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Pennington calls for better facilities in school toilets
Professor Hugh Pennington has called for local authorities to set up a programme of audits to ensure that all schools have adequate toilet and hand washing facilities.
The recommendation comes in his report into the September 2005 outbreak of E. coli in Wales and has been welcomed by hygiene consultant Mike Burton. Professor Pennington’s report acknowledges the vital role that good hand hygiene and appropriate school toilet facilities play in preventing the spread of infection. Yet many...
War on waste success
Vertu Motors has taken on All Clean Ltd to handle cleaning at eight of its Bristol Street Motors dealerships as part of its ‘War on Waste’ programme to rationalise regional suppliers and improve its environmental credentials.
Elaine Cole, purchasing director for Vertu, said: “In this region we were working with four different suppliers and needed to secure a more competitive service package. We chose All Clean as it demonstrated a professional approach and already had a good track record...
The Institute is expanding!
No, not our waistlines but our Head Office. We have purchased the adjoining building (No. 8) and by the time you read this, we should have started moving in.
There are a number of reasons why more space was needed. The team has increased in number (see separate news item) and, more importantly, it was felt that we should be offering our members the opportunity to hold meetings/training sessions or even just have a quiet room at the Northampton offices, away from the distractions of the normal...
CILF Safety and Heath Awareness Day, Perth
The following report was sent by Council member and Chair of the Training & Education Committee, Lorraine Larman.
The Dewar Centre was an excellent venue and the day was sponsored and organised by Tayside Contracts. We were greeted by Margaret Davidson, Liz Grillo (HSE) and Susie Boffery.
Approximately 100 people attended from all over the region including cleaners, supervisors, managers and machine manufacturers. The day started with an introduction from Iain Waddell (MD Tayside Contracts)...
New penalties for corporate manslaughter
Companies could be fined between 2.5% and 10% of their turnover for committing the new offence of Corporate Manslaughter. For many companies, this will mean fines of several millions of pounds and for some, fines could amount to hundreds of millions of pounds.
Potentially even more damaging is that the court may also impose a publicity order, which requires the organisation to publicise in a specified manner the fact that it has been convicted of the offence, the specified particulars of the...
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...
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