INDUSTRY INSIGHT WWW.CHTMAG.COM NEWS JIGSAW BOOSTS TRAINING TEAM Jigsaw Cleaning Systems has strengthened its senior team to lead a major initiative in training for the benefit of customers. Matt Baines has joined the Preston-based business as learning and development manager, bringing a wealth of experience in training and education. With more than 16 years’ in the industry, Baines’ expertise in training, technical advice and best practice, adds a new package of support for customers. He joins the company from Premiere Products. His role at Jigsaw Cleaning Systems will involve designing, implementing and overseeing training programmes with customers across the country to support Jigsaw’s partnership with cleaning system specialist Wetrok and other cleaning systems it brings to the market. Commenting on his new role, Baines said: “It’s an exciting time to be joining the team and working with Jigsaw’s expanding distributor and customer base. “The training aspect of this venture is a vital part of the service we offer to distributor partners and end users. By helping and supporting our customers to reap the benefits of our cleaning systems, we will not only ensure they have the best cleaning methods in place, but ultimately help to shape and improve standards within the industry.” 4 FEBRUARY 2016 CLEANING HYGIENE TODAY BUSINESSES CAN’T OVERLOOK WELLBEING - FACILICOM Chairman of the Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA) Doug Cooke took the opportunity at its relaunch event to call for closer relations between the CSSA and the facilities management industry, particularly the BIFM. After insisting that the CSSA had emerged from the break up of the Building Futures Group “with its dignity intact,” Cooke announced his intention to see his organisation rise CSSA BACK IN BUSINESS from the ashes and “build from the bottom up to create a vibrant and strong association that helps develop the industry as a whole.” The relaunch comes on the 50th anniversary of the original founding of the CSSA and in the past nine weeks they have attracted over 20 members, with another dozen apparently waiting in the wings. On top of developing relations with FMs Cooke indicated his desire to: ÍÍ Develop an official position on the upcoming EU referendum ÍÍ Enlarge the CSSA board ÍÍ Update the codes of practise ÍÍ Look at developing a new apprenticeship scheme ÍÍ Attend Home Office meetings on illegal workers ÍÍ Seek clarification about the Government’s plans for the living wage The CSSA will be holding an AGM on Friday, 22nd April where members will be electing new directors. ISSA UK TAKES ICMMA UNDER ITS WING An agreement has been reached between global cleaning association, ISSA and The Building Futures Group to immediately transfer Industrial Cleaning Machinery Manufacturers Association’s (ICMMA) operational management to ISSA’s UK membership portfolio with continued oversight by the group’s Secretariat, Hazel Langley. ICMMA is a long-established UK trade association for manufacturers of commercial and industrial cleaning equipment. Its members represent some of the most prominent manufacturers, producers and distributors of cleaning machinery and equipment to the British commercial cleaning and facilities management sector. Management of its operations and its secretariat function was previously provided by The Building Futures Group. Dianna Steinbach, ISSA director of EMEA Services, said: “We are honoured to welcome ICMMA’s members into ISSA’s UK family. We see this agreement as another way that ISSA can fulfil our promise to help the commercial cleaning industry increase appreciation of the value it brings – boosting members’ business success as a result.” Kevin Webb, chairman of the ICMMA Technical Committee said: “News of this announcement is a positive, strategic move that recognises the value of ICMMA’s agenda and positions our members at the heart of the industry.” In response to a new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which reveals that only a quarter (26 per cent) of employers see wellbeing as a priority, soft services and contract cleaning specialist, Facilicom wants to see a wider appreciation of the economic and social case for giving more consideration to workers. The CIPD report, Growing the health and well-being agenda: From first steps to full potential, shows that although ‘…there are impressive performance, engagement and health gains to be made from well-rounded wellbeing strategies’ the lack of focus on wellbeing means that the ‘average cost per UK employee of sickness absence alone has now hit £554 a year’. Jan-Hein Hemke, managing director of Facilicom UK & Ireland, explained: “Treating employees well can sometimes be seen as a luxury and something that businesses can’t afford to do. I disagree, on a moral and financial level, and say it’s something they can’t afford not to do. We know that by treating our colleagues well they are more committed and dedicated to their work and our customers see the benefit of our approach. Our people are a key part of what makes our business successful and sustainable.”
CHT February 2016
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