Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 29th September 2011 Issue no. 489
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Products A decade after September 11, room to improved emergency preparedness say FM professionals Some 88% of facilities management professionals consider their workplaces better prepared for an emergency situation than in 2001 - with fewer than 2% saying they are less prepared - according to the results of an International Facility Management Association emergency preparedness survey. |
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 148 countries worldwide! John and I have now returned from Berlin, having had a thoroughly enjoyable time at CMS 2011. These shows are always hard work but the lovely people we meet and the interesting new products we get to examine, more than make up for the long hours and lack of sleep. We left the UK in fairly indifferent weather but in Berlin the sun was shining gloriously and we were grateful to Sabine Paul for the open invitation to take fruit based cocktails on the Hako stand whenever we were thirsty - alcohol-free of course! After the opening day of the show we had a long walk through some of the loveliest parts of the city, searching for a cinema. No we weren't going to see a movie but were instead looking for a party organised by Reinhard Knittler (of the German cleaning magazine Reinigungsmarkt) and his team. Yours,
  This Week's News
Attendance rises at CMS Berlin to 15,500 trade visitors from 60 countries
The mermaid is only part of the attraction...
Hako goes to town with new range - and its stand!
BIV Training Prize 2011 goes to Bogdol group of companies
Upset stomachs cost UK 11 million working days a year Nearly 17 million people suffer from stomach upsets in the UK every year, leading to about 11 million lost working days, new research published by the Food Standards Agency has found. The FSA has been funding research on norovirus, which was identified as one of the most common causes of illness. BICSc honours UK cleaning industry achievements Individuals and companies working within the UK's cleaning industry and those providing support services, were honoured at the British Institute of Cleaning Science Annual Awards last Thursday, at an event that also celebrated the Institute's 50th anniversary. The awards recognise excellence in accredited training and assessment in a number of sectors. Categories and award winners are as follows: Fresh from Italy: hand cleaning cream with natural origin microspheres
Deb celebrates with HRH The Princess Royal
Welcomed by Jeff Bell, Deb's Managing Director, the Princess was given a tour of the 150,000 sq ft headquarters, Research & Development centre and European Manufacturing site including the extensive warehouse, state-of-the-art production facility and three-storey office accommodation, where she was introduced to a number of personnel, including long service staff members from both past and present. When a Little John makes a big difference...
Bill Gosney now hands over the reigns of Managing Director to his son, Simon Gosney, (who has been with the company for 15 years) and daughter, Sarah Fascione, (who joined three years ago assumes the role of Financial Director). As Bill and Pearl make way for the next generation, they have also thought hard about how to commemorate this significant anniversary. The British Toilet Association's Annual Conference provides once a year opportunity for providers of publicly accessible toilets to network with product and service suppliers, as well as user group representatives, to discuss best practice and learn what can and is being done to improve toilets throughout the UK. It also provides an ideal opportunity to recognise the cutting edge of washroom product development and service provision. This year's Conference, which was held in Stratford on Avon last Wednesday, provided some real solutions. Following the Conference opening by Chairman Richard Chisnell, BTA Director Mike Bone provided an overview of the preceding 12 months which included details of meetings and activity involving other associations and organisations at home and abroad, events a Bunzl completes further acquisitions in Brazil and the Netherlands Bunzl, the international distribution and outsourcing Group, has this week announced two further acquisitions together with the completion of the acquisition of Majestic Products. The company has acquired Ideal Global Sistemas de Higiene Ltda from Ryssard and Rodrigo Zimnowlocki. Based in Sao Paulo with three warehouses throughout Brazil, Ideal is a leading supplier of cleaning and hygiene consumable products to facilities management companies, contract cleaners and other customers in the industrial, healthcare and education sectors. Revenue in the year ended 31 December 2010 was R$41.9 million and the gross assets acquired are estimated to be R$11 million. 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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Employers in FM and cleaning: funding offer for technical certificates Government funding is available for facilities management and cleaning employers to put staff through training for the following technical certificates: * Cleaning Principles Technical certificates are specialist courses that link to key components of a set job role. UK's first absorbent hygiene product recycling plant opens for business
New research highlights potential corrosive impact of some chlorine-based disinfectants New research has highlighted the potential corrosive damage to medical devices caused by ongoing exposure to some chlorine-based disinfectants. This could result in infection risk as well as expense in replacing damaged equipment, according to Synergy Health, which commissioned the laboratory tests. UK's C diff deaths down by 31% The national office of statistics has announced that the number of death certificates mentioning Clostridium difficile infection in England and Wales decreased by 31% in 2010, down to 2,704 from 3,933 in 2009. UK Contract Cleaning Market - optimism for 2012 A new report on the Contract Cleaning market from MTW Research suggests that the industry is on track for above inflationbgrowth from mid 2012, with specialist cleaning services in particular set to drive market value in the near term. Gatwick gets Green Apple award
PPC's new storm pad Re-vives cathedral floor!
Truvox burnisher goes on safari
From rags to riches and Royal praise
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