The results from the 2018 audits of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) Accreditation Scheme for Distributors mean their customers are guaranteed ‘what’s on the box is what’s in the box’. An average of 97.5% of relevant products across all Accredited Distributors are from CHSA Accredited Manufacturers. The audits, conducted by the CHSA’s Independent Inspector, indicate an average of 98.6% of…
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The team at Panasonic have been working in collaboration with architects, engineers and local crafts people to create an unfiltered, unique and comfortable luxury living experience in bubble style Domes to bring a 180-degree transparent window to the world of nature. Michael Beare of Finn Lough Resort is the visionary behind this unique holiday experience. He explains: “Our aim was…
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Ideas to create a low or even no maintenance garden; artificial grass, plastic fencing, low maintenance shrubs, more hard surfaces and no fish in water features. The benefits of a pleasant garden minus the many hours of upkeep With so many people short of time, or finding it difficult to spend hours gardening perhaps due to a medical condition, there’s…
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Schools are continuing to upgrade security measures for pupil safety. However, on top of all the fundamental challenges schools face, implementing well-rounded and effective security solutions can seem a great difficulty. Andrew Shaw, architectural consultant for AllegionUK, discusses the advantages of electro-mechanical solutions. Schools can equate to some of the most complex security challenges for architects, specifiers and school officials…
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Crown Paints has donated a selection of its most popular paint products to create a vibrant learning hub as part of a community make-over project organised by national contractor, Novus Property Solutions. The project involved refurbishing a dilapidated prefab building for Bromley Pensnett Primary School in Birmingham, to create the new Novus Learning Hub which will become a valuable resource…
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Don’t let a dirty kitchen hold you back Keeping a kitchen running smoothly requires all users to follow necessary food safety standards, and keep the kitchen and appliances clean. Barry Osborn from TWO Services explains how. An outbreak of food poisoning can cause irreparable damage to a company’s reputation. In some cases, the caterer or FM company may face legal…
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The UK disposes of over 600 million batteries a year- it’s a frightening figure when you consider less than 45% by weight are recycled according to figures recently published by the Environment Agency. Lead Acid batteries, for which a rebate is usually paid, made up over half the weight collected despite accounting for only 4% of the weight put on…
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Warm Air, Radiant and Heating Products are now affected by European Regulations. Warm air heaters are subject to Lot 21 of the directive and radiant heaters Lot 20. Minimum efficiencies for warm air is now 72% and radiant heaters is now 74%. Crucially, these minimum criteria are applicable for both new installations and when replacing existing products. As a result,…
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Functionality, simplicity and scalability of cloud-based security technology providing easy-to-use surveillance and business intelligence solutions that seamlessly integrate video, access control, and disparate data such as ATM, Point-of-Sale and analytics complements sister company PAC’s existing range of access control solutions 3xLOGIC,Inc., a leadingprovider of integrated, intelligent security solutions, and athree-time DeloitteTechnology Fast 500™winner, today announced the availability of its portfolio…
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Amulet, the specialist intelligence-led security division of Churchill Services Group, has announced its signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore’s Concorde Security to collaborate on the development of smart security solutions. Under the “I-Guarding Global Alliance”, Amulet will be working to identify and promote global standards for replicable, scalable, and sustainable business models and solutions using advanced technologies…
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