Cleaning Industry news

• Compass reports another year of strong performance

  26-11-2024 14:39 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The food and support services business has reported another year of strong performance in its Full Year results for the year ended 30 September 2024 and states it is “confident in delivering high single-digit profit growth in 2025″.
  The group reports an underlying operating profit growth of 16.4%. Organic revenue increased by 10.6% with net new business growth of 4.2%, which accelerated in H2 and its underlying operating margin improved by 30bps year-on-year to 7.1% with good pr
  
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• Principle stays on at the Gherkin

  26-11-2024 13:22 via chtmag.com
  
  Principle Cleaning Services has been awarded a three-year contract extension at 30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin, one of London’s most iconic buildings.
  The new deal, awarded after a competitive tender, will see Principle, which has worked with 30 St Mary Axe for over a decade, continue to provide horizontal and internal and external vertical services along with waste management, pest control, stone cleaning and washroom services.
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• Recruitment drive initiative: TSA announces dates for Laundry Open Week 2025

  26-11-2024 13:07 via chtmag.com
  
  How to encourage recruitment for the commercial laundry sector in the face of national staff shortages?  After a successful pilot in 2024, the TSA (Textile Services Association) has announced the dates for next year’s Laundry Open Week, which will run from 24–28 March 2025.
  “Getting in front of potential recruits is made harder by the fact that every other industry is trying to do the same,” says David Stevens, CEO of the TSA.  “It’s a busy, noisy, c
  
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• IWFM calls on workplace and facilities managers to ‘step up and lead’ on net zero

  26-11-2024 12:02 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) is calling on workplace and facilities managers (WFMs) to “step up and lead” their organisations to achieve net zero goals following the release of its Sustainability Report 2024, published today.
  The report has identified widespread intent to meet the 2050 deadline for net zero, as 75 per cent of organisations say they expect to reach this national target. This represents meaningful progress from the Institute’s 2022
  
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• Mitie scoops £130m HMRC contract

  26-11-2024 11:03 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mitie has been awarded a five-year contract, worth £130 million, with His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the delivery of integrated FM services across the ‘East Region’ of HMRC’s estate, including asset maintenance and projects works.
  Mitie will deliver planned and reactive engineering, waste management, carbon reduction, landscaping, cleaning, and catering services across 28 HMRC sites. This includes its regional hubs in London Stratford, Edinburgh, Leeds
  
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• Mitie secures five-year HMRC FM contract

  26-11-2024 10:21 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Mitie has secured a £130 million contract with His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), to deliver integrated facilities management (FM) services across the ‘East Region’ of its estate, including asset maintenance and projects works. The five-year contract comes with the option of extending for up to a further five years.
  
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• Beating the bugs

  26-11-2024 10:12 via fmj.co.uk
  
  According to David Cain, MD of Bed Bugs Ltd, as well as having a negative impact on public health, an infestation of bed bugs can be a huge problem for FMs in a range of sites, from hotels to offices. Here is his guide to beating the bugs
  You may have seen recent news stories about the plague of bed bugs and, if you are in the hospitality or facilities sector, been thoroughly alarmed by what has been made to sound like an unstoppable menace.
  It is certainly true that a bed bug infestation can c
  
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• Dalkia UK wins multi-service contract with Christie NHS Foundation Trust

  26-11-2024 09:58 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Technical and energy solutions provider, Dalkia UK, has been awarded a five-year contract to deliver total facilities management services to the recently rebuilt Paterson building.
  The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is the largest single site cancer centre in Europe, covering more than 25,000 sq. metres and standing 10 storeys high. Responsible for the entire site, Dalkia UK is now providing technical expertise to the building as well as front of house reception support and cleaning services to a
  
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• VIVO achieves Gold rating at The 5% Club

  26-11-2024 09:27 via fmj.co.uk
  
  VIVO Defence Services has gained a gold rating at The 5% Club due to the number of its employees taking apprenticeships  – just 10 months after joining.
  Employers who join the club commit to empowering their employees through ‘earn & learn’ initiatives such as apprenticeships, graduate schemes, and sponsored student placements.
  Now, after a wide-ranging audit, VIVO has been awarded gold status after demonstrating that at least 5% of its workforce are on such schemes.
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• A study of public washrooms

  26-11-2024 01:00
  Katja Scholz, ECJ’s reporter in Germany, on her observations of the country’s public toilets.I will never forget the moment when, during my first holiday in Norway many years ago, I went into the public toilets in a shopping centre in Oslo. There was corner seating with a large couch at the entrance, there were numerous USB charging sockets for mobile phones and tablets, there was a pleasant smell and I didn’t feel the urge to turn round and walk straight out again because - it
  
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