Cleaning Industry news

• Triple win for Aston Services Group

  17-02-2023 14:51 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Lancashire-based Aston Services Group has been awarded three new shopping centre contracts worth circa £1 million per annum.
  The independent facilities services provider has secured deals with Ladysmith Shopping Centre in Ashton, Manchester, Prince Bishops Place, Durham and Lakeside Doncaster. All three contracts will be up and running by end February 2023.
  Ladysmith Shopping Centre is a dual service contract where both cleaning and security is provided by the same team along with lan
  
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• ISSA Hygieia unveils Network Career Academy

  17-02-2023 14:21 via chtmag.com
  
  ISSA Hygieia Network, an ISSA Charities signature program dedicated to the advancement and retention of women in the cleaning industry, has launched a new platform of career resources.
  The ISSA Hygieia Network Career Academy is a new online learning portal that provides industry professionals with access to webinars, virtual conferences, and career programs designed to help them succeed in their career – all in one place.The ISSA Hygieia Network Career Academy provides webinars t
  
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• Industry members urged to speak up and make cleaning and hygiene a national priority

  17-02-2023 13:58 via chtmag.com
  
  The cleaning, hygiene and waste industry has come together to issue a call for sector staff to ‘speak up’ for their industry and help lobby MPs and sign a petition to make cleaning and hygiene a national priority.
  The British Cleaning Council and 22 associations from across the industry are frustrated by the lack of interest from MPs (except for Chairman Nigel Mills MP) and political parties in the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Cleaning and Hygiene Indust
  
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• Lack of diversity in the heating sector is ‘an absolute scandal’

  17-02-2023 13:12 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A collective failure to address diversity means the heating and hot water industry is missing out on crucial skills and putting its whole future at risk, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).
  Just two per cent of the sector’s workforce are female and only five per cent are from an ethnic minority background, according to new research from Energy Systems Catapult, which is working with BESA to address skills shortages across the building services sector.
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• Industry members urged to join letter writing campaign to make cleaning a national priority

  17-02-2023 11:48 via cleaningmag.com
  
  The cleaning, hygiene and waste industries have come together to issue a call for sector staff to speak up for their industry to help lobby MPs and sign a petition to make cleaning and hygiene a national priority.
  
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• The lessons from history – How to navigate global supply chain disruptions

  17-02-2023 11:46 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Blog by Gemma Archibald, Alcumus CEO, Supply Chain Division 
  Disruptions in the global supply chains have been a ubiquitous problem of late and have accounted for a large part of the post-pandemic turmoil affecting businesses. However, this is not the first instance in modern history where such issues have led to widespread uncertainty. Looking back, we can see recurring problems in the supply chain, stretching back to both World Wars and more recently the impact of Brexit and the war in U
  
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• If harnessed effectively flexible, hybrid working can be an ‘unexpected gift’ for employers

  17-02-2023 10:47 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The findings of a recent CBRE survey have revealed the importance of flexibility in both employee and employer decision making, with positive outcomes for both, including increased productivity and innovative thinking, that employers can also capitalise on.
  The global real estate advisor, sought the views of over 20,000 employees globally to understand their views on the changing world of work. Flexibility about where and when work takes place was particularly important to workers, with aro
  
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• Final proposals for Apprenticeship Standard for the cleaning and hygiene industry submitted

  17-02-2023 09:54 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Final proposals for an Apprenticeship Levy funded industry-wide Apprenticeship for the cleaning and hygiene sector have been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (iATE).
  The approving body will give the final agreement and confirmation for the Apprenticeship Standard and End Point Assessment within a couple of months although there is no fixed timeline at the moment.
  The British Cleaning Council (BCC) first began this latest move to set up an Apprenticeship Stan
  
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• UK cleaning sector urged to join campaign to make cleaning a priority

  17-02-2023 01:00
  The cleaning, hygiene and waste industry has come together to issue a call for sector staff to ‘speak up' for their industry and help lobby MPs and sign a petition to make cleaning and hygiene a national priority.The British Cleaning Council and 22 associations from across the industry are frustrated by the lack of interest from MPs (except for Chairman Nigel Mills MP) and political parties in the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Cleaning and Hygiene Industry, ent
  
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