Cleaning Industry news

• Cleanology fundraiser to fight hygiene poverty

  17-08-2023 13:57 via chtmag.com
  
  Office and commercial cleaning company, Cleanology, has launched its third annual fundraising event in aid of The Hygiene Bank.
  The event has been a resounding success after raising around £40,000 in its first two years.
  This year the popular fundraiser is being held on Tuesday 3 October in The Balcony Room at the majestic Globe Theatre in London’s Bankside.
  Dominic Ponniah, CEO of Cleanology, which is headquartered in Vauxhall, South West London, said: “Guests can look forward
  
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• Churchill in Yorkshire Housing win

  17-08-2023 13:36 via chtmag.com
  
  Churchill has won a three-year cleaning contract, valued at £2.1 million, with social housing association Yorkshire Housing. The contract has the option of a further two-year extension.
  Utilising 14 mobile operatives supported by a dedicated management team, Churchill is providing cleaning services for communal spaces. These services will be delivered across 250 locations in Yorkshire, including a mixture of sheltered and general housing buildings. Churchill’s bespoke monitoring and
  
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• Churchill cleans up with £2.1m Yorkshire Housing deal

  17-08-2023 12:59 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The soft services provider has been awarded a three-year cleaning contract, valued at £2.1 million, with social housing association Yorkshire Housing.
  Utilising 14 mobile operatives supported by a dedicated management team, Churchill is providing cleaning services for communal spaces. These services will be delivered across 250 locations in Yorkshire, including a mixture of sheltered and general housing buildings. Churchill’s bespoke monitoring and reporting system, Mo:dus has previo
  
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• Thermatic Technical FM acquires PDS Drainage Solutions

  17-08-2023 12:15 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Technical FM provider Thermatic has acquired PDS Drainage Solutions in a move which will strengthen its national delivery and in-house range of drainage services.
  Established over 25 years ago, PDS has cemented a strong position in the commercial Drainage market in the UK where it has continued to focus on health and safety, quality and first-time fix, whilst organically building a stable customer base, centred around responsiveness, reliability and trust.
  The acquisition is the second major tra
  
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• CBRE appoints first corporate social value manager in the UK

  17-08-2023 12:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  CBRE has appointed Sophie Priest as its first corporate Social Value Manager in the UK – boosting its ESG and Public Sector expertise.
  Priest joins the global real estate advisor from consultancy firm, The Connectives, where she supported public and private organisations to identify, measure, and communicate the social and environmental impact of their activities, including large-scale regeneration projects.
  Responsible for embedding social value into CBRE’s internal practices and cl
  
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• People on the move… Shaun McCarthy joins Clivet!

  17-08-2023 11:14 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Clivet are delighted to welcome Shaun McCarthy to our After-Sales Team.
  Shaun joins as Senior Sales Support Engineer, moving from Grant Engineering, and brings with him a total of 35 years of heating industry experience.
  Shaun says…
  “I am delighted to be joining Clivet and supporting their incredible product range.”
  For more information visit www.clivet.com or email [email protected]
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• Leading from the frontline

  17-08-2023 10:49 via chtmag.com
  
  Sean Fisher, Head of Cleaning at OCS
  My career in the cleaning industry began with very humble roots as a kitchen porter working in a busy conference centre close to Finsbury Square. I worked long hours and learnt how to clean to exacting standards. After my gap year I moved back to South Africa to study PC Engineering.  I worked for a company in the Eastern Cape but the pull of the UK was strong and in 2003 I moved back to progress my career.  I struggled to find work in IT and landed
  
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• Lack of confidence in government hampering growth in construction

  17-08-2023 10:26 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Fewer than one in five of those surveyed for Gleed’s UK Construction Market Report 3Q 2023 said they have “confidence” that the current government can improve market conditions and ultimately increase output from the sector. Almost two thirds of contractors reportedly feel that the industry has “little” or “no influence” on government regarding decision making which impacts the built environment, in a damning indictment of the relationship betw
  
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• Enva to acquire fridge and electrical appliance recycling facility in Scotland

  17-08-2023 09:52 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Recycling and resource recovery firm, Enva, has signed terms with Shore Recycling to acquire the company’s electrical waste recycling plant in Perth, Scotland.
  The £10 million investment will see the facility, which was damaged by a fire earlier this year, back and fully operational by Spring 2024. As part of the redevelopment programme Enva has committed to attaining the highest possible recycling standards which will include ensuring that the new facility is accredited to the indep
  
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• Delivering quality floorcare at the UK’s first energy-efficient Passivhaus leisure centre

  17-08-2023 09:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Exeter’s £44m energy-efficient St Sidwell’s Point is the UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre, designed to use up to 70 per cent less energy than a conventional pool and leisure centre.
  The centre features: a main swimming pool and learners pool with moveable floors; a confidence water pool; and a 100-seat spectator seated area. In addition, there is: a 150-station fitness gym and two fitness studios; a health suite and spa facility; a children’s soft play area; and
  
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• Cleanology launches latest fundraiser to fight hygiene poverty

  17-08-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Office and commercial cleaning company, Cleanology, has launched its third annual fundraising event in aid of The Hygiene Bank.
  
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• The robot co-operative

  17-08-2023 01:00
  How happy are cleaning staff about using robot assistants? ECJ looks at the human-robot relationship and asks manufacturers and cleaning companies how they can help to improve it.THE ROBOTS ARE COMING. And human cleaners are increasingly having to learn to work alongside them. But do they appreciate the labour-saving potential that cleaning robots provide? Or do some feel resentful, wary - even threatened by these new machines?Staff members need to be fully instructed and involved in the impleme
  
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