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• ABCO shares 4 ways facilities can support the planet this Earth Day 

  17-04-2024 14:43 via chtmag.com
  
  It’s estimated that 40 per cent of the ocean’s surface is covered in plastic waste. To celebrate Earth Day (22 April), ABCO Cleaning Products, a leading provider of sustainable cleaning tools, shares recommendations on how facilities can help support the planet.
  “Earth Day serves as a reminder of our impact on the environment,” said Carlos Albir, Jr., Vice President of Operations, ABCO Cleaning Products. “In today’s landscape, where sustainability dominates di
  
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• Tork compressed hand towels are both sustainable and efficient

  17-04-2024 14:14 via chtmag.com
  
  New from Essity are Tork Xpress® Multifold hand towel bundles that have been compressed by 50 per cent compared with standard folded Tork towels.
  Essity uses compression technology to halve the amount of air in these bundles. This means the dispenser caters for double the number of customers and accommodates twice as many towels before requiring a refill.
  “Businesses today deeply understand the need for access to hand hygiene,” said Tork Hand Wiping Product Director David Chalmer
  
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• Healthcare Cleaning Forum announces 2024 programme

  17-04-2024 13:48 via chtmag.com
  
  On 16 May 2024 Interclean’s Healthcare Cleaning Forum (HCF) will once again open its doors to healthcare cleaning enthusiasts from far and wide. With a packed programme aimed at cleaning professionals, healthcare experts, hospital managers, infection prevention specialists, facility managers and industry leaders – this much anticipated event is a highlight on the professional cleaning industry calendar.
  Running alongside Interclean Amsterdam, a leading trade fair for cleaning and hyg
  
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• Koba signs first UK flex location

  17-04-2024 12:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  New flexible workspace company, Koba, is launching its first UK venture at 100 Barbirolli Square in Manchester.
  Koba has agreed a partnership lease on a 10-year term with AEW to design, fit-out and operate its inaugural circa 30,000 sq ft location at the flagship 100 Barbirolli Square office building in Manchester City Centre.
  The new flex site, to be known as Koba @ 100 Barbirolli Square, will operate on Levels 0 & 1 within the 200,000 sq ft, 10 storey Grade A office building whose transfor
  
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• Navigating the future of FM

  17-04-2024 11:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  By Richard Sykes, SVP and President, ABM UK and Ireland
  An ancient philosopher said that “the only constant in life is change”; that is truer today than ever before. The facilities management industry is responding to everything from technological advancements to evolving workplace dynamics; a plethora of changes which are influencing how we deliver our services. For me, there are three overarching considerations for the immediate and long-term, and the way businesses evolve and adju
  
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• Mitie donates £2m in Apprenticeship Levy gifting pledges

  17-04-2024 11:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mitie has exceeded the £2 million milestone for its Apprenticeship Levy gifting pledges, which has enabled over 30 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and local community services across the UK to fund apprenticeship schemes for future talent.
  With less than three per cent of Levy-paying employers gifting Levy funding to SMEs, this makes Mitie one of just 580 companies investing unspent Levy funds to support their local communities.
  The facilities management and professional services
  
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• 2024 UKHA Summer Ball

  17-04-2024 10:51 via cleaningmag.com
  
  The 2024 UKHA Summer Ball is taking place on Saturday 29th June in Scotland
  
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• New BESA specification will ‘revolutionise building air quality’

  17-04-2024 10:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new specification for ventilation hygiene has been launched by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) as part of its ongoing efforts to minimise the risk posed by contaminated indoor air to human health and wellbeing.
  BESA has also updated two of its air hygiene training courses to ensure delivery against the new specification and improve safety standards in buildings. The courses are designed so that contractors can advise their clients about ventilation cleanliness to
  
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• SBTi approval for Churchill’s near-term science-based targets

  17-04-2024 10:02 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Churchill Group’s science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions near-term reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
  The SBTi’s target validation team has determined that Churchill Group’s 1 and 2 scope emission targets align with the 1.5°C Business Ambition trajectory. Churchill Group first formally committed to developing a science-based target aligned with the SBTi criteria in 2021.
  The SBTi is a corporate climate action organisa
  
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• Dalkia UK recognised at RoSPA Health and Safety Awards

  17-04-2024 09:38 via fmj.co.uk
  
  EDF Group subsidiary, Dalkia UK, has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in its 2024 Health and Safety Awards.
  Teams across the business received the following Awards; Presidents, Highly Commended and Gold, demonstrating the company’s commitment to health and safety in the workplace.
  The RoSPA Awards are the UK’s largest and most impactful. With almost 2,000 entries annually from over 50 countries, impacting over seven million employees, they
  
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• Ecover launches laundry capsules

  17-04-2024 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Ecover, washing and cleaning product pioneer, has unveiled Ecover Laundry Capsules.
  
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• Truvox International partners with i-Team Professional to bring imop Lite and i-scrub 21B to the UK

  17-04-2024 09:11 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Hedge End, Southampton-based Truvox International has signed an agreement with Eindhoven, The Netherlands-based i-Team Professional to bring two of its products to the UK cleaning and FM market under the Truvox brand.
  Joining the existing Truvox line-up are imop Lite and the i-scrub 21B cordless power scrubber.
  “i-Team Professional BV has entered into an OEM partnership with Truvox International, a subsidiary of Tacony Corporation, headquartered in Southampton, UK,” says i-Team Profe
  
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• Wages and Olympics bring doubt

  17-04-2024 01:00
  French cleaning firms face uncertainty in 2024 as wages rise and the Olympic Games take place there. Christian Bouzols tells us more.The year 2023 was an active but quite varied one for French cleaning companies and their clients. The economic background encouraged a high number of takeovers among companies large and small.According to Patrick Klug, managing director of Entreprises et Décisions, a financial planner based in Paris, “the cleaning market is in quite good shape although
  
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