Cleaning Industry news

• ISS reports a ‘robust’ first nine months of trading

  06-11-2024 14:37
  
  Global workplace experience and facilities management firm, ISS, has reported a robust first nine months with continued business improvements in its trading update for 1 January – 30 September 2024.
  Organic growth was 4.8% in Q3 2024 (Q3 2023: 9.3%) and 5.5% for the first nine months of 2024 mainly driven by price increases implemented across the Group and net positive volume growth.
  As announced on 8 August 2024, ISS was awarded a seven-year contract with the UK Department of Work and Pen
  
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• Tork Focus4 Sustainability helps customers meet their goals

  06-11-2024 13:59
  
  Customers need clear and comprehensible sustainability data to inform their decision-making when choosing suppliers.
  New from Essity is Tork Focus4 Sustainability – a programme that promotes transparency and helps customers meet their goals with accessible and reliable sustainability information.
  Tork Focus4 Sustainability provides a comprehensive summary of the key sustainability benefits of selected Tork systems.
  “As sustainability legislation evolves and expectations increase, bus
  
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• Kingdom snaps up MC Personnel

  06-11-2024 13:15
  
  Kingdom Services Group has announced its acquisition of recruitment company, MC Personnel Ltd.
  Established in 1998, MC Personnel has over 400 staff which it places into the Industrial, Food, Production, Manufacturing, Hospitality, and Driving sectors throughout Kent, South East London and Essex.
  The acquisition now enables Kingdom Group to provide a wider recruitment proposition to customers and colleagues, including wider industry-specific experience, a national resource pool of people tal
  
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• BM Caterers unveils Luminary Charity and Bakery partnership

  06-11-2024 12:38
  
  BM Caterers has launched a new partnership with social enterprise Luminary Bakery and its sister charity, Luminary Limited.
  Luminary’s charity runs a two-year employability programme, including six months of initial baking training, for women who have experienced disadvantage and gender-based violence, including domestic abuse, sexual exploitation, or trafficking, and may have no prior employment experience.
  While some trainees may become bakers, the primary goal of the charity is to prep
  
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• Wates appoints new executive managing director

  06-11-2024 12:16
  
  Phillippa Prongué has been appointed as the new Executive Managing Director of Wates growing Residential business. She will take up the position in the new year, taking over from Helen Bunch who is retiring after an esteemed 19 year career at Wates.
  Bunch, who served as Executive Managing Director for the Residential business since 2020, leaves Wates having overseen a 150 per cent growth and a 73 per cent increase in operating profit during her leadership.
  A well-established and resp
  
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• The Jordon Group joins Bellrock

  06-11-2024 11:39
  
  Bellrock Group has announced that The Jordon Group, a leading provider of critical engineering solutions has joined the business following a merger on 31 October.
  Established in 1965, The Jordon Group has nearly 60 years of experience providing end-to-end turnkey solutions and critical asset maintenance services. Under the leadership of MD Paul Jordon, this family-run business has grown to £40 million in revenue, becoming a national leader in air-conditioning, refrigeration and shopfitting
  
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• The Jordan Group joins Bellrock

  06-11-2024 11:39
  
  Bellrock Group has announced that The Jordon Group, a leading provider of critical engineering solutions has joined the business following a merger on 31 October.
  Established in 1965, The Jordon Group has nearly 60 years of experience providing end-to-end turnkey solutions and critical asset maintenance services. Under the leadership of MD Paul Jordon, this family-run business has grown to £40 million in revenue, becoming a national leader in air-conditioning, refrigeration and shopfitting
  
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• Datore signs five new strategic customers

  06-11-2024 10:43
  
  Data services provider, Datore, has signed five new strategic clients in just eight weeks spanning the cleaning, security, housing association and managing agent sectors.
  Helping to accelerate their journey to ‘Data as a Differentiator’, Datore says the signings are a clear sign that the FM industry is catching on to the “transformative power” of Analytics as a Service (AaaS).
  Graham Perry, Managing Director at Datore, commented: “This Period of rapid growth undersc
  
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• Nurture Group buys Tivoli in its largest acquisition to date

  06-11-2024 10:18
  
  The Nurture Group has acquired Tivoli Group Ltd, in a deal which was completed last week.
  The purchase of Tivoli, which was the fourth largest player in the grounds maintenance and landscaping sector with an annual turnover in excess of £70 million marks Nuture Group’s 50th and largest acquisition to date. Together, this has created a market leading national business with a combined annual revenue of £245 million with the most comprehensive range of grounds maintenance, workpla
  
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• Step into the future of FM with MRI Software

  06-11-2024 09:40
  
  MRI Software is inviting all facilities professionals to share their opinions on the industry challenges and common FM practices at this year’s Anticipate London Show, whilst showcasing a host of hyperconnected technologies designed to help FM professionals to make data-driven, smart decisions.
  The software company will be conducting its Voice of the Facilities Manager survey at its stand at The Anticipate London, gathering insights and opinions on a range of topics from the challenges FM
  
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• Kärcher UK opens new Manchester Kärcher Centre

  06-11-2024 08:00 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Kärcher UK has selected Manchester for its newest and largest Kärcher centre, which opened in October. Building on the established Manchester-based Kärcher Hire business, the 18,122 square foot, two-acre site, houses a new Kärcher centre, as well as Kärcher Hire’s new headquarters.
  
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• Cleaning sector in Spain demands recognition and visibility

  06-11-2024 01:00
  To mark the international Thank Your Cleaner Day last month, the two employers' organisations in Spain - AFELIN and ASPEL - launched the campaign 'Without Cleaning, There Is No Wealth', seeking to highlight the essential value of the industry to the country as a whole."The cleaning sector is much more than a necessary service, it is an essential pillar that ensures the hygiene of all spaces - directly impacting the quality of life and functioning of the economy," highlighted Jesús Mart&ia
  
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