Cleaning Industry news

• Heat pumps create cool retreat for Chester Zoo’s snow leopards

  02-07-2026 15:37 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mitsubishi Electric air-to-air heat pumps are now providing cooling to the critically endangered snow leopards at Chester Zoo, supporting their comfort while also helping the zoo reduce energy use across its estate.
  The project forms part of Chester Zoo’s wider partnership with Mitsubishi Electric to reduce carbon emissions across the 128-acre site, which has committed to becoming net zero in scope one and two emissions by 2030.
  Native to cold, mountainous regions of Central and South Asia
  
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• Profit or People? New book launching worldwide says leaders are asking the wrong question

  02-07-2026 15:07 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Leadership shapes lives, businesses, and communities. Yet too often, leaders are pulled in two directions – chasing profit at the expense of their people, or championing their people without a viable and sustainable way to pay for it. A new book sets out to end that false choice. The Human-Centric Leader, by Simone Fenton-Jarvis and Louisa Clarke, was available globally as of 30th June 2026 and published by LID Publishing. Written for a moment of rising disengagement, constant change, and
  
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• Jangro network raises £105,000 for Trussell to help tackle hunger and hardship across the UK 

  02-07-2026 13:15 via chtmag.com
  
  Bolton-headquartered Jangro, the UK’s and Europe’s largest network of independent janitorial distributors, has announced that its members and supplier partners raised more than £105,000 during 2025 for its charity partner, Trussell, helping provide emergency food and practical advice to people facing hardship across the UK.
  The fundraising total was achieved through the collective efforts of Jangro’s nationwide network. The significant
  
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• TSA Sustainability Summit showcases practical steps to decarbonise UK laundries

  02-07-2026 13:00 via chtmag.com
  
  The Textile Services Association’s (TSA) Sustainability Summit brought together over 70 of its members to explore practical solutions for reducing the environmental impact of the UK’s commercial laundry sector. With thought-leaders, innovators and policy partners, its programme combined keynote analysis with member case studies. It also explored how new technologies from other industries could help drive sustainability further. Tying this all together was the importance of both colla
  
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• Marble Arch BID selects Anchor Group Services to lead its Street Team

  02-07-2026 12:44 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Integrated facilities services provider, Anchor Group Services, has been appointed as the new delivery partner for Marble Arch London BID’s frontline Street Team service.
  Following more than 10 years of grassroots support to high street businesses and the wider community, the Marble Arch Street Team is now the go-to resource for BID members across the BID area, from Park Lane and Oxford Street in the south to Paddington Green in the north.
  Launched in 1987 by former Merseyside Police offic
  
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• The GPA updates Government Workplace Design Guide

  02-07-2026 12:14 via fmj.co.uk
  
  New guidelines have been published by the Government Property Agency (GPA) as it continues its mission to create a smaller, better and greener office estate.
  Today (2 July) the GPA launched its updated Government Workplace Design Guide, which outlines improved design standards for government offices. The document introduces the Core Design Requirements (CDR) framework and provides a consistent approach for delivering inclusive, accessible, modern, sustainable and digitally-enabled work spaces.
  
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• New research from Mitie shows UK organisations unprepared for rising water risk and regulation

  02-07-2026 11:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Water risk is rising up the business agenda as two-thirds of organisations face disruption, with many unprepared for the oncoming wave of regulation.
  New research from Mitie reveals senior leaders at more than half of organisations (53 per cent) consider water a significant risk to their business. Rising water costs (50 per cent), leakage (47 per cent) and operational disruption (31 per cent) emerged as the greatest concerns. With over two in five organisations (42 per cent) worried about water-
  
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• ISS extends and expands partnership with public healthcare provider

  02-07-2026 10:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The global workplace experience and facility services company has extended and expanded its partnership with a public healthcare provider in Southern Europe.
  The contract, which has a duration of two years, with an option to extend for a further two years, will see ISS expand its current cleaning services to include additional services while also increasing the scope of cleaning across the customer’s site.
  The expanded scope of the agreement has an annual value of approximately DKK 100 mil
  
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• Dacorum Borough Council reappoints Cardo for a further five years

  02-07-2026 10:39 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Cardo has retained its contract with Dacorum Borough Council for the delivery of repairs and maintenance services across the council’s housing stock.
  The new five-year contract, which commenced yesterday (1 July), follows a competitive selection process and builds on three years of partnership between Cardo and the council, during which the repairs service has been strengthened through close collaboration with tenants and leaseholders.
  The new contract will introduce a range of servic
  
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