Home › magazine › November 2013
Rentokil Initial in-company training wins Royal Society approval
5th of December 2013
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in the UK has awarded accreditation to Rentokil-Initial’s in-company training course Hygiene Within our Environment.
The RSPH is the oldest public health body in the world, an independent organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of collective human health and wellbeing. Its
MITIE Streamlines cleaning contracts under Lean Six Sigma principles
3rd of December 2013
MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company based in the UK, is celebrating the first graduations at Green Belt level from its Lean Academy.
The Lean Academy, set up and run by MITIE’s Environmental+ cleaning business, offers training in the principles of Lean Six Sigma, which has its origins in the automotive manufacturing
Ecover wins international Red Dot award for new range label design
2nd of December 2013
The new label design for the Ecover Professional range of ecologically responsible cleaning solutions has been awarded with the Red Dot Award 2013 in the category of Communication Design.
For the re-positioning of the brand, Ecover Professional teamed up with design agency VanBerlo Communications - the aim was to design new labels with direct and
ISS opens Europe's largest purpose-built flood and fire training house
20th of November 2013
Facilities services group ISS has opened Europe's largest purpose-built flood and fire restoration training facility in the UK.
The three-room bungalow has been constructed inside ISS Restoration's national training centre in Mansfield. It will be used to provide training on flood and fire restoration techniques for the company's personnel and
Vernon Holmes is new SYR vice-chairman
19th of November 2013
Cleaning tools specialist Scot Young Research (SYR) in the UK has appointed Vernon Holmes, formerly managing director of Contico/Spraychem and a well-known figure throughout the industry, as its vice-chairman.
Holmes said on the appointment: "After 38 years with Contico it was time for me to move on and look for a fresh challenge where I would be
ISSA forms alliance with Turkish partner
15th of November 2013Cleaning industry trade association ISSA has formed an alliance partnership with Turkish association TESHIAD. All 95 members will now become ISSA members too.
Keith Baker, director of EMEA services for ISSA commented: "At a time when the sector as a whole is changing faster than at any other time in living memory, organisations from all sides of
RSS