Cleaning Industry news

• Decarbonisation starts with the building fabric

  03-07-2026 13:19 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A Salix-funded roof refurbishment at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, completed across two phases with the campus fully operational throughout, is delivering approximately 300,000 kWh of annual gas savings and potential cost reductions of up to £22,000 a year. Garland UK was appointed as the technical roofing partner for the project, working alongside Dr John Hindley of Twelvetrees Consulting, Ian Palmer Architects, and the RNCM estates team to significantly improv
  
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• The sofa is winning. Here’s how the office fights back.

  03-07-2026 12:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  What cultural and sporting moments reveal about the future of work
  By Jade Boggust, Managing Director, Corporate Services, Sodexo UK & Ireland
  Every major tournament exposes the same uncomfortable truth: people will travel, queue and rearrange their entire week for an experience worth having. The modern office, more often than not, doesn’t make that list.
  Hybrid working didn’t just change where people work, it changed what they’re comparing the office to. The competitor for
  
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• IFMA names 2026-27 Global Board of Directors

  03-07-2026 11:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has announced the member-elected executive committee and appointees to the global board of directors for the 2026-27 fiscal year (1 July 2026 – 30 June 2027).
  Luis R. Viña (pictured right) begins his term as Board Chair with immediate effect. He is joined by First Vice Chair Wayne Whitzell, CFM, FMP, SFP, LEED®AP, BEP, GBO, IFMA Fellow and Second Vice Chair Nick Heibein, MCR, FMP, SFP. Members of the executive committee s
  
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• Churchill Group welcomes Principle into its group of specialist businesses

  03-07-2026 10:49 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Churchill Group has welcomed Principle into its group of businesses. With more than 37 years of experience, a strong reputation and deep expertise across London’s landmark buildings, Principle and Churchill’s Portfolio business will merge. This will see the Principle brand continue to operate under its well-recognised identity, with Churchill’s Portfolio brand transitioning into it over the coming months.
  
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• Stannah streamlines lift offering

  03-07-2026 10:28 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Stannah Lifts Distribution & Service has introduced a new structure designed to deliver a simpler, more seamless experience for customers across its full lift portfolio.
  The £100 million division, with over 150 years of expertise and a 6th generation family‑owned lift company, has brought its passenger lifts, platform lifts, and service and goods lifts together into a single unified New Lifts division, bringing together engineering expertise across multiple lift types within a si
  
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• Gleeds awarded place on Government Commercial Agency framework

  03-07-2026 10:05 via fmj.co.uk
  
  International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has been named as a supplier on the £3.5 billion Construction Professional Services 2 (CPS2) framework by Government Commercial Agency (GCA – formerly Crown Commercial Service).
  The four-year framework, which replaces the previous RM6165 agreement, will run until February 2030 and will provide central government departments and all other UK public sector bodies with access to technical advisory services for the full lifecycle
  
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• New bursary seeks to remove barriers into health & safety careers

  03-07-2026 09:40 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The future of workplace safety depends on attracting the next generation of capable professionals. Yet while organisations across the UK continue to seek competent health and safety professionals to manage increasingly complex workplace risks, many aspiring professionals still face a significant barrier to entering the profession: the cost of recognised qualifications.
  To help address that challenge, Phoenix Health & Safety has launched the Future Safety Leaders Bursary, an annual initiative
  
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