Emily Hill asks how organisations can remain compliant when it comes to managing the quantity and quality of effluent produced by railway traction and at rolling stock maintenance depots.

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LONDON'S THEATRE Royal Haymarket has implemented a raft of COVID-secure measures that will enable the theatre to re-open on 19 May 2021.

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IN COLLABORATION with hygiene expert Professor Sally Bloomfield, SC Johnson Professional has developed new guidance titled the ‘8 Moments for Targeted Hygiene’ specifically designed to help break the chain of infection via hand and surface hygiene in workplaces and public facilities.

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SOME OF the most prominent figures from the cleaning and hygiene sector will brief MPs and Peers on Tuesday April 20 about how to restore people’s confidence in using work and public spaces following the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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As little as two years ago, the use of mobile technology in the cleaning and facilities management (FM) sectors was viewed, perhaps, as a supplemental tool for more familiar workforce management solutions. Team Software discuss how this technology has advanced.

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A PILOT study to investigate whether microorganisms that remain present on poorly washed hands can be transferred beyond the washroom environment to clinical and patient areas has found that drying hands with paper towels as opposed to jet air dryers results in lower rates of virus contamination on hands and clothing.

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THE HILL Club, the exclusive cleaning industry networking event organisation, is inviting cleaning professionals to attend this year's Summer Thames Cruise in a Covid-secure way. The event takes place on Thursday 1 July 2021 from 11:45 to 16:15 (BST) at the Festival Pier, South Bank, London SE1 8XZ.

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THE BRITISH Cleaning Council (BCC) has expanded on its major initiative to achieve ‘key and essential worker’ status for employees in the cleaning and hygiene sector.

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NEW RESEARCH reveals that concerns about catching coronavirus in the air have risen since the end of 2020.

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Chris Wakefield reviews the specific moments that hand hygiene is required in healthcare settings and how it can be implemented most effectively to boost compliance.

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BECKY WALL has been appointed as managing director of Loo of the Year Awards with effect from 1 April 2021.

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WITH MANY essential workers around the country continuing to work in factories, warehouses, supermarkets, and other important businesses, Jamie Woodhall warns it is vital that facility managers ensure the highest levels of hygiene and safety are maintained to protect employees and members of the community.

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CHAS, THE supply chain risk management expert, is encouraging the construction industry to embrace the new Common Assessment Standard following the announcement of a data-sharing agreement between the scheme’s providers.

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LEAFIELD ENVIRONMENTAL, a Wiltshire based company has designed and manufactured a cup recycling bin range to support many national coffee cup recycling schemes including the #LeedsByExample campaign run by Hubbub, which has recently won a national recycling award (January 2021) for its unique collaborative on-the-go recycling success.

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AS THE world’s first PPE manufacturer and distributor to become a signatory for the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP), Arco is focussing on ways it can adapt its clothing and own label product range to support a circular economy.

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READERS OF Cleaning Matters are being encouraged to have their say with the return of the publication's popular Special Report series focusing on The Future of Cleaning & Hygiene.

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ABACUS FLOORING Solutions has completed work for leading UK manufacturer Sub-CNC Precision.

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THE TEXTILE Services Association (TSA) has joined the British Cleaning Council (BCC) as an associate member.

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Chris Wakefield reviews the specific moments that hand hygiene is required in healthcare settings and how it can be implemented most effectively to boost compliance.

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EMERGENCY SAFETY showers and eye wash stations are essential for sites where workers could come into contact with hazardous chemicals.

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