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• Expansion plans unveiled for Northwood Consuma Tissue

  28-06-2023 14:17 via chtmag.com
  
  Northwood Group successfully launched Northwood Consuma Tissue (NCT) in December 2022, and has now announced the expansion of its converting capability with the purchase of a new 14-acre site housing a 235,000 sq ft facility in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, which will dramatically increase its available output of toilet tissue and kitchen towel and allows the business to be true cross-category paper partners to its premium grocery customers.
  A brand new, high speed, state-of-the-art and fully automa
  
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• Robert Scott adds advanced floor cleaning robot to its portfolio

  28-06-2023 13:48 via chtmag.com
  
  Robert Scott has expanded its offering with a new advanced floor cleaning robot, the Meta-Scrub 60.
  Working in collaboration with humans, the Meta-Scrub 60 is designed for effective, autonomous floor cleaning and is the first product of its kind to be added to Robert Scott’s portfolio of high-tech cleaning solutions.
  Developed with an industry-leading algorithm, the Meta-Scrub 60 delivers close-edge cleaning with gaps of less than 10cm from wall surfaces and a zero-degree turning radius, m
  
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• Churchill wins Met Police cleaning deal

  28-06-2023 13:26 via chtmag.com
  
  Churchill, one of the UK’s largest soft-service providers, has won a wide-ranging three-year contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). The contract has the option to extend for another two + two years and will see Churchill cleaning operatives deployed across 351 buildings in all 32 of London’s Boroughs.
  Churchill already had significant experience in the blue light sector, understood the security sensitivities around people engagement, and was adept at complex mobilisatio
  
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• 700k pupils are learning in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment

  28-06-2023 13:13 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new National Audit Office report on the condition of school buildings has revealed around 700,000 children in England are studying in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment, but even more concerning is that the possibility of a building collapse or failure causing death or injury has been a “critical and very likely” risk” since summer 2021.
  The UK’s independent public spending watchdog’s report found that more than a third (24,000) of English school
  
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• 700,000 pupils are learning in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment

  28-06-2023 13:13 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new National Audit Office report on the condition of school buildings has revealed around 700,000 children in England are studying in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment, but even more concerning is that the possibility of a building collapse or failure causing death or injury has been a “critical and very likely” risk” since summer 2021.
  The UK’s independent public spending watchdog’s report found that more than a third (24,000) of English school
  
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• Lyreco launches end-to-end office fit-out service

  28-06-2023 12:03 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Workplace solutions specialist, Lyreco UK & Ireland, has launched Lyreco Interiors, a comprehensive office fit-out service designed to support those who want to create inspiring and functional workspaces of the future.
  In response to a changing market, Lyreco Interiors caters towards the emerging trend of end-to-end office design. It provides a broad range of services beyond Lyreco’s traditional workplace furniture offering, including space audits and planning, interior design, furnitu
  
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• Companies willing to pay more for greener offices

  28-06-2023 10:49 via fmj.co.uk
  
  New research from property analytics software firm, CIM, has found that companies are willing to pay higher rents for more sustainable corporate office space following the rise of hybrid working.
  CIM’s latest report Tenant Preferences in the UK Office Market, surveyed 200 UK directors and senior personnel involved in key real estate decisions from companies that were large tenants of office space. It found that while occupancy rates still lag behind pre-pandemic levels, a la
  
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• BM pilots new sustainability awareness workshops

  28-06-2023 10:03 via fmj.co.uk
  
  BM Caterers has joined forces with nutritional software company Nutritics’ sustainability consultancy arm, Knowledge Labs, to be the first company to pilot a new sustainability awareness educational programme.
  The workplace catering firm introduced ‘Knowledge Labs’ to develop weekly educational briefs for its managers to deliver to their teams as part of their usual team briefing sessions and, as a result, has seen a marked impr
  
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• Met Police appoints Churchill for large-scale cleaning contract

  28-06-2023 09:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The soft-service provider has won a wide-ranging three-year cleaning deal with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), which will see Churchill cleaning operatives deployed across 351 buildings in all 32 of London’s Boroughs.
  The contract has more than 350 staff, including management and a dedicated helpdesk that will oversee the cleaning operation in and out of hours, seven days a week.
  The MPS is the largest police force in the UK. Key objectives of the Met Police are to cut crime and inc
  
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• F&M sweeps clean with Delphis Eco

  28-06-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Eco cleaning chemical brand, Delphis Eco, has announced an exclusive partnership with global retailer Fortnum & Mason.
  
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