Cleaning Industry news

• CIBSE appoints new president elect for 2025/26

  15-05-2025 14:53 via fmj.co.uk
  David Cooper MBE has been appointed CIBSE’s President Elect for the 2025/26 term.
  A distinguished engineer with over 40 years of experience in the lift and escalator industry, Cooper brings unparalleled expertise and leadership to CIBSE, advancing its mission to champion safe, sustainable and high-performing built environments.
  Cooper began his career as an apprentice with the British Railways Board before joining KONE, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of lifts and escalators
  
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• Compass delivers a strong first-half performance

  15-05-2025 14:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The food and support services business has announced strong net new business and double-digit underlying operating profit growth in its Half Year results for the six months ended 31 March 2025.
  The group says it delivered a strong first-half performance, with underlying operating profit increasing by 11.6%. Organic revenue was up 8.5%, driven by strong net new business growth of 4.4% and client retention rates remained strong at over 96%.On a statutory basis, revenue increased by 8.8% to $2
  
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• FM contract for QTEC at Glass Wharf

  15-05-2025 13:30 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Knight Frank has awarded QTEC Facilities Management a major contract to deliver comprehensive FM services at Glass Wharf, one of Bristol’s most prestigious office developments.
  Glass Wharf, an eight-storey Grade A commercial office building, sits at the heart of Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, a key hub for business and innovation. The building is targeting a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating, requiring a specialist engineering maintenance approach to ensure complianc
  
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• Senior appointment at Rapid Energy

  15-05-2025 12:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Rapid Energy, a leading UK provider of temporary heating and cooling solutions, has appointed Matt Stapley as its new Technical Director.
  Stapley brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the business, with over 25 years of experience in the HVAC sector. His career has been marked by significant contributions to the development and deployment of energy-efficient heating and cooling solutions across various sectors. Stapley’s leadership is expected to drive Rapid Energy’s technica
  
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• Designing for all

  15-05-2025 11:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Anil Madan, Non-Residential Marketing Manager at Ideal Standard UK and Armitage Shanks on the evolving aesthetic of accessible washrooms
  Accessibility should be the top priority when designing, specifying, and managing commercial washrooms, but achieving compliance doesn’t mean having to sacrifice on style. Traditionally, specifiers, hoteliers and facilities managers have focused primarily on function in accessible washrooms, often resulting in spaces that contrast starkly with other comm
  
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• UEL and Siemens partner on MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering Scholarship

  15-05-2025 11:19 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The University of East London (UEL) and global technology company Siemens have  joined forces to launch the Siemens Scholarship for the university’s MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering.
  As the two organisations look to develop the future skills needed to decarbonise infrastructure and industry, the scholarship aims to widen participation in higher education, providing crucial financial support and access for home fee-paying students aspiring to study sustainable energy. By reducing
  
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• G4S wins Sizewell C security contract

  15-05-2025 10:39 via fmj.co.uk
  
  G4S has been appointed as the principal security provider for Sizewell C, the new 3.2GW nuclear power station under construction on the Suffolk coast.
  The contract will see G4S supply and support the main Sizewell C construction sites, as well as securing the project’s off-site infrastructure locations, including its bus operations centre where the project’s hydrogen-powered bus fleet will be maintained, two park and ride locations, and an accommodation campus.
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• A third of employers think AI will increase productivity

  15-05-2025 09:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new survey from workplace experts, Acas has revealed more than a third (35 per cent) of employers think that artificial intelligence (AI) will increase productivity.
  Acas commissioned YouGov to ask employers in Britain what they thought was the most important benefit of AI at work.
  The survey also found that:12 per cent thought AI would give a competitive edge.
  11 per cent thought it would increase knowledge.
  11 per cent thought more work would be done with fewer staff.
  11 per cent thought the
  
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• Essity pioneers full-pay neonatal care leave beyond new statutory rights

  15-05-2025 09:00 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Global hygiene and health company Essity, which manufactures brands such as Bodyform, Tork, Cushelle and Plenty, is offering full-pay neonatal care leave to its UK employees from 6 April – becoming one of the first major employers to go significantly beyond the government’s new statutory entitlement.
  
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• Do we put into practice the findings of scientific studies?

  15-05-2025 01:00
  For three years a team of industry experts has been gathering material on cleaning ergonomics and conscious cleaning. In the latest of their exclusive articles for ECJ, Helge Alt from Puhastusekspert in Estonia and Tarja Valkosalo of Propuhtaus Finland ask whether scientific findings are actually being put into practice.There is quite a lot of scientific research on professional cleaning. Making use of them is the basis for knowledge-based management in cleaning. But are we putting research find
  
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