Cleaning Industry news

• Serco to manage HMP Ashfield for further 10 years

  23-04-2024 14:45 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Serco has a secured a 10-year contract, valued at £200 million, to manage HMP Ashfield in South Gloucestershire following a competitive procurement process.
  The international provider of services to governments has been responsible for managing the prison since 2005.
  HMP Ashfield is a category C adult male facility near Bristol that holds 400 convicted prisoners serving sentences for sexual offences. Serco’s primary purpose at HMP Ashfield is to treat prisoners convicted of sexu
  
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• BCC encourages cleaning and hygiene firms to support The Hygiene Bank

  23-04-2024 14:04 via chtmag.com
  
  Cleaning and hygiene sector firms have been thanked for supporting The Hygiene Bank – and more industry businesses are being encouraged to give their support.
  The call by the British Cleaning Council (BCC) follows a recent survey carried out by the charity which found that more than three million people in the UK are thought to be experiencing hygiene poverty.
  The survey published by The Hygiene Bank found that 24 per cent of people thought to be experiencing hygiene poverty were regularly
  
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• UK ban on wet wipes containing plastic to be put into law

  23-04-2024 13:09 via chtmag.com
  
  The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic, as confirmed by the Environment Secretary.
  Defra intend to bring forward the legislation for England ahead of summer recess, with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales following by the autumn as part of an aligned approach to bring the ban into force.
  Wet wipes containing plastic break down into microplastics over time, which research shows can be harmful to human health and disrupt our ecosystems
  
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• Sodexo awarded place on CCS Healthcare Soft FM Services framework 

  23-04-2024 12:13 via chtmag.com
  
  Sodexo Health & Care has been named on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) RM6331 Healthcare Soft Facilities Management Services framework for a period of three years with an option to extend for an additional year.
  This national framework is available to all UK public sector bodies to easily access services from a range of suppliers who have already gone through a procurement process to assess the quality and price of services. The RM6331 framework has been specifically designed to m
  
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• Where are the women?

  23-04-2024 11:34 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Emma Thornton, Marketing Manager at FM Recruitment Experts – 300 North asks, is the underrepresentation of women in FM down to poor communication?
  Women make up around 21 per cent of the FM workforce according to an IFMA survey. An IWFM survey gives a more charitable estimate for the UK sector, with a 34/66 percentage split of women to men. Regardless of the exact numbers, it is agreed that the sector is male dominated and needs more widespread female representation.
  The lack of diversity
  
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• Wates launches ‘Healthy Homes’ service to improve UK’s social housing stock

  23-04-2024 11:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Wates has launched a new dedicated service designed to combat two of the greatest challenges facing social housing, disrepair, and damp and mould.
  The new Healthy Homes service, which boasts six customers in place already, will see Wates offer existing and new customers a bespoke programme of work, utilising both a direct labour force and specialist supply chain to help social landlords provide healthy homes for their residents.
  Formed of two individual workstreams, with compliant routes to mark
  
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• SFMI seeks partners for pioneering Scope 3 Project

  23-04-2024 10:37 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Embarking on the next phase of its groundbreaking Scope 3 Project, the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI), an initiative of Acclaro Advisory, is expanding its partnership of organisations and building on the work spearheaded by the collaboration of industry giants BAM FM, Equans, Skanska and Optima Grupo.
  In today’s landscape, net zero plans within the built environment remain incomplete without accounting for FM Scope 3 emissions. Together with esteemed industry partners
  
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• NG Bailey IT Services partners with RingCentral Reach 

  23-04-2024 10:09 via fmj.co.uk
  
  NG Bailey’s IT Services business has joined the RingCentral Reach partner program, which provides channel partners with tools and resources to help them achieve success. This program will help NG Bailey extend its cloud-based contact centre and unified communications services to business customers across the UK.
  Kelly Tedesco, Managing Director at NG Bailey IT Services, said: “Together with the RingCentral team, we’re excited to be further enhancing our unrivalled technical exp
  
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• Director of projects appointment at Arcus FM

  23-04-2024 09:52 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Karl Lavery has been appointed as Director of Projects at Arcus FM.
  The appointment follows the recent acquisition of the Trios Group. Since the takeover in August 2023, Arcus FM has been working hard behind the scenes to explore how it can best serve its customers and people throughout the integration. This includes revitalising its projects division, Arcus Projects.
  Lavery takes on the role as Director of Projects, transitioning from his role as Projects and Commercial Director at the Trios Gr
  
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• Kärcher Professional UK announces exclusive offer

  23-04-2024 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Kärcher UK has unveiled an offer designed to elevate both work and home environments.
  
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• When a home becomes a business

  23-04-2024 01:00
  From Italy, Anna Garbagna tells us about the growth of cleaning business in short-term rental properties.Among the many effects of the pandemic, there has certainly been an increase in short rentals, today a sector of great interest. In addition to hosting healthcare professionals during the health emergency, the short rental has guaranteed hygienic safety features as well as confidentiality andit is still doing well. Today more than ever in Italy, where the development of short term rentals sho
  
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