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Management software, an unlikely hero of CV19

Rick Stoor, MD at Templa, explains how the flexibility of management software has helped contractors through the turmoil of shifting staff levels during CV19. Just as CV19 has brought out the best in the staff of cleaning contractors, business management ...

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phs Group launches coronavirus cleaning taskforce

Hygiene services firm phs Group has launched an emergency-response cleaning service for organisations affected by coronavirus. Premises which have had a case of coronavirus can be deep cleaned and sanitised by the emergency taskforce from phs Interclean, the specialist cleaning division of phs Group. Reported cases will ...

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Incentive QAS: The critical role of specialist cleaners amid Covid-19

The demand for commercial cleaning in offices and police and fire stations has increased substantially in a bid to tackle Covid-19. Incentive QAS, the contract cleaning arm of Incentive FM Group, has expanded its training operation to meet the new ...

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ISSA launches online course to help cleaners combat coronavirus

In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) international pandemic, ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, has launched the GBAC Fundamentals Online Course. This virtual seminar from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a division of ISSA, is designed to empower cleaning ...

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Desperate laundries call for urgent help

The laundry industry is in desperate straits. Seventy-five per cent of it is on its knees, because its work has dried up. That’s the 75% that used to look after the hospitality, sports, leisure and similar markets. The other 25% ...

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Covid-19: Cleanology

Cleanology Chief Executive Dominic Ponniah looks at an extraordinary month as the effects of the coronavirus crisis took hold – and looks ahead to when it will eventually end. It is hard to believe that just a month ago, the ...

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Employers in critical industries urged to issue letters to cleaners as proof of critical and Key Worker status

Employers of cleaning staff operating in critical industries have been urged to provide them with written proof that they should be treated as critical and Key Workers. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) made the call to help remove confusion over ...

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CHSA appoints new Secretary as Linda Belcher steps down

The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA), is saying a heartfelt thank you to Linda Belcher who has stepped down as the Association’s Secretary after many years of service. Lorraine Francis, who has a strong track record in managing membership ...

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Tudor Group extends its deep cleaning and disinfection offering

Facilities management and contract cleaning company, Tudor Group, has developed and extended out its specialist disinfection and deep cleaning service in response to the current coronavirus pandemic. Based in Manchester, Tudor offers window cleaning, specialist cleaning, general cleaning and ancillary ...

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BICSc publishes guidance on infection control and outbreak decontamination

The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) had produced new guidance notes to help in the fight against Covid-19. Produced by the Institute’s technical team the guidance documents cover: Infection Control Awareness – This document details how infections are spread ...

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