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ISS ranks high in global outsourcing list
ISS has been ranked as the seventh best company in the world among the best service providers and advisors. The list of the top 100 outsourcing companies has just been published in the American Fortune Magazine, known for its Fortune 500 lists of the largest US and international companies.
”Our position as one of the world’s best outsourcing companies is an important recognition of ISS and clearly demonstrates that ISS is a leader in our business, facility services,” said Jørgen...
City & Kent becomes CK Group
City & Kent Cleaning Ltd, the long-established cleaning specialist for the healthcare environment, has evolved into the C K Group - the new operating name comprising a number of specialist companies that, as well as City & Kent Cleaning, also includes C K Consumables and iDCS, the recognised experts with a multi-faceted approach to hospital decontamination.
As a name, the CK Group better reflects the much-widened scope of the company’s activities well beyond the confines of London and Kent,...
SCA ‘one of the world’s most ethical companies’
SCA has been named one of the most ethical companies in the world for the second year running. The news comes within months of the company’s fifth consecutive appearance in the list of the world’s most sustainable corporations.
Tork manufacturer SCA’s latest accolade was awarded by the Ethisphere Institute in New York. The body considered more than 10,000 companies in its annual ethics survey and named SCA among the top 99 in the world.
“We are naturally pleased to have qualified as one of...
Awards ceremony honours UK’s best cleaners
The skills and talents of the UK’s best cleaners have been recognised at an awards ceremony in central London. The entrants took part in two cleaning competitions organised by Asset Skills, the Sector Skills Council for the cleaning industry. One contest was open to industry, the other took place within prisons.
The heats in the open contest took place last year. The award for best cleaner in the 2008 Team Clean Challenge went to Annette Giblin, from Rentokil Initial at BP Hull. The joint...
Captial Cleaning expands…again
Kent based Capital Cleaning Supplies completed its second successful acquisition within the last 12 months. Bucking the economic climate, Capital is currently going from strength to strength. In the spring of last year it took over Medway Hygiene and in April this year Force Five was absorbed into the Capital group.
Steve Wentzell, Capital’s MD, said: “Of course it’s tough but thanks to a very dedicated team we’ve been able to grow and prosper. Personally I think the biggest winners will be...
Hit TV show turns spotlight on cleaning
A new apprenticeship scheme for cleaning would have helped teams on a recently screened episode of hit show The Apprentice avoid the pitfalls that led to a mauling from Sir Alan Sugar.
The programme, in which young entrepreneurs compete to become an apprentice to Sir Alan Sugar, showed how tough it is to run a successful cleaning business. It comes as a brand new apprenticeship for cleaning has been launched by Asset Skills, the Sector Skills Council for the industry.
“The television...
BCA Cleanability Awards
