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A clean sweep for TCFM

A clean sweep for TCFM

Following a two-day assessment, TC Facilities Management (TCFM) has successfully passed three external management systems audits, including the new ISO 45001:2018 standard. This and the other new...
Cleaning up your Community competition returns

Cleaning up your Community competition returns

Robert Scott’s Cleaning up your Community competition will return for a second year in March 2019, following on from the success of its 2018 launch. The competition will launch at the start...
Airline skips cleaning to improve turnaround time

Airline skips cleaning to improve turnaround time

British Airways has trialled a new method of reducing turnaround times for their flights – by skipping a full aircraft clean between flights. Trialled over a period of four days on flights...
Deb brought into the SC Johnson Professional fold

Deb brought into the SC Johnson Professional fold

Deb Group has been brought into an expanded SC Johnson Professional organisation, as of 17 January 2019. SC Johnson returned to the professional market in 2015 with the acquisition of Deb Group...
2019 Loo of the Year Awards open

2019 Loo of the Year Awards open

Entries are now being received for the 2019 Loo of the Year Awards – the annual competition to find the best places ‘to go’ in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands...
Principle celebrates 30th birthday

Principle celebrates 30th birthday

London-centric corporate cleaning specialist, Principle Cleaning Services, is celebrating its 30th birthday in 2019. Founded in January 1989 by Douglas Cooke, the company’s executive...
Techtex buys out competitors

Techtex buys out competitors

Manchester-based healthcare and industrial fabrics suppliers, Technical Textile Services (Techtex), has announced the acquisition of its competitors Whitminster International Ltd and Klenzeen Ltd. ...
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust picks ISS

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust picks ISS

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has awarded ISS Facility Services, Healthcare a five-year contract, worth approximately £40m, to provide a range of soft facility services in south-east London. ...
Monster fatberg found in Devon

Monster fatberg found in Devon

A 64-metre (210ft) long fatberg has been discovering blocking a sewer in the popular resort town of Sidmouth in Devon, UK. The horrific block is made up of hardened fat, grease, wet wipes and...
Maintaining productive and efficient cleaning schedules

Maintaining productive and efficient cleaning schedules

Hard floor cleaning and maintenance, using manual mopping equipment, can represent up to 24% of a cleaning operatives’ total working time. Improving the efficiency of this task alone can...

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