Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 19th October 2017 Issue no. 794
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Products Born again - thanks to Kärcher
Kimberly-Clark Professional joins CABA board to advance intelligent building discussions Kimberly-Clark Professional has joined the Continental Automated Buildings Association's (CABA) board of directors. CABA is a trade association that promotes advanced technologies for integrated systems and the automation of homes and buildings. Bridging the gap between cleaning the environment and infection prevention & control
Building One FS "first in Connecticut" to offer innovative germ-fighting electrostatic system
Ettore: Three glass cleaners working with one machine
Three people can work simultaneously with this stainless steel machine, one with the chemicals and the other two with the water." Berlin cleaning trade fair sets new attendance record
"The lightest backpack vacuum in the world"
The electric version weighs only 3.8 kg and provides air volume lift of 52 litres/sec. New rapid water test will help fight Legionnaires' disease across EMEA region
Global industrial vacuum cleaner market to reach US$ 729.9mn by 2027
Clorox Healthcare helps EvergreenHealth fight infection-causing pathogens
iVo Power Brush XL - for hard floor details & stairs
Kaivac opens new corporate campus to support major sales growth Kaivac, developer of the No-Touch Cleaning and OmniFlex cleaning systems, marks a milestone in its corporate history. The company is moving 9th October, 2017, to a new, multi-building corporate campus in Hamilton, Ohio - a move president & CEO Bob Robinson Sr, says was needed because of significant business growth in the past few years in the US, Canada, and overseas. |
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! Despite last year's introduction of the National Living Wage, which saw the biggest fall in 40 years in the number of people in low-paid work (and not forgetting its predecessor the National Minimum Wage, introduced at the back end of the last century), low pay is endemic in the UK and there's been little progress in the number of people managing to escape from poorly paid jobs. A report released today by the Social Mobility Commission, explores pay trends over recent decades and examines the factors linked to low pay and progression. It finds that just one in six low-paid workers managed to permanently escape low pay in the last decade, a quarter remained permanently stuck in low pay and nearly half fluctuated in and out of low pay. On average, people stuck on low pay have seen their hourly wages rise by just 40p in real terms over the last decade, compared to a £4.83 pay rise for those who have permanently escaped! While there's been some progress for women over recent decades, they're more likely to be low paid and far more likely to get stuck in low pay, with those in their early twenties struggling most, thanks to a lack of good-quality, flexible work to fit alongside childcare responsibilities as the most likely barrier. The risk of long-term low pay has increased for men (from 20% to 25%); since more men are now in low-paid, part-time work. Nearly two-thirds of workers 'stuck' in low pay are working part time, while nearly three-quarters of those who escaped low pay were working full time. Older workers are far less likely to escape low pay than their younger counterparts... 23% of low-paid workers aged 25 or under escaped low pay over the decade, compared to 15% of those aged 46 to 55. The Social Mobility Commission is calling for a new approach to break the cycle, saying welfare policy should focus on moving people from low pay to living pay and that Government should join forces with employers in a new national effort to improve progression and productivity at work. It says employers need to improve career routes for staff, while Government should support them with a welfare system that encourages progression at work. Knowing how many of those holding key positions in the top companies in our industry started off as cleaners, I can't think of a better place for Government to look for inspiration, can you? Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
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         This Week's News
Global Health leader to launch interactive exhibit dedicated to health and hygiene
A fresh approach to water system management
RAS certifies Far East malls under the star-rated Happy Toilet Programme for first time
Maintaining aerosols: Best practice goes beyond product selection
Likewise, maintenance products such as aerosols require proper consideration to remain safe and effective. Nationwide Window Cleaning on acquisition trail
Founded in 2005, Reflekt has experienced strong year-on-year growth. Clients include the BBC, RAF, Cadbury, Merck Sharpe & Dohme and Exxon Mobil. Gojo Introduces tough, sustainable heavy-duty hand cleaner
With advanced renewable detergents, Gojo Multi Green heavy-duty hand cleaner is a powerful, effective, hand cleaner that's paraben-free and better for the environment. Brightwell Dispensers has moved its headquarters to new premises
The company's previous offices and production areas have served it well for many years. However, with increasing demand for its dispensing equipment and its growth and expansion plans, the time had come for a change. Ochsner Medical Center launches infection-fighting robots to enhance patient safety
Xenex's LightStrike Robots can destroy deadly pathogens and multi-drug resistant organisms that can cause HAI. Vectair Systems supports global climate change programmes to offset its carbon emissions
V-Air Solid was approved as meeting the Carbon Footprint Standard in July 2017, and Vectair has taken the next step for it to become completely carbon neutral by offsetting its carbon footprint. Principle retains Broadgate Estates Rowe portfolio
The London-based cleaning specialist, which provides its services to some of the most prominent buildings in the Capital, secured the multi-site contract renewal following a rigorous tender process. Moscow's new Zaryadye Park benefits from Italian job
KBR awarded contract to deliver UK MOD's FM services in Middle East KBR announced this week that it has been awarded the Facilities Management Services Operations (FMSO) contract by the UK Ministry of Defence in the Middle East. Under a major exercise by the MOD to rationalise contracts across its operational estate, KBR will now be the sole supplier delivering FM services to the UK MOD on deployed operations. Under the terms of the contract KBR will deliver a vast range of hard and soft FM services across the UK MOD's operational estate in the Middle East to include: AM Services Group acquires Liverpool washroom business
AM Services Group recently acquired the highly respected, Liverpool-based, family-owned SLS Washroom Services, following a major expansion of its services in Spring 2016, with the acquisition of a leading Stoke-on-Trent based specialist cleaning company. Survey finds bad toilets are definitely bad for business in UAE
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"Workforce Management is a series of processes designed to help in the management of your staff. These processes are linked to HR, and are largely to do with the people who provide your service. This means your cleaning operatives. Bite-sized learning for busy cleaning operatives
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