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Jangro gives 100% support to CHSA
Jangro, the largest network of independently owned janitorial supply companies across the UK, Ireland and the Isle of Man, has given 100% support to The Cleaning and Hygiene Suppliers’ Association (CHSA) - all Jangro’s 40 branches have become association members.
Jo Gilliard, operations director of Jangro, said: “We totally support the activities of the CHSA. Its objectives mirror our aims as it is focused on standards and quality, which are the only way ahead. Now that Jangro has more sales outlets than any other UK janitorial supply business, we must illustrate our leadership by our actions and this is one way we can show the market that we are dedicated to excellence and fair trading.”
One of the major CHSA campaigns that attracted Jangro’s group membership is the Manufacturing Standard Accreditation Scheme for soft tissue products. This is successfully eliminating the cheats who either incorrectly describe products on packaging and literature or do not label their products at all. CHSA member manufacturers ensure that their products are accurately labelled with dimensions such as length, width, and sheet count and that the product in the pack meets the specification on the label.
Graham Fletcher, general secretary of the CHSA, said: “Membership by the total Jangro Group shows clearly that we are meeting our objective of attracting the most ethical manufacturers and distributors in our profession. Jangro was elected to the council of the CHSA at this year’s AGM with Gary Fage of Janitorial Express as its nominated representative. We look forward to benefiting from Jangro’s input.”
www.jangro.net
Principle opens new training centre
Principle Cleaning Services Ltd is steaming ahead in its training activities and has launched a new BICSc certified and registered training centre at its head office in London.
Named the Principle Academy, the new facilities will enable the company to assess and train its staff in a range of tasks and skills that form the Cleaning Operators Proficiency Certificate (COPC). It currently has four trained assessors who are all able to train students to BICSc stages one and two.
Principle Cleaning Services is fully committed to training under the BICSc banner. The company has also been awarded with a hub license allowing it to become a roaming assessor and therefore authorised to carry out assessment on the sites of its contracts or alternative suitable venues. Training is a key component of Principle Cleaning Services’ business and it prioritises continued investment in this area. In the last few months, staff have received BICSc certifications for ‘Train the Trainer’, attended NEBOSH courses (National Examination Board of Occupational Safety and Health) and have been awarded National General Certificates (with credit) in Occupational Health and Safety.
Douglas Cooke, chief executive of Principle Cleaning Services and also a BICSc council member, said: “Training is extremely important to us. If you have fully trained employees, you can maintain a reliable and regular workforce, cut down on expenditure and reduce accidents. Training can improve productivity rates and unfortunately there are a lot of companies who are reducing their training budgets, saying they train their staff, but they are just paying lip service to it without really setting anything up.”
www.principlecleaning.com
Greyland features in president’s European tour
Greyland featured as one of the stops during the recent European tour by US-based visiting ISSA president, David Holtzman. Organised by ISSA European director Keith Baker, the purpose of the tour was to give David Holtzman first hand experience of a variety of European cleaning industry companies including manufacturing and distribution, thus providing an excellent opportunity to discuss general outlook for the industry as a whole as well as a chance to discuss individual strategies. 10 companies were visited in the UK as well as several alliance partners in Europe. At Greyland a current membership plaque was presented following a tour of the facility.
“Seeing the ISSA logo adorning 40ft wagons in the yard was very impressive,” said Keith Baker. “It is evident that Greyland is proud of its membership, taken out in 2009 at the ISSA/Interclean event held in Warsaw. The members plaque also has pride of place in the company’s reception area where visitors can be assured that membership of the global cleaning industry organisation really means something to Greyland.”
www.greyland.co.uk
Hygiene Group receives ‘people development’ award
Hygiene Group has been named as winner of the UK’s Award for Excellence in People Development by the British Chambers of Commerce. The company won the national prize, sponsored by CIPD, for its innovative managerial and supervisory academies introduced to help develop and motivate its workforce. The award followed success in the same category in local and regional Chamber awards events during 2010.
Hygiene Group’s insistence on staff training and internal promotion has reaped significant rewards. Workers now have more confidence in their own abilities and the business has reduced staff turnover and therefore lowered recruitment costs.
Neville Reyner, president of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Investing in staff training and putting in place the necessary structure to promote internally takes stamina and courage - but for Hygiene Group, it has paid dividends. Not only does the business have a motivated and dedicated workforce, staff also have the necessary skills to take the company to a higher level. It’s an impressive achievement and one we should all take learnings from.”
www.hygiene.co.uk
The boys are back in town
Following the sale of Lancaster Office Cleaning Company in 2007, brothers Matthew, Spencer & Elliot Lancaster have re-entered the London cleaning market with City West Support Services Limited. The Lancaster brothers have a combined 50 years experience in the commercial cleaning industry operating major blue chip contracts.
In a statement, the brothers said: “We felt there was still a need for an innovative, passionate family business, who prioritise service delivery ahead of profit. We are trusted by organisations that appreciate our customer driven, pro-active attitude to service delivery, our focus on strong, visible, contract management and stable, well trained workforce. Our reputation is founded on delivering right first time, cost effective solutions to the outsourcing of non-core activities. Our objectives are simple - to provide you with complete cleaning and hygiene management solutions of the highest quality at a competitive price. We believe the success of delivering the service comes in focusing on self delivery of DOC, our core activity and outsourcing subsidiary services such as window cleaning and pest control to our service partners who are experts in their chosen fields.”
And the future? “By 2015 our objective is to build on our current achievements, becoming one of London’s most renowned independent cleaning companies, consistently profitable, recognised as an employer of choice, and renowned for imaginative, innovative and quality service solutions delivered with enthusiasm and integrity by a talented and motivated workforce. Our vision recognises that managing agents and property owners are our core customer group. We have developed a service offering geared to this market. We thrive in environments where customers value quality of service delivery, appreciate attention to detail and where pro-activity is a key requirement.”
Hydro Systems acquires Dosmatic
Hydro Nova Europe, the European subsidiary of Hydro Systems Company, has announced the acquisition of Dosmatic Inc. by Hydro Systems. Dosmatic is based in Carrollton, Texas, and services the European market from its operation in Bordeaux, France.
Dosmatic is a leading manufacturer of environmentally friendly, non- electric chemical metering equipment. Hydro Systems is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of chemical proportioning and dispensing systems and an operating unit within Dover Corporation’s Fluid Management segment. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“Adding Dosmatic’s broad product offering to our product portfolio is extremely exciting,” said Hydro Systems’ president and CEO, Jeff Rowe. “When combined with the high quality volumetric dispensing products we added through our recent acquisition of Chemilizer Inc., our well established Hydro brand venturi offerings, and our Nova line of peristaltic pump equipment, the Dosmatic line positions Hydro to offer our customers the broadest choice of dispensing system alternatives on the market, today. This acquisition is consistent with our long-term strategy of acquiring additional, niche brands to build- out our family of dispensing offerings and better serve our loyal customers. Hydro is committed to the rapid growth of the Dosmatic brand through our extensive global manufacturing, sales and distribution footprint.”
www.hydrosystemsco.com
