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Strong response to FM Apprenticeship
Asset Skills was greatly encouraged by the employer response to the first of six regional events to register candidates onto the new Facilities Management Apprenticeship. More than 40 turned up to the early evening network seminar held for London businesses despite the glorious sunshine, the emergency budget and the World Cup.
The FM Apprenticeship is a level 3 programme being piloted across England as part of the new Virtual Academy for Business Services, run by the Sector Skills Council for...
Proventec secures NHS deal
Proventec Healthcare, the specialist division of Proventec plc, has received a Framework Agreement from the NHS Supply Chain for cleaning brushes, mops, buckets and associated products.
The company already supplies steam decontamination equipment to both the English and Scottish Health Services.
The Framework Agreement, valued at £4 million over two years, will see the goods supplied by Proventec Healthcare.
Contico, also part of the Proventec group of companies, will be the logistical and...
Dust Guard system at Wienerberger
A Nilfisk sweeper with a patented Dust Guard system is securing results at the Wienerberger brick works in Kidderminster. Wienerberger is the world’s largest brick manufacturer with 234 plants in 24 countries worldwide. The busy Kidderminster site undertakes the full process, from digging out the clay to final firing.
Fine dusts populate the site varying from fine clay particles to brick dust and chippings. Keeping kiln and clay processing areas clean is a constant problem.
Originally all...
Clinical cleaning contract
KM Cleaning Services has announced its latest contract win - a three year agreement with Quintiles, the only fully integrated bio and pharmaceutical services provider offering clinical, commercial and capital solutions. KM Cleaning Services will bring its clinical cleaning expertise to the Quintiles drug research unit at Guys Hospital in London.
Mark Quinnell, operations director at KM Cleaning Services, said: “We are delighted our expert cleaning teams will be working with Quintiles at Guys...
A platform for growth
The recession has made many UK contract cleaning companies look internally at business processes and systems, and many are waking up to the reality that improved systems allow for business growth and cut unnecessary waste.
Templa Computer Systems Ltd, a software development company established in 1977, launched Templa-CMS in the Spring of last year. It is a fully integrated contract management system specifically designed for UK contract cleaning companies. The industry was seeking a modern,...
Ultra microfibre success at Giggleswick
“Cleaning with Vikan ErgoClean ultra microfibre cloths and mops leads to vastly improved cleaning results, financial savings, a happier workforce as well as a healthier environment.” So said the domestic manager of Giggleswick, one of the UK’s leading co-educational boarding schools.
Maintaining high levels of cleanliness throughout the extensive premises of this public school with its 600 pupils and seven boarding houses was no mean feat. With many issues to contend with, the domestic manager...
BCA Cleanability Awards
