CHTMAG.COM Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @CHTtoday EDITORIAL COMMENT AND CONTENTS 14 CLEANING HYGIENE TODAY charlie.kortens@kpmmedia.co.uk Next Month CLEANING HYGIENE TODAY THIS MONTH... CLEANING HYGIENE TODAY CLEANING HYGIENE TODAY LURKING BACTERIA 10 Sometimes getting ill can’t be avoided, but there are precautions you can take to avoid succumbing to the yearly sniffles. Office supply experts Viking share their experiences. STAFF PSYCHOLOGY 14 Joanne Pollard, training, development & quality manager of Nviro, shares 10 simple steps to keep your staff healthy and therefore productive. WORKPLACE TRENDS 20 Charlotte Boniface from Tork manufacturer SCA considers the effects that trends such as hot-desking, new technology and the diminishing lunch hour have had on today’s workforce. ROBO CLEAN 26 CHT spoke to Servest’s FM MD Vince Treadgold to find out about the future of technology in cleaning and why the industry is lagging behind in tacking advantage of tech breakthroughs. As well as how these have already impacted the industry and what they are set to do in the future. SWEPT AWAY 30 Don’t be bamboozled by technology or blinkered by ‘the way we’ve always done things’. Stephen Pinhorne, UK national sales manager of Truvox International, points out traps to avoid when investing in vacuums and sweepers. REGULARS NEWS AND CLEANING IN BRIEF 04 All the latest news, information and roundups from across the Cleaning sector. OPINION 06 With poor air quality an inevitability in the office environment, it’s essential that ventilation within a building is good, to ensure occupants are at least free of the fumes once inside. Steven Booth, Associate Director for Guardian Water Treatment, explains the importance of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in the combat against Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). OPINION 33 In this article Oliver Johnson od ABC Hygiene gives his top tips are to help your employees through the hardest months of the year. 30 In the first CHT of 2016 we will take an in-depth look at how to maintain good standards of cleanliness and hygiene in catering environments. And we investigate how to stay green whilst cleaning before showing you that, no matter what you think, you really do want to know more about commercial laundry. Hello and welcome to the final CHT of 2015. This is the third magazine we have released since we re-launched the magazine back in October and we’ve had a great response so thank you to everyone who has helped to make the magazine such a great success. We are planning to go from strength to strength in 2016 with even more top features, interviews and articles. In the mean time we hope that all of you have a great Christmas and we look forward to seeing you again in the New Year. EDITORIAL Editor - Charlie Kortens charlie.kortens@kpmmedia.co.uk Mob: 07867 418830 Tel: 01322 476817 Assistant Editor – Sarah O’Beirne sarah.obeirne@kpmmedia.co.uk Tel: 01322 476815 ACCOUNTS Liene Jume Akmentina accounts@kpmmedia.co.uk Tel: 01322 476814 PRODUCTION Director – Warren Knight warren.knight@kpmmedia.co.uk Tel: 01322 476818 Designer – Warren Gibb warreng@thecgl.co.uk Tel: 01293 773221 GROUP MD Nigel Copp Nigel.copp@kpmmedia.co.uk Tel: 01322 662289 SALES Sales Manager – Danny Grange danny.grange@kpmmedia.co.uk Mob: 07867 418994 Tel: 01322 476811 Sales Assistant – Gino Leroy gino.leroy@kpmmedia.co.uk Tel: 01322 476819 PUBLISHER kpm media – Unit 5, Gateway 20/25 Trading Estate, London Road, Swanley, Kent. BR8 8GA Tel: 01322 662289 © Copyright 2015/16 kpm media The publisher does not necessarily agree with the views and opinions expressed by contributors. No material may be reproduced in part or whole without written permission from the editor. Editorial contributions are accepted on an all-rights basis only. Letters to the editor may be published in their entirety or in edited form and remain the property of kpm media. While due care is taken to ensure the accuracy of information contained in this magazine, the publishers cannot be held responsible for any errors in editorial articles or advertisements. FEATURES DECEMBER / JANUARY 2016 3 CLEANING HYGIENE TODAY
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