Cleaning Industry news

• Commercial Cleaning: Predictions for 2025

  27-01-2025 13:52 via chtmag.com
  
  By Stuart Conroy, Commercial Director at Peartree Cleaning
  The commercial cleaning industry is evolving rapidly, driven by shifting customer expectations, technological innovation and a focus on sustainability.  With consistent year-on-year growth the cleaning, hygiene, and waste disposal sector makes up five per cent of the UK’s entire workforce – 1.47 million people in total. However, despite a generally positive outlook, the industry continues to face a number of challenges,
  
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• Christeyns celebrates its rich history as part of the Lost Mills of Bradford

  27-01-2025 13:37 via chtmag.com
  
  Mills of Bradford courtesy of 509Arts
  Hygiene specialist Christeyns has been working with 509 Arts to look back on the history of its Bradford headquarters and how this has shaped the company’s future.
  Christeyns purchased the Oil & Soaps Company, and its operations based in Victoria Mills on Rutland Street, in 1998. Oil & Soaps Ltd originally took over the mill in December 1981, but the building has been in existence since the 1800s, one of the many mills across the district at th
  
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• Mitie takes £81.7m deal with the DVLA

  27-01-2025 13:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mitie has won a new five-year contract, worth £81.7 million, with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
  The new contract will see Mitie manage planned and reactive engineering maintenance at 12 buildings across three DVLA sites in the Swansea area, including its data centre, training facilities and the office space for almost 6,000 DVLA colleagues.
  Mitie will bring its innovative approach to digital remote maintenance to ensure the smooth running of some of DVLA’s key facil
  
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• Nuffield Health extends partnership with Sodexo to 2033

  27-01-2025 11:30 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sodexo UK and Ireland will retain its food services contract with Nuffield Health for an additional five years from 2028. This follows a five-year contract extension awarded in 2023.
  The long-term partnership between Nuffield Health and Sodexo spans 17 years, during which Sodexo has delivered patient and staff dining across all 37 Nuffield Health hospitals.
  With an annual contract value of £19 million, this renewal reinforces Sodexo’s commitment to delivering tasty, nutritious meals
  
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• Zest Recycle renews Whistl contract

  27-01-2025 10:54 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Zest Recycle has renewed its waste management contract with logistics specialist, Whistl.
  Since the beginning of the partnership, Zest Recycle has worked closely with Whistl to deliver tailored waste management services across its network.
  The recycling and waste management firm says by understanding Whistl’s unique needs, it has been able to provide: comprehensive waste audits to identify areas for improvement; customised recycling solutions to maximise resource recovery and; data-driven
  
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• New MD role at Green & Fortune

  27-01-2025 10:25 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sarah Miller has been appointed to the newly created role of Managing Director at independent hospitality provider Green & Fortune.
  Miller joins the business from BaxterStorey, where she was regional MD, looking after several key locations and accounts during her 12 years with the caterer.
  As Green & Fortune looks to strategically grow the company over the coming years, Miller will lead the company’s executive team and the day-to-day business, exploring new revenue streams and oppo
  
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• Fortem targets £300m turnover by 2028

  27-01-2025 09:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The social housing specialist, which is part of Willmott Dixon, has set ambitious growth goals for the next three years under its new ‘FOR Our Future’ strategy.
  Fortem intends to increase turnover from the current £205 million to £300million by 2028, with a focus on three distinct business streams: repairs and maintenance, capital works and retrofit programmes. It has also made some key appointments, with Judy Hegarty promoted to deputy MD, Kat Fidler becoming Director of
  
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• Christeyns celebrates its rich history

  27-01-2025 08:42 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Hygiene specialist Christeyns has been working with 509 Arts to look back on the history of its Bradford headquarters and how this has shaped the company’s future.
  
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• Scientist says gyms are 'riddled with germs'

  27-01-2025 01:00
  Dumbbells, barbells and workout machines commonly used in gyms can act as reservoirs for disease-causing germs, according to a scientist.Microbiologist Dr Primrose Freestone claims these bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens could cause anything from diarrhoea to athlete's foot.And she warns that the grimiest areas of the gym are the warm, wet places such as the sauna, showers, swimming pools and hot tubs.Freestone, a senior lecturer in clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester, says
  
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• Equipment rental - an added value

  27-01-2025 01:00
  Anna Garbagna from Italy on how equipment rental is become more popular with cleaning companies.Renting professional cleaning equipment is increasingly becoming the option of choice for many. This is because it can offer several advantages both for those offering the equipment for rent and forthe cleaning companies and/or individual professionals who decide to make use of this opportunity.Among the benefits offered, there is certainly a reduction in initial costs, access to more cutting-edge tec
  
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