using AI coming out of the pandemic 

  10-02-2023 14:46 via chtmag.com
  
  By Ryan van Biljon, Vice President of Sales for the Americas at SymphonyAI Summit 
  Around a year before the pandemic started, Diversey, a multinational cleaning products company, was at a crossroads in its facilities and commercial real estate business. 
  Executives could choose to remain with existing technology and IT support that would require them to hire a team of data scientists to keep their IT service management (ITSM) platform up and running through the problems ahead
  
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• Compass Group’s social value measured at over £590m

  10-02-2023 14:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Working with Social Value Portal, Compass Group UK & Ireland has had its social value measured, resulting in a total social and local economic value of £591 million.
  The majority of this figure is made up of the company’s local economic value (£587 million), employing over 17,000 of its 45,000 people within 15 miles of their homes.
  Significantly, its work with apprenticeships, community support and social enterprises have also contributed towards its overall social value im
  
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• Inviron celebrates its apprentices

  10-02-2023 13:41 via fmj.co.uk
  
  As part of National Apprenticeship Week, technical FM provider, Inviron, brought together its apprentices to celebrate its Annual Apprentice Day at a quirky venue in London.
  With over 30 apprentices across Inviron, the company currently offers one of the largest apprenticeship schemes within the industry. Whilst it has traditional FM apprenticeships such as electrical, gas and plumbing, Inviron also encourages apprenticeships in all aspects of its business and provides opportunities for those wa
  
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• CBRE reveals three key drivers shaping FM procurement strategies

  10-02-2023 12:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Organisational delivery, supply chain inflation and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) imperatives are the three key drivers shaping Facilities Management procurement strategies according to CBRE’s new Facilities Management Procurement Perspectives report.
  Organisational delivery
  Its findings show that outsourcing has become the dominant real estate delivery model, with 58 per cent of respondents stating that they outsource (strategic alliances with third party providers) FM serv
  
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• Cardiac care

  10-02-2023 11:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Gilbert, Managing Director of Defib Machines explains the reasons behind the increase in demand for defibrillators and the importance of maintaining these life-saving devices
  Health and safety are key considerations for FMs, whether in the provision of fire safety equipment or first aid kits. In recent years defibrillators have become an essential to that list.
  Why is this? Perhaps the simple answer behind the growth in their demand has come not from the board room but the boot room or
  
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• WeMaintain launches in Manchester with KAM appointment

  10-02-2023 11:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  PropTech firm, WeMaintain, has opened a new office in Manchester to support a contract with KeolisAmey Metrolink (KAM).
  Founded in Paris in 2017, WeMaintain is a regulated maintenance company based in the UK, France and Singapore. It facilitates cost-efficient and environmentally conscious building maintenance by supporting engineers with proprietary technology such as IoT sensors, a client platform and a field application, and by increasing the efficiency and transparency available to building
  
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• Atlas donates levy funds to Early Years apprenticeships

  10-02-2023 10:46 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Atlas FM is funding the training costs of 10 Level 3 Early Years apprenticeships at Bright Horizons Nurseries.
  The company says it chose to make this donation because of the “important role that educators in the early years have on the first five years of a child’s life”.
  Atlas provides cleaning services to Bright Horizons and the funding is being provided via Atlas’ apprentice levy transfer support programme. Large employers that pay the apprenticeship levy can choose to
  
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• NG Bailey looks to transform UK’s connectivity with next generation of talent

  10-02-2023 10:11 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The company’s IT Services business has launched a new apprenticeship program designed to help train the next generation of talent who will support the UK’s transition to the latest digital connectivity, including 5G, Unified Communications, Structured cabling, WiFi and Data networking technologies.
  Launching this week, the new apprenticeship scheme will be the first scheme run by the IT Services arm of NG Bailey and follows the wider Group’s success in developing the talent of
  
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• Veolia signs new partnership deal with Hammersmith & Fulham Council

  10-02-2023 09:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The resource management company has won a new contract with Hammersmith & Fulham Council which will help contribute towards significantly improving recycling rates and supporting its ambitions to reach net zero by 2030.
  The initial nine years and nine months contract includes kerbside recycling and waste collections, bulky waste and street cleansing and will expand the current food waste recycling scheme to cover the whole of Hammersmith & Fulham. The borough is home to several high-prof
  
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• Tackle energy efficiency with ElectricalDirect

  10-02-2023 09:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  With gas and electricity prices rising, it is more important than ever to optimise energy efficiency in the workplace where possible. Specialist online retailer ElectricalDirect has continued to add to its growing range of economical heating, lighting and hand dryers offering facilities managers the latest products from leading brands that help make a difference.
  Everything Hand DryersFor commercial premises, there is a wide range of hand dryers to choose from. A popular option is Everything Han
  
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• UK cleaners may be asked to respond to 999 calls if firefighters’ strike

  10-02-2023 01:00
  Cleaners and other back office staff are being trained to provide a "basic level of cover" in the event of a firefighters' strike.And they may be called upon to respond to 999 emergency calls.National Fire Chiefs Council chairman Mark Hardingham claims that cleaners, office staff and "anyone else who is prepared to step forward" is currently being trained. The line-up also includes people working in human resources, finance, building and safety work. However, he added that not everyone will pass
  
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