Cleaning Industry news

• Managing properties and facilities with location intelligence  

  29-04-2024 17:02 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Location intelligence is helping London Gatwick and Carter Jonas to better manage large estates and assets. From property portfolios to housing associations, public buildings to airports, geospatial solutions are enabling owners and operators to make better decisions, driving efficiency, sustainability and reliability.Understanding location has never been more critical in helping to solve some of the major challenges within facilities, land and property management.
  Providing powerful maps, apps,
  
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• Distributor expands into 3,000 sq ft warehouse to meet rising demand

  29-04-2024 13:52 via chtmag.com
  
  A distributor of cleaning and workplace essentials has relocated to a 3,000-square-foot warehouse in Warwickshire to accommodate increasing demand across the country.
  Purcho, which is part of facilities management firm, Diamond Facilities Support Group, has moved into Unit 15 at Arden Business Centre in Alcester on a five-year lease where it will occupy the ground floor – with the ability to double in size to 6,000 sq ft on the upper floor.
  This move comes just three years after launching
  
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• Kier to design new Government Hub in Darlington

  29-04-2024 11:45 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed Kier as its initial delivery partner to create a new state-of-the-art hub at the Darlington Economic Campus (DEC).
  The organisations have just agreed a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) in readiness to deliver the project, earmarked for Brunswick St, after the planning application was lodged with Darlington Borough Council last month.
  The latest hub would become part of the DEC which includes Feethams House and Bishopsgate House, and fo
  
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• RICS survey shows signs of recovery for the UK commercial property market

  29-04-2024 10:43 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The latest RICS Commercial Property Monitor has revealed that whilst the market in the UK showed some improvements in Q1 2024, certain areas of the market continue to struggle against structural headwinds.
  Tenant demand rose in Q1, (+4 per cent, from -7 per cent net balance at the end of 2023), with the industrial demand indicator posting the most positive since reading Q3 2022 (net balance +14 per cent) and office demand also rising for the first time since early 2022.
  Tenant demand is however,
  
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• High power and high performance upright vacuum cleaner launched

  29-04-2024 10:31 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Makita’s VC010G upright vacuum cleaner is the latest cleaning product to be added to the company’s battery powered XGT portfolio.
  
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• Training recognition service launched by ASFP

  29-04-2024 10:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  (l-r) Siderise Insulation’s Technical Manager Adam Heath and CEO Adam Turk receive their Certificate of Recognition from ASFP Managing Director Mike Ward
  A new training recognition service to offer an independent third-party evaluation of training courses specific to passive fire protection (PFP) has been launched by the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP).
  ASFP Recognition ensures that all recognised providers work to the highest standards in both training delivery and passi
  
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• Retaining skilled talent a top challenge for employers this year

  29-04-2024 09:40 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Some of the biggest challenges for UK organisations right now include skilled talent retention, meeting pay expectations, providing a good work-life balance, and supporting employees’ wellbeing.
  New research by HR software provider Ciphr of 300 UK HR decision-makers found that organisations are facing around 11 different workplace challenges or HR pain points, on average.
  Over half (51 per cent) of respondents reported employee retention as their top worry for the year ahead. Many (46
  
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• Most hospital infections come from bacteria living in the patient: study

  29-04-2024 01:00 via europeancleaningjournal.com
  New research carried out at the University of Washington School of Medicine counters the theory that infections contracted during hospital stays are acquired at the healthcare facility itself.Instead it points to the fact that in most cases, the infection-causing bacteria were actually present in the patient's body before surgery.Scientists conducting the research were keen to explore why surgical site infections, which occur in around one in 30 surgical procedures, have not significantly declin
  
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