Cleaning Industry news

• BCO releases new design guidance for greener and healthier offices

  16-02-2023 14:02 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Responding to challenges emerging from the pandemic and the accelerating need for the built environment to respond to climate change, the British Council for Offices (BCO) has released an early update to its Guide to Specification, which provides expert advice on how designers can create healthier offices that support changing working patterns, while reducing carbon emissions.
  The BCO Guide to Specification update has been developed in consultation with experts from across the industry
  
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• Post precision

  16-02-2023 12:36 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Neil Phillips of Restore Digital discusses current mailroom trends, how the pandemic propelled change and what challenges they are currently facing
  The mailroom is a central nervous system to business operations. But the mailroom we once knew has changed. As technology evolved and organisations began to demand greater efficiencies, the modern-day digital mailroom was born. The days of the traditional mailroom with a post-receiving department and trolley delivery service will soon be a thing of
  
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• New milestone passed by Veolia for delivery of renewable electricity to the UK

  16-02-2023 12:04 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Veolia has passed a new milestone for delivering net zero power by delivering more than six times the renewable electricity to the grid than it uses across its 400 offices and sites across the UK.
  The global resource management firm says that by generating 856 GWh of electricity using a combination of biomass, landfill gas, biogas and Energy Recovery facilities (ERF), that qualify under the Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) scheme, it is able to supply a secure annual equivalent to po
  
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• ISS introduces new workplace experience company

  16-02-2023 11:23 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new boutique workplace experience company, Livv, has officially launched to help challenger organisations create and maintain inspiring workplaces.
  Part of ISS Facility Services, the company is founded on the belief that “a workplace should embody a company’s culture, beliefs, and aspirations, should operate seamlessly and exude confidence and individuality”.
  At Livv, the team of dedicated specialists start by gaining an understanding of an organisation’s culture, belie
  
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• Growth funding boost for Edwin James Group

  16-02-2023 10:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The engineering services group has received a secondary investment from funds under management by private equity firm Aliter Capital LLP, which will support the company’s ambitious growth plans.
  Edwin James Group, helps some of the biggest brands in the UK look after their critical environments and assets. Aliter’s initial investment in January 2017 was followed by five acquisitions.
  Commenting on the new deal, Christopher Kehoe, CEO of Edwin James Group, said: “The Group has g
  
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• Major award for £4 million cleaning company

  16-02-2023 10:14 via cleaningmag.com
  
  A cleaning company in Manchester launched from a couple’s conservatory 30 years ago has won its current boss a major industry award.
  
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• Waste Fetch merges with Citrus

  16-02-2023 10:09 via fmj.co.uk
  
   Independent facilities management firm, Citrus FM, has announced its divisional merger with national waste service provider, Waste Fetch.
  Newport-based Waste Fetch has a large, high quality commercial portfolio covering Wales and Bristol, which will provide Citrus with a strong presence covering the whole of the South, Kent, London and Wales.
  Citrus waste & We Collect Waste will now operate under the Waste Fetch brand.
  Tom Short, Waste Fetch Managing Director, who will join the Citrus
  
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• Cold water handwashing

  16-02-2023 09:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Waterblade has always been about washing and rinsing using less water. Now, with the support of Innovate UK funding, we are looking into reducing the need to heat the water used for handwashing. Given that managers are turning off the hot water all over Europe as a way to save energy, I think our timing is great.
  We have been trialling all sorts of designs, and are happy to say that at this halfway point in the project, we expect to have a product for sale on timetable in April (2023!)
  Waterblad
  
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• Robert Koch Institute updates guidelines with probiotic cleaning

  16-02-2023 01:00
  The Robert Koch Institute, the internationally recognised hospital hygiene authority, has updated its hygiene requirements for surface cleaning.They now include probiotics as a sustainable and proven way to contribute to improved hospital hygiene by creating more beneficial surface microbiology in hospitals and other health facilities.The newly released recommendation by the Robert Koch Institute Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (available in German only) states in its 6.
  
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