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MoreH&S success for Europa
Europa has once again demonstrated its commitment to en- suring a safe working environment with the number of acci- dents reducing significantly for the fifth successive year as well as receiving amajor award for excellence in health and safety. 2012 saw Europa increase its headcount by over 20%with an
JV companywill safeguard jobs and deliver key services
A newmulti-million pound contract between Norse Commercial Services and Norwich City Council, which will secure the jobs of a local workforce and strengthen the bonds of a public sector partnership, came into effect on 1March. The £4.8million per year
contract to deliver environ- mental services such as building cleaning, street cleaning, sheltered housing cleaning, groundsmainte- nance, arboriculture, and pest control will be provided by a new company called Norwich Norse (Environ- mental). “This joint venture ap-
proach between Norse and Norwich City Council is a partnership, with shared goals and agreed outcomes formutual benefit,” said managing director of Nor- wich Norse, Graham Jermyn. “It represents real benefit for the residents and taxpayers of Norwich and will give the long-termserv- ices delivery stability, and employment security, that can be a problemwith tradi- tional supplier and contrac- tor agreements. It’s a businessmodel that Norse
expanding portfolio of total FMaccounts, whilst enjoying sig- nificant reductions across all recorded accident rates.When compared to 2011, the number of recorded incidents fell by 30%, the accident frequency rate saw a 27%reduction, re- portable accidents reduced by 23%and the number ofminor accidents recorded fell by 10%. The group also received a commendation for excellence in health and safety at work in the facilitiesmanagement sector fromRoSPA. Since 2008 Europa has recorded a reduction in the number
of reported accidents every year with the accident incident rate falling by an impressive 69%and accident frequency rate by 63%, despite staff numbers almost trebling in the same pe- riod. KimDurling, Europa’s group safety, quality and environment
director, said: “The reduction in the number of recorded acci- dents across Europa has once again been excellent and has continued the progressmade throughout previous years, all whilst staff numbers continue to grow significantly. To ensure that safety remains an absolute priority across the company we will continue to implement new, innovativemeasures as we look to improve accident reduction even further throughout 2013 and beyond.”
www.europa-services.co.uk
Peter Hawes,MD of Norse Commercial Services (left),with Councillor AlanWalters at the launch of Norwich Norse.
has proven to represent best practice and value in an in- creasing number of similar arrangements that the com- pany has with local councils around the UK.” Councillor AlanWaters,
Norwich City Council’s deputy leader, said: “The de- cision to create a publicly owned joint venture is based on the need to strengthen and protect a number of key city council services. It will also provide security of em- ployment for the staff trans- ferring to the new organisation.”
Around 150 staff have
transferred into the new company under TUPE arrangements. Brian Rye, regional secre-
tary of UCATT, said: “UCATT welcomes the initiative of Norwich City Council to es- tablish the partnership of Norwich Norse and supports the delivery of public serv- ices in Norwich through this joint venture.We it believe will help to end fears and uncertainty over job security which ourmembers have endured for over two years.”
www.nps.co.uk
All CHSAmanufacturers to be assessed for the Manufacturing Standards Accreditation Schemes
From1 January 2014 allmembers of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers’ Association (CHSA) thatmanufacture soft tissue products, plastic refuse sacks or industrial cottonmopsmust be approvedmembers of the relevantManufacturing Standards Accreditation Scheme. “We understand that for customers it can be unclear as to whether or not amanufacturer in
the CHSA is amember of the relevantManufacturing Standards Accreditation Scheme and we are acting to remove this uncertainty,” said Stephen Harrison, chair of the CHSA andmanag- ing director of HarrisonWipes. “The accreditation schemes were introduced to raise standards in the industry and we are extremely proud of all they have achieved; by buying fromamember of one of the schemes you can be certain you are getting a product that is fit for purpose.” During 2013 everymanufacturingmember of the CHSA not currently amember of the rele-
vant scheme is to go through the accreditation process. The schemes’ auditor is visiting the manufacturing sites, testing the products and assessing themanufacturing processes. If the company passes the assessment process it will be admitted to the relevant scheme and if it ultimately fails it will no longer be accepted as amember of the CHSA. TheManufacturing Standards Accreditation Schemes for soft tissue products, plastic refuse
sacks and industrial cottonmopsmake sure customers reliably get what they believe they are paying for by guaranteeing three essential things: consistency of supply - customers receive what they order; accurate labelling - customers get what they pay for; and fully auditedmanu- facturers - CHSA standard, your guarantee.
www.chsa.co.uk
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www.cleaninghub.net Carlisle agrees sponsorship deal
withCrimestoppers Carlisle Support Services has agreed to sponsor Crimestop- pers, the independent crime- fighting charity. The dealwill be for 12monthswith an op- tion to extend this by a further two years. Richard Chappell, Carlisle’s
CEO, said: “This is somuch more than simplymaking a donation to Crimestoppers. We will be working with Crimestoppers in a number of ways to improve the way in which we get themessage out there that there is an in- dependent charity, to which you can safely and anony- mously report crime.” Business development di- rector for Crimestoppers,
Rodger Holden, added: “We are delighted to be working with Carlisle Support Serv- ices as we embark on a num- ber of exciting projects over the coming year.” Carlisle has a history of
being involved with charitable projects and already supports the British Lung Foundation. Chappell added: “Business isn’t just about delivering great services to clients; we should domore. Business is about being a part of the wider community and lending a hand tomake things better, so that in the long run we all benefit.” www.
carlislesupportservices.com
KimDurling, Europa’s group safety, quality and environment director (centre), receives a commendation for excellence in health and safety atwork in the facilitiesmanagement sector fromRoSPAwith (left) Lord Jordan of Bournville CBE, RoSPA president, and (right) TomMullarkey,MBE, RoSPA chief executive.
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