Cleaning Industry news

• New industry report calls for more support and recognition from Government for cleaning staff

  22-05-2023 14:49 via chtmag.com
  
  A new report released today has called for better acknowledgement and support for cleaning and hygiene sector workers from the Government.
  The report, which is backed by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), the British Cleaning Council (BCC) and 22 organisations from across the industry, identified two priority recommendations in order to ensure that lessons are learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic, and measures are quickly put in place to effectively fight communicable infections in future.
  
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• Northwood appoints sustainability manager

  22-05-2023 14:12 via chtmag.com
  
  Manufacturer and supplier of away-from-home (AfH) professional paper hygiene and wiping products, Northwood Hygiene Products Ltd, has underlined its commitment to sustainability with the appointment of a dedicated Sustainability Manager.
  Former Category Manager Joel Quick, who has worked for Northwood for five years, will be leading Northwood’s forward vision for sustainability, helping to steer the business in an efficient and responsible way. Based at the firm’s headquarters in Tel
  
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• EMCOR UK retains DE&S Deca contract

  22-05-2023 12:41 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Following a rigorous tender process, EMCOR UK has successfully retained its contract with DE&S Deca (formerly the Defence Electronics & Components Agency).
  Deca is a trusted MOD and industry partner which recently merged with Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). Its highly professional team aims to provide benchmark support services as the principal in-house organisation dedicated to maintenance, repair, overhaul, upgrade, procurement and managed service provision in the defence avi
  
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• Taking a whole-life approach to asset management

  22-05-2023 12:03 via fmj.co.uk
  
  It’s been well documented that a whole life asset management approach to a building’s maintenance and management can build value, reduce liabilities, and reduce costs. What initiatives and innovations can the built environment take to support a more strategic approach to asset management and promote a whole-life cost approach to property strategies and investment decisions?
  THE ENGINEERING SERVICES PROVIDER’S VIEWCHRIS COATH,DIRECTOR OF ENERGY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT AT NG BAILEY
  
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• BCO names Midlands and Central England’s best-in-class offices

  22-05-2023 11:37 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Midlands and Central England’s most outstanding workplaces have been announced, with British Council for Offices Awards going to five office buildings across the region.Held at ICC in Birmingham, the BCO’s annual Midlands and Central Awards Lunch recognised projects that demonstrate best practice in office design, fit-out, operation and sustainability, setting the standard for excellence across the sector.
   The winners of this year’s competition in the Midlands and Cen
  
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• Grosvenor launches £260m FM procurement exercise

  22-05-2023 10:49 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Grosvenor Property UK, one of the UK’s largest and oldest privately owned property companies is launching a c£260 million re-procurement of its repairs, maintenance, and services work across its central London portfolio ahead of the end of an existing 10-year supplier framework.
  For the last 340 years, Grosvenor has developed and managed a significant portfolio of commercial and residential property in Mayfair and Belgravia. This includes over 1,000 assets in  London’s zon
  
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• CIBSE Young Engineers Awards open for entry

  22-05-2023 10:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has announced its Young Engineers Awards 2023 are open for entries. The awards recognise the best new talent entering the building services industry, together with those businesses that go the extra mile to support and nurture them.
  More early career engineers than ever will be recognised at the CIBSE Young Engineers Awards (YEAs) 2023, helping to celebrate tomorrow’s industry frontrunners.
  For the first time, the CIBSE
  
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• Richard Sykes named as ABM’s SVP and President in UK and Ireland

  22-05-2023 10:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Integrated technical and facilities solutions provider, ABM, has appointed Richard Sykes as SVP and President, for the UK and Ireland.
  Sykes joins the business with a proven track record for accelerating growth for global operations, building effective teams and driving transformation across large, multi-billion-dollar businesses. Most notably, he served as regional CEO at ISS in various capacities over the last decade, where he led a multi-billion-dollar book of business, drove strategic transf
  
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• 80% of the Carpet and Textile Flooring Sector engages with Carpet Recycling UK

  22-05-2023 09:43 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Carpet Recycling UK is the only independent association dedicated to helping the UK carpet and textile flooring sector be more sustainable. Working with the whole supply chain, it helps foster strategic collaborations and networking to develop viable solutions for carpet and other textile flooring waste.
  Membership now includes around 80% of manufacturers placing product onto the UK market who take voluntary producer responsibility. Core Members are Balsan, Betap, Brintons, Condor Group, Cormar,
  
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• Furious business leader slams speech by Suella Braverman

  22-05-2023 09:00 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Jim Melvin, Chairman of the BCC, has slammed the recent speech by Home Secretary Suella Braverman for ‘once again ignoring’ a £59 billion pound industry, ignoring her own Government’s facts that there are over 1 million vacancies that currently cannot be filled nationwide and being ‘completely divorced from reality’.
  
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• ECJ celebrates 30 years as only pan-European cleaning magazine

  22-05-2023 01:00
  The first edition of European Cleaning Journal (ECJ) was published in March 1993, just as trade barriers across Europe were coming down and the possibilities for business expansion and greater co-operation between the countries of Europe grew.
  Founding editor Michelle Marshall is still the editor of ECJ today and she takes a look back at the stories that were featuring in that first edition.My introduction in the launch edition of ECJ stated that one of our main aims was to encourage and act as
  
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