Five year Metro journey

Connaught has secured a multi-million pound contract to clean the entire Tyne and Wear Metro network for the next five years in a deal with Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive.

The new business for Connaught’s environmental team confirms the company’s growing status in the transport and infrastructure market, coming on the back of its success at Heathrow Express.  It also gives Connaught considerable presence in the north east of England.

Starting on 5 April, the contract...

GSA sponsorship stresses sustainability

JohnsonDiversey, one of the biggest companies in the world of cleaning, hygiene and sanitation, is committed to sustainable cleaning performance. That’s one reason why it’s sponsoring the 2009 Kimberly-Clark Professional and CSSA Golden Service Awards - and in particular the ‘Environmental Awareness’ award.

“Supporting the Golden Service Awards with the JohnsonDiversey Environmental Awareness Award is just one example of this commitment,” said Deborah Bland, market manager at JohnsonDiversey....

Two new team members

We are pleased to welcome two new team members:

Lisa Kitching: Lisa joins us as Training & Education Administrator working for Colin Hanks and supporting Mark Mahoney. Lisa is currently working part-time (10am – 2pm) having spent the last year project managing the building work being carried out on her house. She has a strong sales and marketing background having previously worked for AT-Toolcentre in Northampton as a Product Manager.

Stacey Hyliands: Stacey is Hailey Ducker’s replacement as...

CSSA publishes Driver Safety factsheet

Cleaning contractors urged to assess their driving activities and to act to minimise the risk to drivers.

The CSSA has published a new health and safety factsheet aimed at improving the safety of drivers in the cleaning and support services sector.Overall, driving a vehicle is almost certainly the most dangerous thing that a cleaning employee will do in his or her working life. To put things into perspective, work related driving incidents account for over 20 deaths and 250 serious injuries...

BICSc introduces Technical Helpline

To better support our members, from 1 May 2009 the British Institute of Cleaning Science will be introducing an internal Technical Helpline for members use.

The Helpline will utilise all available skills to answer members questions on technical issues, employment law, health and safety and premises management. The website will also contain a FAQs section which will feature the most commonly asked questions and answers.

In order to ensure that information given is up-to-date and aligned to...

HTC ‘victorious’ in patent dispute

The patent dispute in the Swedish High Court of Justice between HTC Sweden, the Swedish government through the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (LFV) and 3M’s distributor is now settled with HTC Sweden as the winner.

According to the High Court of Justice, HTC’s  European patent for Twister is completely valid and HTC owns the exclusive rights of the Twister technology and its methods.

According to a report published by the company, the verdict means that the High Court of Justice...