Cleaning Industry news

• Businesses urged to give employees high-quality breaks to improve productivity and wellbeing

  19-06-2023 13:04 via fmj.co.uk
  
  UK employers who encourage their teams to take longer, better quality and more frequent breaks could hold the key to unlocking productivity, improving employee wellbeing, and enticing more people back to work, reveals new research from food services company, Compass Group, and global market intelligence agency Mintel.
  Compass Group’s Global Eating at Work Survey 2023, which analysed insights from 35,000 workers across 26 countries, found that the length of time workers spend on their main
  
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• Clean eating

  19-06-2023 12:24 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Jason Webb, Managing Director, Electronic Temperature Instruments offers some advice on using technology in food hygiene
  Food hygiene and safety are critical aspects of any catering facilities operations. According to the Food Standards Agency, an estimated 380,000 cases of norovirus is linked to food in the UK per year. Its revised foodborne norovirus estimate, combined with better analysis of how many illnesses of unknown cause are also likely to be caused by food, suggests around 2.4 million
  
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• ISS wins landmark IFS contract with Defra

  19-06-2023 10:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  ISS has won a seven-year contract, beginning February 2024 and valued at around £60 million per annum, to provide integrated facilities services (IFS) to the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
  The contract was awarded following a comprehensive commercial procurement process, which forms a critical part of Defra’s strategy to deliver future-fit workplaces and facilities that incorporate the highest safety standards and reflect the lates
  
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• Serco in Home Office win

  19-06-2023 10:11 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Serco has secured a new contract with the UK Home Office Immigration Enforcement department to manage the Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), following a competitive process.
  The contract is for an initial nine years starting on 1 September 2023, with an option for a further one year.
  The terms of the deal will see Serco responsible for all aspects of detainee safety, security and welfare provision at the IRC, excluding healthcare services which will continue to be operated under a sep
  
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• Contractors wanted for £260m public sector refurbishment framework

  19-06-2023 09:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Contractors in England and Wales can now apply for a £260 million public sector framework to deliver a wide range of housing and non-residential refurbishment and associated retrofit works over a four-year term.
  The projects will be delivered under not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider LHC Procurement Group’s (LHC) new Refurbishment and Modernisation (RM3) Framework.
  It replaces LHC’s Whole House Refurbishment and Associated Works (WH2) framework and incl
  
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• Highly commended at Global Facilities Awards of Excellence 2023

  19-06-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  14forty has been Highly Commended at the Global FM (GFM) Awards of Excellence 2023 for its forward-thinking approach to workplace catering.
  
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• Waterblade completes Ground-breaking Product Development

  19-06-2023 09:17 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Waterblade has always pushed the boundaries of innovation and design, and is proud to have successfully completed a 6 month UKRI funded project to develop a new Waterblade concept. The first of the new products developed shall be available in the next month.
  We continue to help hundreds of companies reduce their water and energy usage with our existing established product range.
  Waterblade is WRAS approved and UK manufactured in premises with ISO 9001 and 14001. We believe it offers the best low
  
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• Book your place at the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards gala dinner

  19-06-2023 01:00
  Tickets are now available for the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2023 gala dinner. Organised by ECJ, this year’s winners will be announced on October 5 during a night of celebration in The Round Room at The Mansion House in Dublin.  The European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards are a celebration of excellence in the professional cleaning industry. As the only pan-European awards for the sector, they provide the opportunity for businesses and individuals from across the continent
  
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