Building Management
April 17th, 2018
Dan Coombs, UK Contracts Coordinator at CGG Overview of your role My role at CGG is to align the facilities service contracts in the UK to ensure that we get the best services at a competitive rate. What is your biggest priority/challenge right now? In a time when the industry... Read more
Categories: Building Management Commercial Customer Office Cleaning
March 20th, 2018
Even though Nviro did not come away with the top prize this time around at the Golden Service Awards, Nviro did receive a highly commended at University of East London in the Large Educational Establishment category as well as the same accolade for Jose Expinosa in the Cleaning Operative... Read more
Categories: Awards Building Management Colleges and Higher Education Company News Customer Educational Establishments Industry News
January 8th, 2018
MBO team aiming for continued sustainable growth of support services Group The founders of The Quarr Group have agreed a Management Buy-Out (MBO) with the directors of its three subsidiaries: Nviro, Mountjoy, and Pabulum. The companies specialise in contract cleaning, building maintenance and construction, and contract catering respectively.... Read more
Categories: Building Management Colleges and Higher Education Commercial Company News Customer Educational Establishments Industry News Local Authority & Housing Office Cleaning Press Releases Schools Secondary Education
December 20th, 2017
Chris Norman, Campus Manager, University of East London “Having a safe, clean and hygienic environment allows all our students and faculties to work in an environment that appeals to them and allows them to succeed” University of East London has 23,000 students across three campuses in the Docklands and... Read more
Categories: Building Management Colleges and Higher Education Company News Customer Educational Establishments
February 28th, 2014
A former mayor and her friend have decided to sweep the streets of Winchester themselves, after noticing that some areas were not quite up to their standards. Sue Nelmes, who was once mayor in the area, was passing through Kings Walk in Winchester when she noticed it had been... Read more
Categories: Building Management
February 28th, 2014
Cleaning might not always be the most desirable task on your to-do list, but you don’t get an incentive stronger than a winning lottery ticket being buried under all your clutter. This is what happened to a man from Georgia, who was casually cleaning his room when he discovered... Read more
Categories: Building Management
November 18th, 2013
When a young inventor won an award recently for his futuristic idea that we will one day see a team of flying robot cleaners completing all of the tasks in our homes and offices for us, sceptics would have been forgiven for thinking it was a bit far-fetched as... Read more
Categories: Building Management
November 14th, 2013
Freddie Mercury may have done his bit for the cleaning world in 1984 when the Queen singer made vacuuming look fun, but it seems that when it comes to tackling the task ourselves, many of us simply want to break free. Electrolux questioned some 28,000 people from 23 countries... Read more
Categories: Building Management
November 13th, 2013
A robotic cleaning gadget got so sick of cleaning that it ‘committed suicide’ by switching itself off and moved onto a kitchen hotplate, reports have speculated. Firemen were called to a house fire in Austria due to the self-destructive robot, and say they found its remains on the hotplate.... Read more
Categories: Building Management
November 8th, 2013
For most youngsters these days, the technology they want to be wrapped up under the tree on Christmas morning will normally be the latest smartphone, games console or tablet computer. However, one young boy has proved his credentials as a future kingpin of the cleaning industry with his rather... Read more
Categories: Building Management