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Hand wash sales boom
Sheffield’s Gems Hygiene is seeing record interest in its alcohol hand gel since the outbreak of swine flu in April this year. From October 2008 to September 2009, sales of Gems’ alcohol hand steriliser, Sani Hands, increased three-fold, with 83% of trade occurring in the last five months of this period.
Gems is attributing this spike in Sani Hands’ sales to the public’s heightened hygiene awareness, following the introduction of swine flu to the UK in April. More businesses than ever are...
Mitie launches CarbonCare
Mitie has launched CarbonCare - the first fully integrated carbon management service providing organisations with an all-encompassing service to manage energy usage and carbon emissions.
“Noone has successfully brought together all areas of carbon and energy management and we are very excited by the prospects of this new business stream,” said Mike Sewell, marketing director for Mitie’s technical facilities management business. “We have shown time and again that we can help clients...
Sodexo launches sustainability plan
Sodexo has announced the launch of its ‘Better Tomorrow Plan’, which aims to consolidate Sodexo’s sustainability performance and provide a framework to measure the impact of the company’s actions worldwide.
Sodexo’s strategy is built around three pillars: ‘We are’ - which embraces values and ethics; ‘We do’ - which sets out 14 commitments to action on sustainability challenges; and ‘We engage’ - which recognises the dialogue required to translate commitments into action.
The 14 key...
Digging deep for Children in Need
Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne has teamed up with UK Commercial Cleaning to dig deep for sick and hospitalised children across the UK. The entrepreneur, who invested in the company during the latest series of Dragons Den, took part in the week-long redevelopment of Middle Park Community Centre in South London.
All five Dragons donated their time and expertise to help redesign, rebuild and renovate the centre as part of the Dragons’ Den Special for BBC’s national charity drive, Children...
South coast company expands into London
Southampton commercial cleaning company Progress Cleaning Ltd has won a major London based contract, and has opened a London office to accommodate the additional personnel and equipment needed.
The significant contract necessitating the expansion was awarded to Progress Cleaning by a large city based property management company. It will require Progress to clean the exterior windows of high rise commercial properties in central London and Canary Wharf.
The new office, located in Surrey...
KC-P European factories awarded ISO 14001
Kimberly-Clark Professional has achieved ISO 14001 certification at each of its European manufacturing sites. Certification to the internationally accepted, independently audited standard demonstrates that the company has introduced an Environment Management System (EMS) within its tissue mills.
An EMS provides a framework for efficiently managing environmental responsibilities in a way that is integrated with an organisation’s operations. The key environmental responsibilities identified for...
BCA Cleanability Awards
