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Office and commercial cleaning in Nottingham
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What bugs are your cloths hiding?
According to a recent Health Protection Agency investigation 56% of dishcloths used in restaurants were of an unacceptable standard carrying faecal bacteria and even dangerous bugs like Listeria.
The HPA visited 120 kitchens in the north east of England and tested a total of 133 cloths. They found that 86 of these cloths carried faecal [...]
Can a commercial cleaning company really only charge 8 pounds an hour?
We are increasingly finding competitors charging ridiculously low prices to win business. Does it work? Yes sure it does, they win the business on price and everyone is happy. But are they? As a customer, what can you really expect in commercial cleaning for 8 per hour?
Let’s start with the basics – UK minimum wage [...]
Could there be changes afoot in UK Health and Safety legislation?
The new UK coalition government has appointed a special advisor, Lord Young, to review the UK growth of “compensation culture” and specifically to consider a complete overhaul of current health and safety legislation. Following on from his original brief in December before the new government came into power, the formal review is due to start [...]
How to clean a computer mouse
Previously we looked at how to clean a computer keyboard but what about that other stalwart of computing – the mouse!
Depending on the type of mouse you have the process involved in cleaning a mouse can be quite different. Traditional mice had a physical roller ball on the underside of them and relied on the [...]
TUPE and cleaning
For most companies the two main reasons for going out to tender for cleaning or replacing their existing cleaning services supplier are an unhappiness with the quality of the service provided or the price they are paying for the service.
In some cases, where the cleaning staff and the owners are one and the same this [...]
How to clean a computer keyboard
As our earlier posts highlight a keyboard is one of the most germ ridden items in a typical office – scientific studies have shown keyboard to carry an astonishing 3,295 germs per square INCH!
One of the challenges with keyboards is how difficult they may appear to be to actually clean. People are wary of messing [...]
Which is king? Time spent cleaning or the service provided?
One of the biggest challenges we face both when acquiring new customers and when working with existing customers is the perceived correlation between time spent cleaning and the quality of the service provided – whilst it is absolutely valid that to do cleaning properly you need to spend time at it, how important is it [...]
Is a few hours per week enough for effective office cleaning?
It is a reality of business today that more and more companies are finding trading difficult and, in such times, it is only natural to want to reduce costs wherever possible. Cleaning is always one of the first areas which is looked at as it is seen as a pure overhead and it is not [...]
What should you look for in a commercial or office cleaning company?
As already commented before cleaning seems to be the next “boom” small business – it is easy for anyone to get a website, some business cards and off they go. For many customers this may seem like a good thing – lots of choice and competition which will help drive down the cost but is [...]
Which office surface carries the most germs?
Toilet seat or phone? Might seem like a silly question but, then again, the answer might just suprise you!
According to research carried out by Dr Charles Gerba of University of Arizona in 2002 the average office phone carries over 25,000 germs per square inch whereas the toilet seat carries a mere 49! Even an office [...]
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