Cleaning Industry news

• Window cleaners face ‘grave risks’ when using water-fed poles near overhead power lines, warns FWC

  16-05-2024 15:05 via chtmag.com
  
  Steve Kennedy, Vice Chairman, FWC
  Following the deaths or injury of a number of window cleaners from electrocution while using water-fed poles, the Federation of Window Cleaners (FWC) has called a crucial meeting with key industry bodies and manufacturers with the aim of agreeing improved and robust safety measures.
  In 2021 alone, two lives were lost when water-fed poles inadvertently made contact with live wires, resulting in fatal electrocutions. In a third, recent incident, a former FWC membe
  
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• Elior UK scoops catering deal at The Whitaker 

  16-05-2024 14:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Contract caterer, Elior, has landed a three-year deal at The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery (The Whitaker) in Rossendale, for the provision of a variety of café, restaurant, kiosk, event and meeting catering services.
  Elior secured the contract because of its creativity and innovative plans to develop educational food offerings to accompany the museum’s calendar of exhibitions. Elior will serve local produce across The Whitaker’s 65-seat restaurant, outdoor kiosk and variet
  
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• Grazing introduces grab & go range

  16-05-2024 14:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Delivered-in office and venue catering specialist, Grazing, has launched a grab & go range, offering an entry-level alternative to existing delivered-in catering options.
  The new range has been designed to meet the needs of smaller offices (between 20 to 1,000 people) and hybrid working patterns, with no need for a contract or minimum order spend. It has been developed to give businesses outsourcing their catering requirements for the first-time a commercially viable option to explore.
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• Smart Service for Smart Facilities: How facility management businesses can utilise AI-powered technology to be smart, safe, efficient, and profitable 

  16-05-2024 12:53 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Smart technologies are transforming facilities management, driving energy efficiency, safety, and sustainability. However, relying solely on off-the-shelf technology can lead to inefficiencies, poor sustainability practices, and decreased customer satisfaction, impacting margins. IFS AI-powered technology empowers leading global facilities management companies to optimize field service and asset efficiency, delivering services profitably.
  IFS AI-powered technology is used by leading global facil
  
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• Appliance of science

  16-05-2024 11:24 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Dominic Folliss of Churchill describes a science-led approach that explores best practice hygiene processes, something of particular relevance for flexible workspaces
  It seems that every week there is a new report about the future of the workplace, veering from a full return to the office to predictions that remote working will become the norm. The truth probably lies somewhere in between as companies find a solution that suits them, which is often a hybrid arrangement. As such, flexible offices
  
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• Buro Happold lands key role on national heat decarbonisation framework

  16-05-2024 11:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The engineering, design, and advisory practice, has been awarded a place on the National Heat Network Zoning Programme to provide national zoning methodology, commercial, technical and project management support to the UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
  From 2025 national Heat Network Zoning policy will come into force which will seek to decarbonise heat through zoning and scheme development across England and Wales.
  Government expects heat networks and heat pumps
  
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• Veolia joins NHS Scotland Recyclates and General Waste Management Framework

  16-05-2024 10:38 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Resource management company, Veolia, has been appointed to the NHS Scotland Recyclates and General Waste Management Framework for the next five years.
  Working with the Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) this strategic placement will enable NHS Scotland Health Boards access to compliant and comprehensive general waste and recycling services. Supported by Veolia’s extensive treatment and collection infrastructure, the service covers all aspects of
  
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• EMCOR UK wins RoSPA Sir George Earle Trophy and FM Sector Award

  16-05-2024 10:13 via fmj.co.uk
  
  EMCOR UK has had a hugely successful year in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Awards. It has won the coveted Sir George Earle Trophy, the Facilities Management Industry Sector Award, an Order of Distinction, four Gold Medals and three Gold Awards, and was commended in the Water Industry Sector Award.
  Sir George Earle Trophy
  EMCOR UK has won the Sir George Earle Trophy, RoSPA’s oldest and most prestigious health and safety award. It was first given out in 1956, and
  
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• Compass delivers ‘strong set’ of half year results

  16-05-2024 09:50 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The food and support services business has announced double-digit organic revenue growth across all regions in its half year trading results for the six months ended 31 March 2024.
  The group reports a strong underlying operating profit growth of 18.7% on a constant-currency basis, to $1,474m, delivered through a balanced organic revenue growth of 11.2% and underlying operating margin up 50bps year on year to 7.1%. Operating profit increased by 35.8% to $1,420m.
  Supporting growth, Compass ha
  
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• Wide ranging exterior maintenance products from IronmongeryDirect

  16-05-2024 09:37 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Now that spring has arrived, many organisations will be turning their attention to exterior maintenance and repairs. Leading specialist retailer IronmongeryDirect can make the procurement process more efficient, with a comprehensive choice of lighting solutions, security and safety hardware in stock to suit a range of applications.
  With September 2023 marking the beginning of the phase out of fluorescent lighting, now’s the time to start sourcing suitable alternatives. IronmongeryDirect of
  
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• Diversey reinforces commitment to sustainability

  16-05-2024 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Diversey, a Solenis company, has launched two new mechanical ware washing products with significant sustainability profiles.
  
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• Warning: your recycling sacks are now being tracked

  16-05-2024 01:00
  It is all very well implementing recycling systems and providing bags to accommodate items from various waste streams.But how can we be sure that people are not putting the wrong things in the wrong bag? Or if they are simply refraining from using the bag at all?Tracker Sack on stand 10.500 has the answer. As the name suggests, the company offers a system that tracks your sacks."We believe we are the only company to be able to track recycling and waste at bag level," said Tracker Sack innovation
  
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• Robots and free peppermints – what’s not to like?

  16-05-2024 01:00
  Claiming to be the only manufacturer of cleaning robots in India is Peppermint Robotics.The company's autonomous scrubber dryers are quietly gliding around stand 05.409a tucked away at the back of hall five. But Peppermint has big plans."We want to expand into Europe," said global head of marketing Sarang Sardeshpande. "This is our first time at Interclean and it is going really well."Latest Peppermint product to the market is the SD20 compact scrubber-dryer. This is said to operate seamlessly a
  
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• Greenspeed invites visitors to share their vision

  16-05-2024 01:00
  Greenspeed took a visionary approach to its stand this year by inviting visitors to share their hopes and dreams for the cleaning industry.And their ideas were interpreted on paper by artist Artist Martien van den Hoek.The "Draw your Vision" section of the stand drew in crowds of visitors eager to see their ideas brought to life."We wanted to introduce something that would build interaction and inspiration," said marketing executive Eva Meertz "It has helped us to start conversations and discove
  
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• Fifty billion microbes improve cleaning performance for Ecolab

  16-05-2024 01:00
  Ecolab claims its latest launch - which was kept top secret in the run-up to Interclean - is set to revolutionise the cleaning industry.The Maxx Synbiotics range, due to hit the market later this year, has been formulated using a combination of probiotics and prebiotics."Probiotics are highly effective, but it can take a while before the micro-organisms in them start to take effect," says Ecolab marketing manager Johanna Weber. "The prebiotics give them the sugars they need to enable them to sta
  
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• Comac set to celebrate 50 years of clean

  16-05-2024 01:00
  Currently building up to celebrating its Big Five O is floor cleaning machine manufacturer Comac.The company will be officially marking 50 years of clean in October. Formed in Verona, Comac is headed up by founder and CEO Giancarlo Ruffo. The business has changed a great deal in the past 50 years, according to marketing manager Paolo Taoso."When the company started out in the 1970s, our machines were all made of stainless steel and were shaped like cubes," he said. "Then in the 90s we had the pl
  
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