Cleaning Industry news

• How the TSA is helping to put mental health on the laundry industry’s agenda

  09-05-2024 15:04 via chtmag.com
  
  In advance of Mental Health Awareness Week the TSA is highlighting the progress the laundry industry has made in engaging with issues surrounding mental health, while acknowledging that there is still much progress to be made.
  Improving mental health support and awareness for its members has been one of the TSA’s priorities in recent years, as it forms a major part of its efforts to raise standards of diversity and inclusion within the laundry industry. These activities include the creatio
  
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• Robert Scott elevates sustainable cleaning to new heights

  09-05-2024 14:51 via chtmag.com
  
  Robert Scott has launched Toucan Eco Auto, the latest innovation in its ground-breaking Toucan Eco range. The revolutionary bio-cleaning system marks a significant leap forward in sustainable commercial cleaning, offering a robust solution for operators of medium to large facilities aiming to reduce their chemical use and environmental footprint.
  Toucan Eco Auto is an automated disinfectant generator, capable of producing 20 litres of multipurpose disinfectant cleaner in just 30 minutes using j
  
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• Equans awarded new contract with Birmingham City Council

  09-05-2024 14:25 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Energy, services and regeneration specialist, Equans, has extended its partnership with Birmingham City Council following the award of a new housing repairs contract.
  The new deal will see Equans continue to provide a planned and responsive repairs, maintenance and refurbishment services to more than 37,000 council-owned homes across the city until at least 2026.
  In Birmingham last year, Equans completed over 150,000 responsive repairs, returned 1,700 empty properties to a lettable standard, car
  
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• Are you responsible for managing building maintenance?

  09-05-2024 14:02 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Ensure the work you are responsible for is compliant and contributes to a safe, healthy, and efficient indoor environment.
  TR19® Air Specification for Internal Cleanliness and Hygiene Management of Ventilation Systems requirements have changed. So, it’s important for you and your employees and or sub-contractors to understand what those changes are to comply.
  TR19® Air is the latest benchmark from the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), it pioneers a targeted ap
  
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• Retail automation and the new office

  09-05-2024 13:45 via fmj.co.uk
  
  David Llewellyn, Chief Executive of the Vending & Automated Retail Association (the AVA), discusses the rise in automated vending across the workplace and how it supports the hybrid workplace
  With hybrid working now common practice within most businesses, facilities managers have been adapting how they run the office to suit the needs of occupants. This has included changing cleaning schedules and managing front of house shifts to match occupancy.
  Another introduction is the use of automated
  
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• Cushman & Wakefield exchanges contracts for new West End office 

  09-05-2024 10:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The global commercial real estate services firm has exchanged contracts on new office accommodation at 25 Baker Street, London.
  A brand new, Derwent London development, Baker Street will replace Portman Square as Cushman & Wakefield’s West End office from September 2025.  
  25 Baker Street will offer next-generation office space with a shared roof-top terrace and sky room and top-quality end of journey facilities. Once complete, it will be a net zero carbon building targeting
  
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• Resilient floorcare business surges post-administration

  09-05-2024 10:37 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Victor Floorcare, supplier of commercial cleaning equipment, has announced an impressive 72% surge in revenue from 2022 to 2023, also doubling its turnover in the previous year.
  
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• First Response Group secures English Heritage win

  09-05-2024 10:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Nationwide security, risk, and property protection business, First Response Group, has secured a three-year contract with English Heritage, a charity that manages more than 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.
  The contract, which comes with an option to extend to five, covers security guarding at some of the most iconic and historical venues in English history including Apsley House, the former London home of the first Duke of Wellington and once known as ‘Number 1 London&rsq
  
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• H&S workloads have never been more demanding for property and facilities managers

  09-05-2024 10:04 via fmj.co.uk
  
  New legislation and an increased focus on best practice are leading to heavier workloads and excess pressure on property and facilities managers, according to a new report from health, safety and property compliance firm, William Martin.
  When compiling its first annual property compliance report, the firm examined data from 20,000 risk assessments and survey reports that were uploaded to its compliance management software, Meridian, between April 2023 and March 2024.
  Figures showed almost 327,00
  
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• GEZE UK – a Living Wage company

  09-05-2024 09:41 via fmj.co.uk
  
  GEZE UK is delighted to announce that the company has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
  The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate based on the cost of living. It is voluntarily paid by over 14,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets everyday needs.
  To achieve the accreditation GEZE UK had to confirm that the company pays the real Living Wage to all directly employed staff and have a plan in place to pay all contractors a Living wage – both of whic
  
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• The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC) welcomes new master

  09-05-2024 01:00
  In the UK, the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC) has installed Lorraine Larman as its new master.Larman has worked in the service industry for 35 years and has been a dedicated member of the WCEC for the past 12 years, specialising in compliance and health and safety in environmental cleaning. Previously she has been a board member of the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) and was instrumental in implementing the Chartered Practitioners' Register, which is facilitate
  
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