Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 2nd August 2012 Issue no. 533
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Products Survey explores how cleaning contractors bid on accounts It probably comes as no surprise that more than 73%of the cleaning contractors in a recent survey said they base their bids on a combination of three factors: 1. The square footage of the building 2. How much time it will take to clean the facility 3. How many people will be necessary to service the location Ramon wins Gold at London Hospital 2012
Christeyns targets caterers with UK launch of cleaning & hygiene range
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My local railway station is being rebuilt to include shops, housing, a hotel, an upgraded ticket office and more comfortable platforms with better facilities. It's taking an age, is causing the most horrendous traffic jams and has already ruined the look and feel of Epsom town centre. I've always felt that the washrooms reflect the effort and money that's gone into any project, so when using the station recently, I went in to have a look. Yes they'd had a spruce up (I think) in terms of a paint job and possibly a stripped and polished floor, but everything else seemed the same - even down to the bars of soap! The only places I ever expect to see block soap these days is in hotel rooms, where they thoughtfully leave a tiny individually wrapped tablet for each guest. I used one once but was dismayed to find that the following day it had been replaced with a new one - which I think is a tremendous waste, so that was the last time I bothered unwrapping one. I was delighted to discover yesterday though, that these almost new soap tablets are not necessarily wasted and that in the US they are often collected up, melted down, screened for impurities and then reformed and distributed to those who don't have any hand-washing products (see story below). This is a great idea and I hope one that will spread to other parts of the world, as although in the developed world we tend to dislike tablet soap, it could well be a lifesaver elsewhere. Yours,
   This Week's News
Oxypharm ticks all the boxes at key Birmingham hospitals
John Austen and I were very sad to receive the following email yesterday: Good morning, Some very sad news - the Father of our Company, Past Master Emeritus John Ayres, died yesterday at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey. Our thoughts go to his family, especially daughter Sally, who is a Liveryman of our Company. As soon as I have details of funeral arrangements I will communicate with you further. Global Soap Project helps Haiti fight cholera epidemic
ServiceMaster Clean introduces new guidelines for restoring damaged property
Soapbox: Why the EU isn't working: immigration and linguistic rules Robin Chater, Secretary-General of the Federation of European Employers The Federation of European Employers (FedEE), a leading organisation for multinational companies operating in Europe, writes... The European Union remains a strong influence on the lives of its citizens - regulating the flow of labour across national borders, employment rights and access to jobs. However, employers are being called upon to act as border guards of last resort and the nationalistic linguistic policies of many EU member states remain a major problem. LPM publishes first cleaning supplies catalogue
Luxury Foaming Soap saves on water
Away-From-Home tissue and hygiene in Finland: report now available AFH products recorded sluggish retail volume sales growth of 1% in Finland in 2011. The most important factor behind this was the continued harsh economic environment and sluggish sales to hotels and restaurants, which was further punctuated by the eurozone debt crisis and turbulence that followed during the second half of 2011. This resulted in fewer domestic, as well as foreign, customers in hotels and restaurants. 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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