Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 15th December 2016 Issue no. 752
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Products Global cleaning technology leader exposes cleaning habits in new 'Come Clean' Survey With the holiday season officially upon us, millions of us will be preparing our homes to host friends and family to celebrate the holiday season. In addition to preparing meals, hanging decor and buying gifts, families will be putting away clutter and cleaning their homes before hosting guests and out-of-town visitors.
To support its rapid growth and expansion plans, London based commercial cleaning business Cleanology has appointed new talent to create an all-new sales & marketing team which has already delivered a significant haul of new contract wins to the value of £400K.
French FM market to reach US$110.42bn in value by 2024, says TMR
Twenty-nine countries join forces to prevent healthcare associated infectious diseases Over 60 universities, research institutes and companies from 29 European countries are to jointly study the impact that antimicrobial (nano-)coatings can have on the spread of infections in healthcare environments. Savlon India introduces low cost innovation for hand hygiene
Dwyer Group acquires Window Genie
iVo launches EleVac 'super quiet' cordless backpack HEPA vacuum
"The advantage of a backpack is easy to see when trialed, giving a massive 66% saving on time compared to tub or upright vacuums, according to independent ISSA tests," claims the company. "This is a massive saving. |
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! If you're a regular reader of my leaders, or if you know me well, you'll probably realise how much pleasure it gave me to be able to write, in one of this week's news stories: "The cleaning industry fares a great deal better than that". The story to which I refer, came about as a result of this week's Office for National Statistics figures which show that while there is still an average 18.1% gender pay gap in the UK (the lowest since records began), it is far lower than that when it comes to cleaners, their supervisors and managers. Well done the cleaning industry! I'm probably going to receive hate mail for saying this, but I strongly believe that pay should be equal as long as the work that's carried out is the same. I hate the idea of females in any industry earning the same as their male colleagues, while perhaps having an easier ride, thanks to being 'the fairer sex'. I was cross when female tennis players at Wimbledon were asking for the same pay as men, when they played just three sets to the men's five, while the idea of boardroom quotas 'to even things up', makes me positively livid. Equal pay for equal work is the right way to go and a place on the Board should be awarded on merit - not just because the female quota is lacking! I do find it sad though that in this day and age and in a land that's known to be one of those that does the right thing by its people, we still have a gender pay gap. There's absolutely no excuse for it, is there? If women cleaners are paid just 0.3% less than their male counterparts - way below the average - just imagine what it's like at the other end of the scale! On that note, may I wish you well for the holidays? This is the last issue of Cleanzine until 5th January and I was about to say "so John and I can have a much-needed break". However, we will be working hard on that 5th January issue over the holidays, so please make our lives easier by keeping your news coming our way. If you're also having a break, I hope it's a good one and may 2017 be happy, healthy and peaceful for us all. Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
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      This Week's News
Latest ONS data shows that gender pay gap still exists amongst cleaners at all levels
Generally, at 18.1%, the gap in average pay between men and women, for all employees across many industries, is the lowest since records began. The cleaning industry fares a great deal better than that... Unger Stingray shines all around
With a total of 50 cleaning companies registering their products for the Innovation Awards this year, the competition was challenging across all categories. Demand for amines in cleaning products to reach 1.6 million metric tons in 2020
The growth will be fueled by rising populations and per capita incomes in developing economies, especially in the Asia/Pacific region, where those with improved earning capacity are turning to higher-performance cleaning products that more often use amines in their formulation. ICE acquires Cleaning Equipment Supplies Hampshire-based Industrial Cleaning Equipment, has, this month, acquired 100% of the shares of Cleaning Equipment Supplies (CES), which is based in Cwmbran, South Wales. "This is a very exciting and strategic acquisition for the ICE business," says Mark Bresnihan, CEO of ICE. "We have been in discussion with CES for some time, to learn about how this opportunity could benefit both organisations and their customers. "We feel really positive about the CES business, its people and what it can bring to the ICE group.
Nautiel celebrates 25 years in yacht cleaning
The company has also expanded its cleaning technology portfolio with a Prochem Europe-supplied Sapphire 460SS truck mounted extraction cleaning machine. Business is booming! ISS divests activities in Iceland ISS has announced that it is to divest its activities in Iceland, to reflect its strategy of focusing on its core business in markets with significant demand for integrated facility services and markets of importance for international key customers. Annual revenue of the Icelandic business, which employs 695, was DKK 130 million (2015) and the buyer is a group of international and Icelandic investors, led by Patrick de Muynck. Hygiena to acquire food safety diagnostics business from DuPont DuPont Nutrition & Health and Hygiena, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company that specialises in rapid food safety and environmental sanitation testing, announced today that Hygiena is to acquire DuPont's global food safety diagnostics business. The acquisition includes all of DuPont Diagnostics business assets, including the BAX and RiboPrinter Systems and associated test kits; a global and technically trained sales, R&D and manufacturing organisation, and in-house production capacity. Sands across the world to help those in need
Cleaner dies and another hospitalised after cleaning chemical release at US Industrial Park A 67-year-old cleaner has died after being overcome by fumes from cleaning agents, which Hazmat officials have determined were caused by some type of chemical reaction or release - possibly from a janitor's closet - located in a company staffroom. A second man was hospitalised, but we understand that he has been/is being released.
To end this year on a high, the council is supplying residents with some suggestions to make sure recycling can be part of the festive period, when recycling rates usually drop. It may be something those responsible for recycling in other local authorities would wish to share... FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information
The information provided by local authorities and compiled by the FSA, which gives a detailed breakdown of enforcement activity across the country, shows an increase in a number of areas of local authority enforcement activity, and levels of hygiene compliance in food business, in spite of reported staffing reductions. 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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Incentive FM wins contract with Taylor Wimpey Central London Incentive FM has been awarded a 12-month rolling contract to provide a range of services at Taylor Wimpey Central London's new marketing suite in Piccadilly. Under the terms of the contract, Incentive FM will be providing reception, hospitality, cleaning and postroom services to the company. A team of full time and part time staff will be operating five days a week to deliver high levels of cleanliness and quality hospitality care to prospective and existing clients of Taylor Wimpey. TTUK spokesperson takes part in Ministerial Round Table
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