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Indoor pressure washer targets restrooms
Nilfisk has launched an innovative all purpose cleaning machine aimed at the difficult restroom cleaning segment. Cleaning toilets and locker room areas has long been a problem for the busy contractor.
Manual cleaning is both time consuming and can expose operators to unsanitary conditions. Nilfisk has developed a solution with the all purpose cleaner APC328. The machine is compact, self contained and easy to manoeuvre within tight spaces.
The APC328 features an indoor pressure washer and a...
Advance contributes to Thames clean-up
Advance Cleaning Services has won a contract at the More London business centre in Southwark. The contract is for three years, with an option for two further years. Led by Daniel Miles, Advance’s team will provide vertical cleaning for buildings 2 and 6.
As part of the contract, Advance will be donating to the environmental charity, Thames21, which aims to bring London’s waterways to life. It cleans up neglected and littered areas so that wildlife and local communities can use and enjoy their...
Portable water vapour handwashing - an update
An important part of the development of the Vapawash handwashing unit invented by Duplex Cleaning Machines has been the biological testing programme, running parallel to the manufacturing process of the prototypes.
Duplex commissioned a series of tests carried out by the Infection Research Laboratory at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
These tests were structured to assess the effectiveness of the prototype unit with a view to incorporating the latest ideas into the design of the...
Council staff are clean and green
The cleaning staff across Liverpool City Council are now using the most environmentally friendly cleansing products available having called in Jangro member Wray Bros of Liverpool to advise.
The council’s 300-strong army of cleaners has banned the use of bleach and all products that are harmful to the environment, and has replaced them with alternative eco products. The council has adopted the Jangro ‘Enviro’ product range which has a significantly lower environmental impact in terms of its...
Infection control service launched
Infection control experts will visit GP surgeries to conduct detailed checks in a new initiative launched by Williams Medical Supplies, provider to the primary care sector.
The south Wales company, which has four out of five of the country’s GP practices on its books, says the move follows a ‘wide groundswell of demand’ from customers.
As a total audit and advice package it will be benchmarked against QOF and nGMS requirements and, claims the company, will ensure surgeries are fit to meet PCT...
The Co-operative shops with MITIE
MITIE has announced a facilities management contract worth £20.4 million per annum with the Co-operative Group. Under the new agreement, MITIE will be providing a range of cleaning services to all Co-operative food retail stores across the United Kingdom.
The three-year contract will see MITIE clean more than 2500 stores and this includes 600 Somerfield stores that MITIE already looks after. MITIE also cleans the retailer’s major head offices across the country. In total over 3000 people are...
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