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Brayborne stays on at City College Southampton

Brayborne Facilities Services is to continue providing cleaning services to City College Southampton for a further two-year term without retender. City College is a general further education facility providing career-led courses, apprenticeships and education for young people and adults. Located ...

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Julia Argles departs Swiftclean UK

Julia Argles, who had served for many years as Swiftclean Service Delivery Director, has decided to retire from the company. She is also relinquishing any commercial interest; her shares being purchased by the company. Gary Nicholls, Managing Director and founder ...

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Over half of Britons say UK businesses could do more to keep them safe from Covid-19

More than half (53 per cent) of Britons believe UK businesses could be doing more to improve the hygiene of their premises and keep people safe from Covid-19, according to a new survey. Commissioned by hygiene and pest control technology ...

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All frontline industry staff deserve key and essential worker status says BCC

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has expanded on its major initiative to achieve ‘key and essential worker’ status for employees in the cleaning and hygiene sector. BCC Chairman Paul Thrupp said: “As everyone is now aware, the BCC has been ...

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NHS cleaning protocol rolls out across England

Schools and businesses reopening can check their cleaning standards with the NHS Deep Cleaning and Advisory Service For the first time in England, domestic cleaning in public spaces has been standardised with an official protocol developed within the NHS in response ...

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The BICSc Annual Awards return in September

The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) Annual Awards are planned to return this year on Thursday 30 September, at the Forest of Arden Hotel & Spa in Birmingham. This important and much-anticipated event has long celebrated industry excellence, and ...

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Future proof restroom experience for travellers in Spain

ONE HUNDRED restrooms has won the tender for the lease and operation of 10 paid restroom facilities at the five main ADIF-Alta Velocidad stations. The first future proof restrooms are scheduled to open in June 2021. Health & Hygiene are ...

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New appointment sees Hillbrush invest in design

Hillbrush, a UK manufacturer of brushware and hygienic cleaning tools has appointed experienced Industrial Designer David Lintern to lead the company’s new product development programme. With more than 20 years’ experience in product and industrial design, the majority in the ...

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The future of commercial cleaning is responsive

Commercial cleaning contractor, Incentive QAS has historically credited innovation for a positive change in its business and as it prepares to emerge from the lockdown it has added a new system to strengthen its operations. Incentive QAS has recently invested ...

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Probiotic surface cleanser could significantly reduce HAIs

A study into a major cause of hospital acquired infections (HAI) has begun. The work is exploring how contagion bacteria survive even deep cleans with chemical products and is evaluating a novel approach to reduce HAI through the use of ...

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