Cleaning Industry news

• Laundry and hospitality campaign saves 12.5k tonnes of carbon emissions

  28-11-2024 14:17 via chtmag.com
  
  Traditionally cleaned linens for hospitality businesses have been protected by plastic covers, during transit from the laundry and while they are stored before being used. In recent years hospitality linen services have used 100 tonnes of plastics a week to protect clean textiles – of which only about nine per cent is recycled. With the drive to banish single-use plastic, finding sustainable alternatives has been a key objective for the Textile Services Association (TSA), UKHospitality (UK
  
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• Totalmobile parters with City FM (UK) and City FM Ltd to enhance lone worker safety

  28-11-2024 13:23 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Field service management software provider, Totalmobile, has announced a new partnership with City FM (UK) and City FM Ltd aimed at transforming safety measures for approximately 600 colleagues working on contracts with major retailers, including Asda, M&S and Morrisons.
  This collaboration will see Totalmobile’s advanced lone worker protection technology, Protect, implemented across City’s operations, ensuring a safer working environment and allowing colleagues to return home sa
  
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• Elior UK announces charity partnership with The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation

  28-11-2024 13:01 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse
  Contract caterer Elior UK has unveiled The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation as its new charity partner.
  The three-year partnership with the UK’s food allergy charity, will commence in January 2025, with Elior committed to raising £100,000 by the end of 2027.
  To achieve this ambitious target, Elior will support the Natasha Foundation’s awareness campaigns, fundraising initiatives, and events. The company also plans to host corporate events and
  
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• Shaping the future

  28-11-2024 12:42 via fmj.co.uk
  The launch of the CIBSE Education Guild is shaping the future of engineering education says Panos Balalas Communications Manager of CIBSEThe rapidly evolving demands of the building services engineering profession have spurred a renewed focus on education and skills development. Recognising the need for a collaborative approach, CIBSE has launched the CIBSE Education Guild. This new forum aims to unite educators, industry professionals and institutions to create a foundation of learning that me
  
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• OCS and SoftBank Robotics sign MOU to innovate FM services

  28-11-2024 12:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  International FM provider, OCS Group and SoftBank Robotics Singapore, the APAC arm of a global leader in robotics solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance facilities management with advanced robotics and AI technologies.
  This strategic partnership aims to enhance operational efficiency, service quality, and sustainability by integrating SoftBank Robotics’ AI and IoT-enabled solutions with OCS Group’s extensive expertise.
  The collaboration will leverage So
  
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• KST lands place on NHS SBS framework

  28-11-2024 11:35 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Kings Secure Technologies (KST) has been named as a supplier on the NHS Shared Business Services Framework Agreement for security services, CCTV and VSS.
  KST has been named in the following lots within this Framework:
  Lot 1 – Guarding Services
  Lot 3 – Supply, Installation, and Maintenance of CCTV and VSS
  Lot 4 – Supply and Monitoring of Lone Working / Staff Call
  Lot 5 – Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Security Alarms, Fire Alarms, and Access Control Systems
  The in
  
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• New powers for local authorities to let empty high street property without landlord consent

  28-11-2024 11:05 via fmj.co.uk
  
  As of Monday 2nd December 2024, local authorities will be given powers to let out empty high street properties via auctions without their owner’s consent, leaving landlords facing significant costs, according to property law firm, BDB Pitmans.
  High Street Rental Auctions (HSRAs) will allow local leaders to tackle persistently vacant properties in city, town and village centres by putting the leases up for auction, which the government says will boost the high street through a ‘right
  
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• 2025 location revealed for ECH Awards

  28-11-2024 10:45 via cleaningmag.com
  
  The organiser of the European Cleaning and Hygiene Awards has unveiled the location for the 2025 event. The eighth annual awards will take place in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, on Thursday 2 October. Taking over the National Museum of Scotland, the awards event will bring together the best of the professional cleaning industry to celebrate their achievements.
  
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• ABM extends deal at Multi-Realm retail site

  28-11-2024 09:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  ABM has extended its contract to provide full facility and guest services at Multi-Realm’s retail destination, London Designer Outlet in Wembley Park.
  The move builds on ABM’s longstanding partnership with the retail operating partner, which manages over half of the outlet retail sites in the UK.
  ABM has worked in partnership with Multi-Realm since 2016 to shape the Wembley Park location into one of the most successful in the portfolio; transforming it into a retail destination
  
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• The Cleaning Show returns to London in March 25

  28-11-2024 01:00
  The Cleaning Show, the exhibition for the UK professional cleaning industry, will return to ExCel London from March 18-20 2025. Bringing together visitors from contract cleaning, facilities management, healthcare, hospitality, transport, retail and local authorities, more than 7,000 visitors are expected say the organisers.Alongside the trade exhibition there will be a programme of panel sessions over the three days with subjects including the impact of AI in cleaning, the changing habits of the
  
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