News in brief
April 18th 2008

3M has completed its acquisition of PPE specialist Aero, enabling it to provide a more complete personal protection product line.

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Midlands Co-op has awarded a contract worth over £1m to Initial Retail Cleaning.The deal covers cleaning of 174 food and non-food retail sites located in the Midlands.

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Interserve’s contract with her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS) has been extended.The renewal sees a doubling of its HMCS remit within Metropolitan London.Over 500 staff will be employed over the new contract.

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Landing its first Tesco Express outlet just six months ago, TC Contractors has added a further 23 stores to its roster.The firm also cleans over 300 large format Tesco facilities.

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The Association of Building Cleaning Direct Service Providers (ABCD) says its conference at the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool on 15 May, will address the issue of the increasing responsibilities being handed to cleaning firms, and demonstrate the strategies required to working practices to take these changes into account.

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BICSc has reorganised its internal workings with the following appointmssisted ably by Gill Green and Hailey Ducker. In the Training & Education department,Murphy Brown is now Quality and Standards Co-ordinator, assisted by Tracey Sharp.Meanwhile Tony Lock becomes financial controller, assisted by Paula Hanley.

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