British Institute of Cleaning Science appoint of Stan Atkins

The British Institute of Cleaning Science has announced the appointment of Stan Atkins as general manager with effect from 1 October 2007. Atkins brings a wealth of experience of the cleaning industry to his new role. He has been an active member of the Institute for some 25 years. He said: “I am delighted to have this great opportunity to help drive the Institute forward at this important time for cleaning education.

I look forward to meeting as many members as possible in the next few months beginning with the Annual Awards Dinner in September.”

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Unger has announced the appointment of Gina Burnham as its new north- ern UK sales manager.

Burnham previously worked for Ecolab and has over 20 years experience in the food industry. She has offered advice  nd practical solutions for maintaining health and hygiene from food manufacturing, food service to food retail.  Unger is keen to utilise this experience to further build on its success in these markets.

At Unger, Burnham will manage sales across the north of the country, making the most of her strong contacts. She  aid: “Unger has a strong product offering in the food industry and I am full of ideas on how to fulfil Unger’s  otential in this area. For example, Unger is leading the way in microfibre technology, yet research has shown that  he food industry is far from fully aware of the cleaning and hygienic benefits such products provide.”

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Integral appointed a dedi-cated corporate social responsibility (CSR) resource at director level.

Integral, the independent property maintenance company, has appointed a dedi-cated corporate social responsibility (CSR) resource at director level. Lee Jones, who takes up this new position, has over 20 years of building services and engineering experience, having served in The Royal Navy and worked for Vodafone, Independent Building Solutions and OCS Engineering.

Jones’s role will be to provide energy and environmental consultancy services for clients and to advise on key CSR issues. Integral already undertakes considerable CSR related activities and it will be Jones’s responsibility to develop existing initiatives and to apply a coordinated strategy across Integral’s 15 regional offices and workforce of more than 2400 employees.

Managing director Bryan Glastonbury said: “Integral provides maintenance services to thousands of commercial and residential buildings, each of which consumes energy and water, and is a source of carbon emissions, waste, and pollution. These businesses are being called on to manage their energy usage better and to minimise their environmental impact. Integral has the skills and the services to help its customers meet these objectives by offering innovative and cost-effective solutions. The appointment of Lee Jones unifies our expertise and will enable us to develop the range of services and expertise we can offer customers.”

Jones said: “Integral can already demonstrate best practice in many areas and as a company we are ideally placed to address the broad spectrum of environmental issues facing our customers. My immediate focus will be to look at waste, recycling and energy efficiency and while Integral has reviewed its mobile fleet to ensure it meets forthcoming EU emission targets - I will be looking to see what else we can do to go further.”

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The Cleaning Pad Company Recruitment Drive

Increasing demand for its range of diamond encrusted Twister floor cleaning pads has led The Cleaning Pad Company to implement a major recruitment drive targeting entrepreneurial sales specialists keen to play a pivotal role in the future of this dynamic and rapidly developing
business. Since its launch last year, the Surrey-based company has established a loyal and growing customer base, including supermarket retailers, airports, prisons, shopping centres, modern office blocks, libraries, and exhibition & conference centres.

“This is a very exciting opportunity for the right people and just the first phase of a major recruitment drive aimed at supporting ongoing
expansion,” said Andrew Baird, managing director at The Cleaning Pad Company. “We’re looking for a sound background in sales combined with entrepreneurial flair to help take the business forward and achieve ambitious growth targets.”