The complete cleaning solution

Premiere was delighted with the response that its ‘complete cleaning solutions’ themed stand received at the 2009 Cleaning Show. The stand and the offers available at the stand were designed specifically to show that Premiere is a ‘one stop shop’ for cleaning supplies and offers a variety of services and solutions.

Kevin Day, Premiere’s sales director, said: “Historically, Premiere has been perceived by the industry as a machine and chemical manufacturer. In truth Premiere has a lot more to...

Cleaners to receive career promotion boost from Job Centre Plus

Job Centre Plus representatives are in a stronger position to promote training and development opportunities within the cleaning industry after receiving encouragement from METtraining, the Business Development Directorate of Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Colleges (who are currently in a strategic partnership).

The colleges recently hosted a seminar to dispel myths about the industry with a view to boosting recruitment and retention among cleaning sector employees. As a leading provider...

People - April

People News from the April 2009 edition of C&M

Aidan Connolly has been appointed chief executive of Sodexo UK and Ireland. Currently the company's finance director, Connolly will replace Yann Coleou who will relinquish his position to focus exclusively on the integration of the recently acquired Radhakrishna Hospitality Services Group (RKHS) in India.

The RKHS acquisition will, claims the company, make Sodexo the leading food and facilities management services company in India and will...

Window Cleaning Competition

Terry ‘Turbo’ Burrows, the world’s fastest window cleaner, once again hosted the Window Cleaning Competition on each day of the show.

Hotly contested, competitors battled against the clock for cash prizes. Terry ensured all three panes of the competition window were properly cleaned and dried, adding penalties as appropriate to the timed attempts.

The winner on day one of the show was Glyn Baily in a time of 14.53 seconds, with Phil Holiday in second place with a time of 18.51 seconds. Winner...

ISSA/Interclean 2010: one week earlier than planned

Amsterdam RAI and its worldwide alliance partner ISSA have announce new show dates for ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam - 26, 27, 28 and 29 April 2010 - one week earlier than initially planned.

With these new dates the organisation complies with the wishes of many exhibitors and visitors who found the initial dates inconvenient given the local holidays in the same period. During the last show a number of visitors were unable to attend the exhibition since it coincided with the school holidays....

Training programme for supervisors

Birmingham-based Hygiene Group has launched a bespoke training programme for its supervisory staff which is believed to be unique in the industry.
Tailored to the needs of Hygiene Group and its clients’ businesses, the Supervisory Academy course content is based around standards which are validated across the industry. Rather than taking an external accreditation and then making the course fit into that, Hygiene Group has developed a course model and then gained accreditation for it, with the...