Cleaning Industry news

• ESS docks in Felixstowe for six-year catering deal

  03-08-2023 14:10 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Defence, Marine & Aerospace sector of ESS, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has been awarded a six-year contract for the delivery of staff catering and hospitality services at the Port of Felixstowe.
  Under the terms of the deal, ESS will provide foodservice to the port’s 2,500 employees as well as hauliers and other port users. It will also carry out a full refurbishment of the dining facilities, deploy new technology to meet the demands of this large location and deliver gr
  
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• Sybron celebrates 20 years with six industry insights

  03-08-2023 13:10 via chtmag.com
  
  Sybron, a leading UK supplier of cleaning, hygiene, and catering products to some of the largest names in hospitality, is celebrating its 20th anniversary by offering the industry six business insights and wisdom for business owners.
  Sybron’s founder and retired CEO Stephen Henwood looks back on the last 20 years experience as a business owner, and brings the next generation his six top tips for the next 20 years.You don’t have to fit the typical ‘entrepreneur profile’&ld
  
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• Glittering UKHA Summer Ball and awards is a smash hit

  03-08-2023 13:01 via chtmag.com
  
  Over 300 guests attended this year’s UKHA Summer Ball, which incorporated the Hotel & Housekeeping Honours Awards, and celebrated the hospitality sector’s hard work, dedication and talent.
  Traditionally, the UK Housekeepers Association’s (UKHA) summer ball is hosted by different regions and, this year, it was the Midlands and South West’s region’s turn to hold the event, which took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford upon Avon on 7 July.
  The region join
  
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• Clouded judgement?

  03-08-2023 12:15 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Dick Kronman, Global Solution Technology Manager, Digital Systems at ABB, on why some FMs are still reluctant to embrace the cloud and puts the record straight about the most common myths and barriers to implementation
  Cloud computing – essentially, the act of storing and accessing all your data, applications and infrastructure over the Internet as opposed to a physical hard drive – can have a transformative effect on the efficacy of modern facilities management.
  Fundamentally, by mo
  
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• NEC Services Group receives Cyber Essentials accreditation

  03-08-2023 11:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Facilities Service provider, NEC Services Group, has received the prestigious Cyber Essentials accreditation. This government-backed and industry-supported scheme is designed to assist organisation’s in safeguarding themselves against prevalent online threats.
  Achieving Cyber Essentials accreditation involves rigorous assessments of an organisation’s cybersecurity controls and protocols. NEC undertook a thorough evaluation of its IT systems, network security, user access controls, an
  
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• ABM doubles cleaning team at Manchester Airport

  03-08-2023 11:11 via cleaningmag.com
  
  ABM has more than doubled the number of airlines it serves at Manchester Airport and increased headcount by 163% following the award of three new contracts.
  
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• Leading environment solutions firm joins Compliance Group

  03-08-2023 11:05 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Farnborough-based company ph Water and Air Technologies is now part of Compliance Group, adding to the group’s comprehensive portfolio of compliance services.
  Founded in 2004, ph Water and Air Technologies is one of the leading environment solutions companies operating within the UK, providing water hygiene, closed system, cooling tower analysis and treatment, pre-commissioning cleaning, commissioning, balancing, validation, air hygiene, water and air quality consultancy, water treatment p
  
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• Metro Rod marks 40 years with celebrations and charity commitment

  03-08-2023 10:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Drainage and sewage pumps specialist, Metro Rod, last month celebrated its 40th anniversary, marking four decades as a leading provider in its field.
  Established in 1983 by Gill Walker, the company – originally named A1 Drains – has evolved significantly. Starting from a single premise in Cheshire providing basic drainage services, it has grown to over 55 franchisees across the UK, including specific plumbing franchisees, and now offers a wealth of 24/7 drain-related solutions includ
  
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• JLL creates new role to support growing PAM business

  03-08-2023 09:58 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Colin Curnow has been appointed as Head of Consulting of the global real estate’s Property and Asset Management (PAM) business.
  In this newly created role, Curnow will scale JLL’s strategic PAM offering for the Life Sciences sector and will strengthen the company’s end-to-end service for clients. Alongside the Life Science sector, Curnow will also be responsible for overseeing JLL’s Design for Management and Flex Operations offering.
  Curnow has been with JLL for 28 years,
  
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• Transporting fuel across your site through pipework?

  03-08-2023 09:28 via fmj.co.uk
  
  When efficiency demands 100% uptime from the pipework transporting fuel, liquids or gases across your site, the solution is APIApipe from Fuel Storage Solutions (FSS).
  In April FSS was awarded The King’s Award for Enterprise, recognising their excellence in innovation. They won this for their dedicated teamwork inventing, designing, patenting and bringing to market the APIApipe product. This fully bunded ‘fit and forget’ pipework engineering system is the safest and most robust
  
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• Health Canada approves its first virucidal hand sanitiser

  03-08-2023 01:00
  Two products from SC Johnson Professional are said to be the first alcohol hand sanitisers to have been approved by Health Canada as offering virucidal properties.The company's Microsan Encore and Microsan Optidose products have received approval from the Canadian health body under the 2019 Human-Use Antiseptic Drug (HUAD) guidance.Both products underwent extensive testing before the claims were verified. This means they have been approved as being effective against all enveloped viruses as well
  
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