Cleaning Industry news

• Simply Washrooms achieves B Corp certification

  21-09-2023 14:31 via chtmag.com
  
  Simply Washrooms (Simply), the UK-based workplace and washroom hygiene service provider, has been certified as a B Corporation (B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit.
  Simply has also published its first B Corp Business Impact Report, an annual requirement for any certified B Corp. The report details Simply’s progress against various assessment criteria and shows how the company is advancing towards its sustainability goals.
  
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• Sector employers urged to sign up to Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship information sessions

  21-09-2023 14:03 via chtmag.com
  
  Employers and anyone else interested in finding out more about the new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship are being urged to sign up for one of a series of Zoom information sessions starting in October.
  The Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship (Level 2), which is due to be launched early in 2024, will provide a way for cleaning and hygiene businesses to invest compulsory Apprenticeship Levy payments, that would otherwise go to the Government, into training their staff.
  All sector emp
  
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• Information sessions on the new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship commence next month

  21-09-2023 13:53 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sector employers are being urged to sign up up for one of a series of Zoom information sessions starting in October on the new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship.
  The Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship (Level 2), which is due to be launched early in 2024, will provide a way for cleaning and hygiene businesses to invest compulsory Apprenticeship Levy payments, that would otherwise go to the Government, into training their staff.
  All sector employers with an annual wage bill of more
  
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• 4 Levers paving the way for sustainable operations

  21-09-2023 12:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sustainability is a must-have for corporate planners today as they face increasing pressure to decarbonise from consumers, regulators, and their own corporate partners.
  In fact, 86% of business leaders view sustainability strategies as investments in business stability. Bringing existing operations to net zero can seem overwhelming. Still, it can become easier to achieve when leaders focus on four strategies – or levers – that can drive greener and more sustainable growth.
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• Offsetting options

  21-09-2023 11:39 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Is carbon offsetting still a viable option for businesses to achieve net zero? Sally Phillips, Director of Corporate and Strategic at npower Business Solutions explores the options
  In its recent ‘Progress Report to Government’, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) stated that the UK was on track to miss many of its key targets, concluding that policy is not matching ambition. This comes at a time of high uncertainty.
  In our latest Business Energy Tracker report, energy was named as the
  
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• Dalkia UK secures new contract with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

  21-09-2023 11:17 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Dalkia UK has been appointed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a new multi-service facilities contract.
  Following a devastating fire in 2017, The Christie sought to rebuild the Patterson Building into a state of the art facility that will lead world-class transformational cancer research. Dalkia UK delivered a high quality mechanical and electrical engineering solution utilising innovative digital technology to challenge conventional construction.Dalkia UK has subsequently been aw
  
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• Grundon aims to help NHS cut carbon emissions

  21-09-2023 10:44 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Grundon Waste Management is helping to deliver significant carbon savings for the NHS with the introduction of the UK’s first proven nationwide inhaler return and recycling scheme.
  Inhalers alone are estimated to account for four per cent of all NHS CO2 emissions and, with approximately 73 million inhalers dispensed every year, being able to capture those greenhouse gases is seen as an important step towards carbon cutting goals.
  By 2026, the health service is expected to deliver a 50 per
  
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• Be a winner in 2024 - 5 reasons to enter the Golden Service Awards

  21-09-2023 10:24 via cleaningmag.com
  
  The Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards are now open for entries, closing on 27 October. For over 30 years, these awards have provided outstanding opportunities for cleaning companies, facilities companies and in-house cleaning teams in the UK and Ireland to showcase the highest standards of cleaning excellence.
  
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• Bennett Hay appoints business development manager

  21-09-2023 10:05 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The independent hospitality services provider has appointed Rachel Barnes to the role of Business Development Manager with responsibility for driving new catering and reception services opportunities.
  Barnes joins Bennett Hay after nearly a decade with The Good Eating Company. She will oversee Bennett Hay’s focus on client acquisition by concentrating on London’s corporate community and key real estate stakeholders, and will manage a portfolio of existing prospects along with de
  
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• Triple NHS Exemplar status awarded to Barnet Hospital

  21-09-2023 09:40 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Barnet Hospital in partnership with Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has achieved the prestigious NHS ‘Exemplar’ status across portering, catering and cleaning.
  A team of NHS England representatives visited the hospital in July this year to evaluate and review services. The acknowledgements have been confirmed due to:The outstanding leadership and collaboration between the portering team, other facilities teams and clinical colleagues.
  The use of d
  
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• ISS and ToolSense enter global strategic partnership

  21-09-2023 01:00
  International facilities services provider ISS has formed a global strategic partnership with Austrian tech start-up ToolSense to manage the company's global assets of movable machines through Internet of Things (IOT) solutions.Every day more than 300,000 ISS on-site employees are taking care of over 500,000 movable machines - such as vacuum cleaners, kitchenware and healthcare equipment - in more than 30 countries worldwide.The tracking, maintenance and utilisation of these assets will now be o
  
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