Cleaning Industry news

• Improving mental health in the workplace

  08-10-2024 14:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  By Helen Godliman, Head of HR Operations & Projects at Instant Offices 
  In recent years, mental health in the workplace has become a focal point of discussion among business leaders, HR professionals, and employees alike. As we move into an era where work-life balance, wellbeing, and job satisfaction are considered as important as productivity and profitability, organisations must reevaluate how they approach mental health. Instant Offices believes that creating a mentally healthy work
  
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• Only human after all

  08-10-2024 13:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The CoreNet Global Summit 2024 focuses on the human element and how connection shapes the future of work. Sabrina Stubbs, Account Director, Magenta Associates reports
  What are places without people? This was the key theme that underpinned this year’s CoreNet Global Summit 2024, held at the InterContinental in Berlin. Although traditionally a corporate real estate event, the summit embraced the theme of ‘People Power,’ with a focus on nurturing human connections. Where the &lsq
  
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• VINCI awarded FM deal with Lincolnshire County Council

  08-10-2024 12:54 via fmj.co.uk
  
  VINCI Facilities has secured a new contract to deliver FM services for Lincolnshire County Council (LCC).
  The contract, which will go live on 1 April 2025, is for an initial five years, with a potential to be extended by a further five years.
  VINCI have been working in partnership with LCC since 2015.
  The new contract, with a potential value of £10 million per annum covers:Hard FM – statutory and non-statutory planned & reactive maintenance
  Soft FM – cleaning, grounds maint
  
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• Compass generates £2bn of Social Value in three years

  08-10-2024 11:26 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Compass Group UK & Ireland has generated £2.148 billion of Social and Local Economic Value, between 2021-2023. This figure has been measured and validated by Social Value Portal using the Social Value TOM System.
  As one the UK’s largest employers, £831.5 million of Social and Local Economic value was generated as a result of the company employing 44 per cent of its workforce within 15 miles of their homes. Further Social Value has been achieved through key priority areas su
  
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• Bright Horizons and Atlas expand partnership nationwide

  08-10-2024 11:06 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Atlas has announced the expansion of its partnership with Bright Horizons, a leading provider of community and workplace nurseries. The new nationwide contract will see Atlas providing cleaning services to 136 nurseries across the UK. This marks a significant growth from the initial contract in 2016, which covered 15 nurseries.
  
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• Commercial building operators are having to fight to turn a profit, finds new report

  08-10-2024 10:49 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Commercial properties are struggling to attract and keep tenants, according to a new report from workplace access, experience, and analytics platform, Accessia.
  The Adapt to Survive: the Flex Space Revolution report reveals that 99 per cent of building operators agree it’s harder to make money post-pandemic and one in five struggling to predict their revenue streams.
  The research found that one of the key factors impacting this is a disconnect between tenant priorities and commercial space
  
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• Churchill recognised for commitment to social recruitment

  08-10-2024 10:11 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Churchill Group has been accredited as a gold level member by the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group (SRAG).
  SRAG, created by PeoplePlus, recognises and supports organisations to make a positive difference in recruitment. Churchill Group was founding co-signatories on the Social Recruitment Covenant, PeoplePlus’s initiative to support employers to hire from disadvantaged groups to make the workforce a fairer place.
  Being a gold member signifies Churchill Group’s dedication to social v
  
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• Wipes & cloths - why use a dispenser?

  08-10-2024 01:00
  Most cloths and wipers are sold in to the customer as part of a system that also incorporates a purpose-designed dispenser. But how much value does this dispenser actually add to themix? ECJ asks manufacturers their views.Wiper companies tend to make a big deal about the dispensers in which their products are housed. To listen to their advertising pitches one could almost be forgiven for inferring that the box, pouch or carton containing the wipers is actually more important than the cloths them
  
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• More than 100 UK schools attempt to break hand washing record

  08-10-2024 01:00
  More than 100 primary schools across the UK have signed up to take part in a record-breaking Global Handwashing Day handwashing marathon this month.De Montfort University, Leicester is leading a national effort to improve hand hygiene among children while also attempting to set a new Guinness World record.Thousands of children nationwide will simultaneously engage in the Germ-Busting Washathon on October 15. This will take the form of coordinated handwashing activities staged via an online lesso
  
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