Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 2nd November 2023 Issue no. 1087
Your industry news - first
The original and best - for over 20 years!
We strongly recommend viewing Cleanzine full size in your web browser. Click our masthead above to visit our website version.
Please note that you are viewing an archived issue of The Cleanzine.
International News
Products Interclean China 2023: “Impressive”
Call for nominations for 15th Annual National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Awards
New service enhances speed to market for circular packaging solutions
Control those pesky bedbugs with steam!
100th Anniversary, limited edition of the official ISSA Cleaning Times published
Chicopee looks ahead with true confidence on its 200th anniversary
Sellars adds new product to Toolbox WaterWeave Series
How easy-to-use touchless upgrades can improve hygiene
Serving more than 5,000 preschool through sixth-grade students, Magnolia School District in Los Angeles, California required high-functioning, hygienic restrooms that would stand the test of time. New demands and challenges in housekeeping
Martin Wilson to help ISS UK & Ireland transform Key Account Network
New compostable packaging will reduce landfill waste and meet sustainability goals
Truvox International launches VTVe Compact tub vacuum
Spanish exports from sector grow by 15.91% in first half of 2023
The cleaning & hygiene sector in Spain has shown robust growth in the value of its exports during the first half of 2023. The figures point to an increase of 15.91%, translating to a total of 607.7 million euros when compared to the same period in 2022. Flying high: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport wins Cintas 2023 America's Best Restroom Contest
|
Welcome to the Cleanzine
Although all seems like a normal late-Autumn day in my neck of the woods, from news bulletins coming in yesterday and overnight, I was half expecting Armageddon this morning. “Work from home,” we were advised, and “Only travel in an emergency,” since, “Storm Ciaran poses a threat to life”. Remembering the ‘Great Storm’ of 1987 and my need to negotiate several fallen trees on my drive to my high-rise office – which had many windows blown out and was swaying in the winds, I realise that this time I’ve had a lucky escape… as have those who can, these days, follow the advice and work from home, thanks to the advent of the Internet. Cleaners still have to go to work though, don’t they? And having to clean a building that may well have suffered flood damage or be experiencing leaks, calls for a fair bit of flexibility following what may well have been a difficult journey to the site - not forgetting, perhaps, having to also cover the work of colleagues who’ve not managed to make it in!
I’ve been thinking about the latest rises in the real Living Wage, which reflects the real cost of living and rewards a hard day's work with a fair day's pay, (see last week’s Cleanzine) and how much difference earning something you can actually live on, is likely to make to your resilience when travel and working conditions prove challenging. Lots less soul-destroying, I should imagine – and, perhaps, feelings of “I’m not going to let this beat me!” Knowing you’re valued by your employer promotes loyalty, doesn’t it? And of course businesses that pay the Living Wage experience fewer employee disputes, an increase in productivity and staff motivation, along with a reputational and corporate brand advantage over competitors – so everyone should be a winner.
The steady growth in numbers of employers offering the Living Wage is really encouraging. Knowing though how tight budgets can be and how cleaning contractors are always being challenged by clients to keep contract costs low or perhaps lose the business, I wonder how they handle situations where some clients are happy to pay the extra to ensure all the cleaners working on their contract earn the Living Wage, while others aren’t. Is the contractor ever forced to pay differently according to the contract, i.e. the real Living Wage to some cleaners and the lower National Minimum Wage to others, or do they average out the pay across all contracts, I wonder?
I’d love to know how they manage to keep everyone happy...
