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Full steam ahead for MITIE
MITIE has won a cleaning contract with First Great Western (FGW) to clean trains and stations. The new cleaning contract covers 109 train stations across the country from Paddington in London to Penzance in Cornwall.
The three-year cleaning contract, with a total value of £12.6 million, started in late April 2010 with approximately 300 people transferring to MITIE. The contract consists of four lots, West, Central and East regions for FGW and will mainly revolve around train and...
Hygiene Group extends Morrison’s partnership
The acquisition of Somerfield by Morrison’s has brought additional work worth around £50,000 each year to Birmingham-based Hygiene Group.
Hygiene Group is already an established provider of overnight deep cleaning of food preparation areas within 65 Morrison’s stores in southern England. It will now provide a similar service to a further 33 Somerfield stores as part of the same contract.
The arrangement sees two dedicated teams from Hygiene Group undertake thorough cleaning of bakery,...
Floor cleaning to hospital standards
Broomfield Hospital in Essex achieves outstanding scores for overall quality and cleanliness of wards in patient surveys. Helping it achieve these high standards are Duplex scrubber dryers.
The Duplex 420 washes, mops, scrubs, dries, polishes and disinfects all floors. Broomfield Hospital has 30 Duplex 420s. They are used throughout the wards, and will soon be used to maintain the floors in the new hospital building opening later this year.
Domestic services team leader, Debbie Munn, is...
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.
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