Cleaning Industry news

• Countdown clock is ticking on Government grants for EV chargepoint installations

  28-03-2024 13:27 via fmj.co.uk
  
  From this Sunday, businesses have one year left to claim the hundreds of pounds available for each chargepoint installed. Most of the financial incentives still available from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) will close on 31 March 2025.
  The schemes were designed to encourage EV adoption now that the purchase grants for electric cars are long gone (although the Plug-in Van and Truck Grant runs until 31 March 2025 with purchase discounts for individuals and organisations).
  The grants
  
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• Sodexo to publish carbon labelling on menus at more than 300 sites in 2024

  28-03-2024 12:58 via fmj.co.uk
  
  New research from Sodexo shows there is a growing expectation among consumers to see low-carbon options and carbon labelling on menus.
  As part of its commitment to ensuring 70 per cent of its main dishes will be low carbon by 2030, Sodexo UK & Ireland is working in partnership with Eaternity to calculate the carbon footprint of its dishes and is set to add carbon labels to menus at more than 300 of its UK and Ireland sites by the end of 2024.
  According to WWF, global food systems account for
  
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• In safe hands - bespoke team training delivers what’s needed

  28-03-2024 12:10 via cleaningmag.com
  
  A team from SafeGroup Services, one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist cleaning services, attended Prochem’s Training Academy in Surrey to enhance their skills on a 1-day hard-floor cleaning and maintenance session designed specifically to meet member needs.
  
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• Cleanology CEO elected as Co-Chair of Living Wage leadership group

  28-03-2024 10:12 via chtmag.com
  
  Entrepreneur Dominic Ponniah, CEO and Co-Founder of award-winning commercial cleaning firm Cleanology, has been elected Co-Chair of the Living Wage Foundation’s Recognised Service Provider Leadership Group.
  Ponniah commented: “As a long-term supporter of the Real Living Wage, I am absolutely thrilled to have been elected as Co-Chair of the Recognised Service Provider Leadership Group. This dedicated group of business leaders are champions of fair pay and understand well the commerci
  
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• Idox’s CAFM Explorer is the facilities management software of choice for Affinity Water

  28-03-2024 09:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  How can the UK’s largest water-only supplier manage and maintain its facilities across multiple sites and office spaces? Idox’s CAFM Explorer® provides the solution! 
  Operating across multiple sites and locations can be quite a challenge, especially for a company delivering essential products and services. With facilities being used around the clock by staff, contractors, and more, facilities managers need to consistently ensure they are always in top working order. With Ido
  
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• Majority of employees unaware of new law changes to flexible working

  28-03-2024 09:24 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Seven out of 10 employees (70 per cent) are not aware that the law is changing to make it easier to request flexible working at work, finds a new survey from the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).
  The YouGov poll, which was conducted in January this year found that 43 per cent of employers were also unaware of the law change.
  All employees who have worked for their employer for 26 weeks or more currently have the right to ask if they can work flexibly. A new change in the law
  
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• NG Bailey makes strategic changes to IT Services leadership team

  28-03-2024 08:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The IT Services business of NG Bailey has announced strategic changes to its leadership team as it prepares for further growth.
  As part of the reorganisation, the division has consolidated its Mobile Services and National Operations units into the newly created ConnectOp Service. The new business unit will handle all non-defence sector work and be led by Operations Director Sam Young. The move is designed to seamlessly bring together expertise from the two units to offer even greater value to cu
  
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• Cleanology CEO appointed co-chair of Living Wage leadership group

  28-03-2024 08:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Dominic Ponniah, CEO and Co-Founder of commercial cleaning firm, Cleanology, has been elected Co-Chair of the Living Wage Foundation’s Recognised Service Provider Leadership Group.
  The Recognised Service Provider accreditation was set up by the Living Wage Foundation to commend contractors who support the aims of the movement. For many sectors, implementing the Real Living Wage relies on responsible procurement, and the movement has been successful thanks to the constructive involvement o
  
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