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Safe solutions for work environments

With health and cleanliness concerns more important than ever, many employers are now considering how to ensure a safe environment for their staff. Here, John Abernethie CEO at SANIQUE looks at the practical steps to take and the social distancing ...

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Cleaners get early access to pay as TCFM launches Wagestream

Facilities management firm, TC Faccilities Management (TCFM) has launched Wagestream, through its partnership with Innovise to enable colleagues to instantly access up to 50 per cent of their pay as it is earned.  Providing genuine financial wellbeing support, and a ...

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Free white paper highlights how Coronavirus has brought a new expectation of cleanliness

Mulberry Marketing Communications has released a free white paper, “Communicating with Customers Post-Coronavirus,” which takes a closer look at the shift from cleaning for appearance to cleaning for health in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The white paper offers best practices for marketing professionals employed by cleaning product and equipment ...

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Food Hygiene specialist adds online training programmes

The current pandemic has led Christeyns Food Hygiene to reassess its training programmes for customers in the food, beverage and dairy industries to assist them in meeting recent staffing challenges. With restaurants closing and a soaring rise in demand for ...

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BCC warns public of ‘profiteers’ cashing in on Coronavirus fears  

The industry body for the cleaning and hygiene sector says the public is being targeted by organisations from outside the established cleaning and hygiene sector, that offer products and services which purport to protect buyers from the virus but can come with an exceptionally high mark-ups or have ...

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Kersia acquires Holchem from Ecolab

Arrowpoint Advisory has advised Ecolab, a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, on the disposal of Holchem, a UK-based supplier of hygiene and cleaning products and services, to Kersia, an international biosecurity and food safety company backed by French ...

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Merco consolidates time and attendance requirements

Merco, the Salford-based contract cleaning company, has used SmartTask to consolidate its time and attendance requirements across more than 100 customer sites in North-West England and North Wales. As a result, the employee scheduling and workforce management software has helped ...

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Mitie launches UK’s first cleaning service “proven” to kill Covid-19

Mitie has launched the UK’s first cleaning service with a chemical-free cleaning product which it says is “proven” to kill Covid-19 on surfaces for six months. Citrox Protect is a non-toxic cleaning product made from two natural materials – silicon dioxide and ...

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CHSA requests CMA investigate unscrupulous traders

The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) requesting it investigate possible profiteering by unscrupulous organisations capitalising on the exceptional demand for cleaning and hygiene products. The CHSA has requested the investigation ...

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Mrs Buckét and Paramount Office Interiors launch new ‘Prevent and Protect’ service

As lockdown rules continue to ease over the coming weeks and months, the two companies have come together to help allay the fears of many local businesses who are concerned about re-opening their workplaces safely. Mrs Buckét, the South West and Wales ...

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