Cleaning Industry news

• Procurement Act 2023: Pagabo urges public and private sectors to act on reform

  07-02-2025 12:23 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new campaign has been launched by national procurement specialist, Pagabo, to support the UK’s public and private sectors with adopting and benefiting from the latest procurement reform, which will come into effect on 24 February when the Procurement Act 2023 goes live.
  ‘Act on Procurement’ is simplifying the legalisation within the Procurement Act through a range of resources, including an extensive downloadable guide, explainer video, frequently asked questions and web
  
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• Dreaming big

  07-02-2025 11:45 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Stephen Bott, HR & Facilities Manager at Charterhouse Holdings believes every facilities management initiative counts no matter the size and scale of the organisationMy background includes both HR and FM administration, but when I moved into my current role at Charterhouse by dint of HR experience, I also inherited responsibility for the facilities department. The fact that my current role combines responsibility for two separate departments is symbolic that FM at Charterhouse is much smalle
  
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• Thorn & Zumtobel Lighting MD joins Recolight as a director

  07-02-2025 10:53 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Paul Kilburn, Managing Director of Thorn Lighting & Zumtobel Lighting UK & Ireland Ltd has joined Recolight’s Board of Directors.
  Commenting on the news, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said: “We are delighted that Paul has joined the board. He brings with him great depth of experience and knowledge and I know that we will benefit from his contributions and insights. Thorn & Zumtobel are now in their fifth year of Recolight WEEE scheme membership, and the business is an active
  
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• New research project launches exploring emerging workplace trends

  07-02-2025 10:19 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Emerging workplace trends are to be explored in new research project ‘WorkPulse’ with AI at its heart.
  Mapping the needs of the modern workplace by today’s UK workforce is a core objective of the research project launched by furniture and workspace provider Workpattern and analytics platform Audiem.
  As organisations wrestle with changing attitudes towards work, alongside increasing pressures to make the most of corporate real estate investments, this study aims to unlock the ke
  
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• Data challenges leave 83% of businesses unprepared for mandated CSRD reporting

  07-02-2025 09:51 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Over four-fifths (83 per cent) of businesses lack confidence in the audit-readiness of their ESG data for compliance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This is according to a new survey of 1,000 senior IT and data leaders across the UK and France by Semarchy, a leader in master data management (MDM) and data integration.
  While 65 per cent of eligible organisations aspire to be audit-ready and meet looming reporting deadlines within the next 12 months, a quarter (25 per
  
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• New Condair podcast on cleanroom humidity

  07-02-2025 09:29 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Humidity control specialist, Condair, has released a new podcast on how to control humidity in cleanrooms. In this 10-minute interview, Dave Marshall-George, Sales Director at Condair, explains how to manage air humidity in tightly controlled manufacturing or research environments.
  Dave comments: “Cleanrooms are used in a huge variety of industries and are classified by the level of particulate matter that is permissible in the air. Alongside air purity, humidity can often have a dramatic
  
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• Spanish exhibition Hygienalia to take place in November

  07-02-2025 01:00
  Professional cleaning exhibition for the Spanish market Hygienalia will be held in Madrid from November 4-6. The show will feature around 150 national and international exhibitors, say the organisers, with an expected increase in visitors from the previous edition two years ago. The 2023 event attracted almost 6,500 cleaning professionals.Hygienalia is supported by cleaning industry trade associations ASFEL and AEFIMIL.For more details: www.hygienalia.com
  
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