Cleaning Industry news

• Threat of strike action secures pay rise for cleaners at Mercedes-Benz

  25-05-2023 14:01 via chtmag.com
  
  Low-paid, migrant workers at Mercedes Showroom in Colindale, London, have won a 25 per cent pay increase after returning a strike mandate alongside 150 cleaners, carers and concierge in eight workplaces across Greater London in June.
  The United Voices of the World (UVW) members, outsourced to commercial cleaning providers SBFM Limited, that clean the Mercedes-Benz luxury car showroom were due to announce simultaneous strike dates in coordination with eight other workplaces after their demands fo
  
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• CHSA publishes Glossary to help buyers navigate spurious claims relating to cleaning chemicals

  25-05-2023 13:39 via chtmag.com
  
  Buyers of cleaning chemicals can navigate the spurious, misleading and unsubstantiated claims that are all too common in the cleaning industry thanks to a Glossary published by the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA).
  All members of the CHSA adhere to the requirements of the relevant Accreditation and have signed the Association’s rigorous Code of Practice. It means CHSA members:Trade ethically and sustainably;
  Provide supporting information for claims made;
  Provide quality
  
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• Reconomy Group snaps up UK Waste Solutions Limited

  25-05-2023 13:28 via chtmag.com
  
  Reconomy Group, a leading global circular economy specialist providing sustainability technology, data and services to a broad range of industries, has announced acquisition of UK Waste Solutions Limited.
  Headquartered in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK Waste Solutions Limited are sustainability consultants and managers who specialise in supporting clients across the hospitality, distribution, transport, facilities management, manufacturing and construction sectors. Through its flagship Novati brand
  
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• Reconomy Group expands with UK Waste Solutions acquisition

  25-05-2023 13:09 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Global circular economy business, Reconomy Group, has strengthened its position in the commercial waste sector as the biggest technology-enabled, outsourced resource management solution in the UK, following its acquisition of UK Waste Solutions Limited, which includes all four of the businesses’ primary brands – Novati, AMA, Click Waste UK and Evolution.
  Headquartered in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK Waste Solutions Limited are sustainability consultants and managers who specialise in
  
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• Lack of flexibility at work has led to an estimated four million UK employees changing careers

  25-05-2023 11:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The CIPD is warning that businesses may face a talent exodus if they fail to offer flexible working options, following findings from its latest research which reveal an estimated four million people have changed careers due to a lack of flexibility at work, while an estimated two million have left a job in the last year for the same reason.
  The CIPD’s latest report, which explores employee and employer perspectives towards flexible and hybrid working practices, highlights that offerin
  
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• Facilities Show announces date change for 2024

  25-05-2023 10:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Facilities Show has announced that as of 2024, the global FM event will move to the end of the year.
  The 4 co-located events; Facilities Show, FIREX, IFSEC and Safety & Health Expo will next take place on 2-4 December, 2024 at ExCeL London.
  Announcing the new dateline, Chris Edwards, Group Director, Informa Markets stated: “We’re extremely excited about the opportunities the December 2024 dates will unlock with co-located industry events, such as the Security & Fire Awards in
  
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• Omega Red appointed sole supplier for EV charging infrastructure framework

  25-05-2023 10:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Following a competitive tender process, Omega Red, an earthing and EV charging solutions business, which supports non-domestic clients, has recently been appointed as sole supplier on a new utility sector EV charging infrastructure framework.
  Appointed by South Staffs Water, the Omega Red team will deliver scheme feasibility and design, AC and DC (Fast and Rapid) charger installation and back-office provision that will help the business monitor and control infrastructure usage.
  The water company
  
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• BMG secures win with Leeds Beckett University

  25-05-2023 10:10 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Office relocation and workplace change company, Business Moves Group (BMG), has won a two-year contract with the option to extend for a further two years with Leeds Beckett University.
  BMG will be supporting Leeds Beckett on the relocation of campus buildings, as well as the redistribution and recycling of redundant furniture. BMG’s environmental and sustainability solution was a key determinant in Leeds Beckett’s decision. The service includes a full structured report of the furnitu
  
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• Giant sculpture appears in Birmingham to highlight laundry plastic issue

  25-05-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  A huge sculpture titled ‘Sick of Plastic’, featuring a washing machine ‘vomiting’ thousands of pieces of laundry plastic, has been revealed in Birmingham’s Centenary Square.
  
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• Woman dies after inhaling cleaning product she used to unclog her sink

  25-05-2023 01:00
  A woman from north-west Spain has died from severe respiratory failure after cleaning her sink.Angela Gil from Gijon was attempting to unclog her kitchen basin using a household drain cleaner. But when she poured the product into the sink, it apparently caused a chemical reaction that proved to be deadly. Investigators later made this assumption "according to how black the sink was".Gil rushed out of her apartment and tried seeking help from her neighbours, all of whom were out. On returning hom
  
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