You can also follow us on Twitter @cleanzine
This Week's News
CSSA Northern Community launch & celebration event The CSSA, one of the leading membership associations for the UK cleaning industry, will be hosting a celebration event to formally launch the Northern Community Group as part of its Regional Community Group initiative. The celebration event will include an introduction from the new national Chair Paul Ashton and introduce the key members of the Northern Community committee, followed by complimentary refreshments and networking. New partnership to bring autonomous window cleaning robots to London Skyline robotics has this week announced a partnership with Principle Cleaning Services that will bring the award-winning, window cleaning Ozmo robot to the London skyline. Principle, a market leader in providing corporate, commercial cleaning in London, will be the exclusive provider of Ozmo in the Capital and will start planning an operational rollout for the London market, transforming Principle's window cleaning offering. Sweden: New collective agreement for in-house cleaning work Sweden's Almega Tjänsteföretagen (the Service Employer Association) and Vårdföretagarna (The Association for Private Care Providers) have signed a new collective agreement with the Real Estate Employees' Association for cleaning work under their own auspices. The new agreement extends over 24 months and the total cost frame is 7.4%. "It is positive that we have signed another agreement where everything fits within the framework that the parties have previously agreed on, the so-called mark," explains Sara Ejdeskog, who is responsible for contracts for Vårdföretagarna. Clapped in the clink for charity - Jim Melvin makes bail The Master of The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners, Jim Melvin, just about scraped through his 'brutal' incarceration for charity at the annual fundraising event Jailed and Bailed. Organised by various Livery Companies in London, this involves Livery Masters being 'arrested' and 'jailed' for a short period, before being 'bailed out' by their colleagues and friends. The bail money raised is donated to a charity of choice, which this year is the British Red Cross. The funds raised collectively by all the participating livery Masters, over £40,000, will be of vital importance to the British Red Cross and its work around the world, especially given recent disasters in Libya and Morocco where the charity's support is ongoing. Company founder retires from Sellars Absorbent Materials After 38 years, company founder John Sellars has retired from his day-to-day role at Sellars Absorbent Materials. John will continue as a member of the Sellars' board of directors and will provide consulting services to the company for the next two years. John started Sellars in 1985, working out of his garage and basement. He grew the Milwaukee, US-based company to become a national leader in the production of wipes, absorbents and towel and tissue products with 200 employees. Trojan AES Battery wins Rental's 2023 Editor’s Choice Award Rental, the US magazine serving rental equipment professionals, has named the Trojan AES Battery as one of its 2023 Editor’s Choice Award winners. The Awards represent the products garnering the most interest from rental equipment professionals and end users. Selections were based on submitted nominations, audience engagement on ForConstructionPros.com for 12 months, and Rental’s editorial team input. Multiwash helps put smile on patients' faces Milton Keynes-based SmileLux - a multi-award-winning Specialist Orthodontic Centre, bought its first Truvox International floorcare machine in 2018 for ground floor use. As the business has now also expanded upstairs, it has recently taken delivery of the new Multiwash PRO 240. SmileLux is operated by practice principal & consultant trained specialist orthodontist Dr Sunil Hirani, who says: Several new appointments for fast growing Mrs Buckét Commercial cleaning company Mrs Buckét has made a series of high-level appointments as it continues its rapid growth within the cleaning and facilities management industry. The Swansea-headquartered business has appointed several new senior team members in recent months, including: Glenn Day as growth manager, Michael Owen, Jane Boyle and Jonathan Pike as area managers, Jon Roberts as division one operations manager, and Robert Ford as talent advisor. Afflink announces partnership with American Office Products Distributors Afflink, supply chain management specialist and creator of the Elevate process, has announced a partnership with American Office Products Distributors (AOPD). This partnership will allow all members of each organisation the opportunity to take advantage of membership options of each group. This includes access to all Preferred Supplier programs, National Account contracts and a host of training, marketing and technology services, designed to position the independent distributor at the forefront of our industry. Dover Harbour Board wastes no time in making Mitie its first port of call Mitie has secured a new contract with Dover Harbour Board to provide waste management at the Port of Dover, including the seafront, Cruise Terminals and Dover Cargo Terminal. The contract is for three years, with the option to extend for two additional years. The contract will see Mitie support Dover Harbour Board with its aim to achieve net zero carbon across all its operations. Mitie will work to minimise waste over the 95-hectare site, which was visited by over six million passengers last year, delivering sustainability-focused waste management through a range of circular economy focused initiatives. 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:
|
REQUEST THE CLEANZINE HERE The Cleanzine is broadcast
every Thursday. You may receive it FREE each week by
clicking the link above. Hospital Hygiene Our weekly updated Hospital Hygiene features current developments and product solutions cleaning and hygiene industry manufacturers are coming up with. Read More. Recent UK News
Real Living Wage increases to £12 in UK and £13.15 in London
UK Government to reform waste system with simpler recycling collections and tougher regulation
Sustainability: Your questions answered at CHSA webinars
Enter HSE's Risk-reduction Through Design award
Churchill wins IWFM Impact Award for VR Training Programme
Recycling company fined after worker crushed to death
Spotlight shines on cleaning teams for Thank Your Cleaner Day
Mitie unveils the power of intelligence-led cleaning with launch of Merlin Connect
Anderson Electrical plans customer portal and new hire service to accommodate client demand
|