Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 8th March 2012 Issue no. 509
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I believe it was six ISSA/Interclean Amsterdams ago that my Cleanzine leader focused on our need to avoid spreading germs by perhaps 'going European' - and instead of shaking hands with our industry colleagues at the show, we embrace them while planting a kiss on each cheek. My comments created a fair bit of feedback and subsequent discussion, but not nearly as much as the comments made this week by the British Olympic Association's chief medical officer, Dr. Ian McCurdie, when he suggested that for the same reason, our athletes refrain from shaking hands... Rather unsportsmanlike don't you think? But then so is the way the tickets were sold so that only the very wealthy were likely to be able to secure tickets for their favoured events without the possibility of subsequently being made bankrupt - and the £40,000 reputedly paid out to the designers of the Olympic logo rather than choosing the best design from, say, a competition open to the Nation's schoolchildren with a prize of a family ticket to the Games and a meeting with the British team - or the fact that badges have been made in China, sometimes by children working 11 hour days in unhealthy conditions. Of course the finished badges also have to be shipped to these shores. The most sustainable Games ever? Hmmm... While it can't do much about most of these issues, the cleaning industry does have a solution to the first - a way of helping to prevent the spread of infection without forcing the athletes to ignore the 'Olympic Spirit'. Cleanzine will be running a product feature in our 22nd March issue on hand sanitisers, so if your company manufactures these products (wherever you may be in the world) or if you have any comments to make on this leader or the questions it throws up, do please make sure you get in touch. Yours,
  This Week's News
ACI says safety built into cleaning product DNA; refutes study designed to scare The American Cleaning Institute (ACI - formerly The Soap and Detergent Association) today expressed disappointment with research which wrongly raises unfounded safety concerns over cleaning products and ignores enhanced efforts to communicate with consumers about product ingredients. Robert Scott & Sons acquires Contico Manufacturing Robert Scott & Sons has announced that with effect from 1st March 2012, it acquired the total share capital of Contico Manufacturing from owner, Proventec. New sanitisation products claim to Kill H5N1 Super Virus
Avian Influenza can survive for considerable lengths of time outside of the host and birds are infected through contact with other birds, vehicles and equipment and personnel travelling between farms, markets and abattoirs. Great Start to the Year for Global FM Global FM, the Brussels-based Global Facilities Management Association, says that 2012 has started with a bang and that as well as a number of new projects planned for the year, it has exciting news to share. The first piece of news is the announcement that the Facilities Management Association of New Zealand (FMANZ) is the latest organisation to join Global FM. Established three years ago, the Association already has 400 members located around the three main commercial centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Renowned German cleaning machine manufacturer appoints Wrennalls as UK agent
OCS Group expands in Singapore through Don Thaker acquisition OCS Group has acquired the outsourced cleaning company Don Thaker Group (DTG) in Singapore as a key step in the Group's strategic GBP40 million expansion plan for the region.
Chris Cracknell, Chief Executive Officer for OCS Group, explains: "We intend to grow revenues derived from overseas operations rapidly over the next three years. Following the acquisition of DTG, our Singapore-based operations will serve as a critical pillar of this global expansion effort." British Cleaning Council holds 30th Anniversary Reception in Palace of Westminster
ISSA industry association meeting sets tone for upcoming Amsterdam show ISSA, the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association, recently held the first-ever meeting of its European partners at the Amsterdam RAI. The objective for the meeting was to allow members to discover more about cleaning industries in different countries directly from their international peers - learning first-hand from their experiences and finding solutions to the challenges they all face within their own markets. Regent wins cleaning contract for Blatchford prosthetics sites National contractor Regent Cleaning has expanded its healthcare portfolio with the appointment to service three sites at the Basingstoke headquarters of one of the world's leading providers of prosthetic and orthotic products and services. Expansion underway at Ecolab's Schuman Campus in Eagan, Minnesotta Ecolab is constructing a new building on the company's Schuman Campus in Eagan, Minn. The 51,000 square-foot facility, to be named Building H, will house a state-of-the-art training centre for the company's institutional business, which provides cleaning and sanitation products, programmes and services to customers in the foodservice, hospitality and healthcare industries. The facility will also provide additional space for research facilities expansion. Jangro Member wins top Deb Award
Silverdell awarded with framework contracts in Utilities and Social Housing sectors Silverdell, the Specialist Environmental Support Services group, has been awarded framework contracts for consultancy in the Utilities and Social Housing sectors, with a combined approximate value of £1.4m, as well as an asbestos remediation contract worth approximately £2.25m. 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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Major new TV series seeks Britain's most colourful and unconventional workplaces BAFTA award winning documentary company Dragonfly Film and Television, maker of super hit shows The Hotel and One Born Every Minute is looking to produce a feel-good documentary series that profiles remarkable businesses to find out what working life is like in a 21st century British workplace. At last - some good news for the UK Cleaning Equipment & Materials industry In welcome good news, there has been a marked fall in the number of companies making a loss in the UK Cleaning Equipment & Materials industry according to new research from analyst Plimsoll. Clearly, companies have battened down the hatches and rebuilt their profitability to give themselves the best chance of riding out the current economic turbulence. Chance for employers to participate in a new £250m training fund Asset Skills wants to hear from employers about the types of skills training they think could be improved with money from a new £250m fund unveiled by the Prime Minister. Cannon Hygiene UK confirms commitment to floorcare and roller towels Following the proposed strategic divestment by OCS Group UK of Cannon Textile Care to Johnsons Apparelmaster, Cannon Hygiene confirms its long term commitment to roller towel and floorcare product categories. Norse wins contract with Suffolk ports
Altro taps Regent Cleaning know-how in joint training initiative
Cleaning company sets shining example
Government urged to boost credibility of apprenticeship schemes The Forum of Private Business has urged the Government to simplify the entire apprenticeship system to make it more business-friendly and appealing to industry leaders. |
