Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 8th December 2022 Issue no. 1044
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International News
Products Rawlins' Kaivac AutoVac Stretch empowers sustainable floor cleaning
UMF calls for nominations for 14th Annual National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award
Expert explains how evidence-based cleaning will help reduce HCAI deaths
New State minimum wage for Swedish work permit 'not thought through' claims Almega
Phillips 66 Deploys Autonomous Cleaning Robots
Essity and Reckitt launch bespoke co-branded professional hygiene solutions
2022 Cintas SHINE Award honours housekeepers who go above and beyond
Vectair Systems launches Vibe Pro
ISSA and Staples form national distribution partnership program
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Welcome to the Cleanzine
You’ll no doubt be familiar by now with my belief that it’s largely up to us, as members of the general public, how hard our cleaners have to work and also how much they’ll enjoy their work, depending upon how we choose to leave spaces and facilities we’ve visited, and how we interact with them when our paths cross. ‘Leave no trace’ and interact kindly, appreciatively, and with warmth, and we’ll help make their day… Leave an unwarranted mess that we could so easily sort ourselves and/or ignore their efforts - and perhaps obstruct them in their work - and we’ll bring them down.
If you’re one of our thousands of overseas readers you may not be familiar with the phrase ‘it warmed the cockles of my heart’ but it’s something you may well have felt yourself if watching the World Cup and seeing the fans from Ghana cleaning up any mess left in the stadium after beating South Korea and perhaps even more surprisingly (because their team had just been defeated) the Japanese fans clearing up AND sorting the recycling after their team played South Korea - having already done so not only for their own group stage match against Germany, Costa Rica and Spain but also during the World Cup opening match between Qatar and Ecuador.
I’m sure that after their defeat they’ll have wanted to slope off in dismay but they didn’t. All I can say is that all these considerate people are a credit to themselves, their families and their countries, and I hope that the fine example they’ve set is noted by those amongst us who feel it’s their right to leave a trail of devastation for others to clear up! Forgive me if I’ve missed any good deeds and do please let me know if I have, because people who go out of their way to clean up behind themselves so others don’t have to do so, deserve recognition for their efforts. Our picture comes courtesy of Getty Images.
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This Week's News
Cleanology appoints new COO to support growth plans Cleanology has appointed its first ever COO, to support the company's national expansion programme. As chief operating officer, Edd Horler (pictured), will manage day-to-day operations across the UK territory, which runs from Scotland to the South Coast. Dominic Ponniah, CEO at Cleanology, describes the move as an essential strategy to ensure that the company maintains the same high level of service as it moves into new markets. It has undergone rapid growth over the last year, expanding its customer base from three to 17 UK cities. UK manufacture of hand sanitiser products: current arrangements for Article 95 compliance to end In response to the pandemic, the Health & Safety Executive took steps to assist industry's efforts to increase the availability of hand sanitisers to help reduce the spread/transmission of Covid-19. One, was adopting a pragmatic and proportionate approach to the requirement for all biocidal products supplied in the UK to contain active substances sourced from suppliers on the Article 95 list. This is now to end. International appointment for global biosciences company Genesis Biosciences has recently made a key appointment in its Cardiff-based headquarters to support its global capabilities. Multi-lingual Katie Thomas (pictured), has been appointed as commercial & operations assistant and will aid the business in its international affairs using her ability to speak French, German and Italian. After graduating from Aberystwyth University in 2016 with a double-major in French and German and a minor in Italian, Katie moved to Italy where she taught English as a Foreign Language for three years and achieved non-native fluency before stepping into the world of business. Ecoserv Group wins at Scale-Up Awards for industry-leading focus on sustainability Ecoserv Group, the renowned family-owned provider of sustainable FM in the UK, has won a Scale-Up Award. The company scooped the Sustainable Scale-up Business of the Year category in recognition of its Net Zero strategy and a commitment to minimising the eco impact of the built environment. CHSA: 'Proud to support the cleaning industry in 2022' Lorcan Mekitarian, chair of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association, updates us on the Association's achievements and events over 2022 "The cleaning industry is a huge contributor to the UK economy, and we are proud to have supported it in 2022, setting standards and advocating a Roadmap to Sustainability. Terry Burrows proves he hasn't lost his touch! Congratulations to Britain's Terry 'Turbo' Burrows for once again seeing off the competition in the latest window cleaning speed and efficiency trials ' this time at Expo Houten in The Netherlands. The industrial vacuum solution for when size, portability and industrial design need to check all the boxes, Goodway Technologies’ new DP-E1-H Compact HEPA unit weighs under 43 pounds, making it easier to transport throughout a facility.
Use it for dry or wet applications in industrial facilities, food and beverage plants, commercial kitchens, and much more. Poppies celebrates a year of growth and financial success Poppies, the domestic cleaning franchise and member of the Domestic Cleaning Alliance, is enjoying a period of significant growth and success, with "all-time highs in enquiries" coming in since the pandemic and some branches having a waiting list. One such franchisee to have demonstrated the proof of concept in the Poppies franchise is Emma Ryan, franchisee of Poppies Stockport. In the last 12 months alone, Emma's business has seen a staggering 64% growth across business operations. Meanwhile, in the six periods leading up to the pandemic compared to the last six periods, Poppies Stockport has increased its turnover by 63%. Singapore launches Clean Public Toilets campaign 2022 Themed 'Public Toilets Shouldn't Be Scary', Singapore's National Environment Agency Clean Public Toilets Campaign 2022, uses humour to appeal to the public to adopt good behaviour and thus avoid the 'toilet horrors' which arise from dirty public toilets. It aims to continue urging users to adopt the behaviours of 'Flush, Clean, Bin, Dry'. The campaign is running on free-to-air television, and out-of-home, digital and social media platforms. In-situ materials such as posters and wall stickers will be progressively installed in public toilets at hawker centres, selected coffeeshops, parks, beaches and community clubs, to remind public toilet users about good toilet behaviours. The Cleanzine Archive Search We keep an extensive archive of news stories and product information that have featured in past issues of The Cleanzine. If you would like to run a search of the The Cleanzine web site using the search tool below please just go ahead by entering in the name of the person, product or company or any other key words that you are looking for. How to contact us at The Cleanzine:
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