Cleaning Industry news

• Solvay awards 14forty a three-year FM contract for cleaning, security and managed services

  23-10-2023 14:07 via fmj.co.uk
  
  FM company 14forty, part of Compass UK & Ireland has won a three-year contract to provide cleaning, security and managed services at a Solvay chemical plant in Warrington. This is in addition to the catering service that Compass already provides on-site via sister brand Eurest. The FM contract started in July 2023. 
  Solvay, a global business with almost 100 sites and 22,000 employees spread over 61 countries, produces an enormous range of materials, chemicals and solutions for industrie
  
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• DMA Group expands super prime residence services with Bold & Reeves appointment

  23-10-2023 12:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Property maintenance specialists, DMA Group, has been appointed by Bold & Reeves, one of London’s most exclusive property managers, to maintain the building engineering services at Knights House, a development of three super prime apartments in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.
  DMA has previously provided maintenance support and major refurbishments for Bold & Reeves properties in the prestigious Grosvenor Square.
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• Starmer’s words ‘need to be backed by action’

  23-10-2023 11:46 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Delia Cannings, Chair of the British Cleaning Council, has responded to Keir Starmer's speech at Labour Conference recently, in which he referred to ‘No more cleaners mocked, as they scrub mess off the walls of illegal parties in Westminster’.
  
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• Poor mental health can have serious consequences on health and safety within the construction sector

  23-10-2023 11:17 via fmj.co.uk
  
  By Chris Handley, Construction Director at Concert
  Thank goodness we’re beyond the days where poor mental health was deemed to be a weakness or flaw. However, we still have a way to go in order to recognise suffering in others. While Health, Safety and positive Mental Health promotion are crucial components of our overall wellbeing, poor mental health is still a very hidden ailment and often neglected. Yet mental health issues, if left to deteriorate can lead to severe depression.There are
  
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• OCS supports Scottish Autism Charity with a sensory room for local school

  23-10-2023 11:00 via fmj.co.uk
  
  As part of its commitment to delivering social value within its communities, global facilities service provider OCS, has helped Scottish Autism’s New Struan School, based in Alloa, create a new sensory room designed to help enrich the learning experience of its pupils. The project took around six months and was supported by OCS’ client, SCTS (The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service), and its local supply chain.
  The OCS team, some of whom have a personal connection with the charity,
  
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• Waste sector welcomes Defra announcement on Simpler Recycling reforms but concerns remain

  23-10-2023 10:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  There’s been a cautious welcome by the waste industry to the Government’s announcement of reforms to household and business bin collections and a crackdown on unscrupulous waste carriers. The reforms include a new, simpler approach to recycling allowing people across England to be able to recycle the same materials, whether at home, work or school. The government is also proposing new exemptions to make sure that waste collectors will be able to collect dry recyclables together, in t
  
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• RICS FM survey predicts growth in sustainability and maintenance management over the next year

  23-10-2023 09:20 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The results of the Q3 2023 RICS Facilities Management Survey points to widespread demand growth over the quarter, although the pace of increase does appear to have cooled somewhat. Over the coming year, sustainability management is anticipated to see the strongest growth relative to all other areas of FM.
  Maintenance management has moved up to second spot in the expected growth rankings, overtaking strategic planning and project management for the first time since the survey was formed back in 2
  
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• Dublin authorities need to be ‘more imaginative about public toilets’

  23-10-2023 01:00
  There are currently only 28 public toilets in operation in Dublin - but almost half of them are listed as 'closed' on the Dublin City Council website.Councillors are now looking at ways of creating new facilities in a different social climate."In the 1970s we had 40 public toilets within the core city centre, but many of these have now closed due to anti-social use," said Dublin Town chief Richard Guiney."I think we can be a bit more imaginative now. I'd like to see an idea expanded where we wou
  
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