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RECORD TURNOVER AND NEW MANAGING DIRECTORS FOR NORTH WEST CLEANING AND FACILITIES SERVICES
COMPANY Sale-based cleaning and facilities service provider, Floorbrite, is enjoying record turnover of £10m and announcing a new board of Directors as it looks to diversify and achieve ambitious 2020 growth plans.
Brothers Alex and Nik Wyers will take the role of joint Managing Directors at the end of the year when the current MD, John Perkins, stands down. Nik is currently Sales Director and Alex sits as Commercial Director.
The family-run company, which was set up in 1972 by Alex and Nik’s father, the late Martin Wyers, now employs more than 1,000 people across the north of England and provides cleaning and facilities management for around 900 clients including nationally recognised names such as Aldi, JD Sports, and The Lowry.
KÄRCHER ENSURE BUSINESSES DON’T SLIP UP IN WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY
STANDARDS Following recent consultation around a possible shake-up of health and safety sentencing guidelines, which could see big companies hit by large fines of up to £20m from late 2015, Kärcher has announced a new campaign to ensure professionals don’t slip up.
With slips and trips cited as the most common cause of major injuries in the workplace, costing the industry in excess of £512million per year (according to information published by the Health and Safety Executive), Kärcher’s new campaign will shine a spotlight on this issue in the hope
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Having increased turnover by 41% since 2010 and taken on an additional 350 full and part time staff in the same period, the company’s success has been accelerated through diversification and an ambitious 2020 growth target.
The news comes off the back of an announcement last month that Floorbrite is expanding into the waste management arena, having taken on a Waste Management and Environmental Consultant at its Manchester head office.
Sales Director, Nik Wyers said: “We’re delighted to reveal such positive financial results. Our turnover has increased by £1m year on year since 2012 which is an amazing achievement, thanks in no small part to the consistent high level of service and dedication our staff show day in, day out.
“Cleaning and facilities management is a competitive industry but with the whole team’s continued hard work, I’ve no doubt we’ll be able to sustain our growth plans for the years ahead.”
Commercial Director, Alex Wyers added: “Diversifying into new markets, such as waste management and
it will help businesses manage their liabilities. If the guidelines do come into force in late 2015/early 2016, organisations will need to review their health and safety processes or face the risk of a three or fourfold increase in expected penalties.
“Slips and trips account for over one third of major workplace injuries, and a loss of nearly one million working days in the UK,” said Craig McKay, Sales & Marketing Director, Professional at Kärcher UK. “Whilst we welcome any consultation that sets out to improve public health and safety standards, we also want to highlight the economic impact any misstep could have on businesses. This is why Kärcher is helping companies put cleaning & hygiene at the top of their agenda,” he added.
To make it easier for businesses to address the proposed revisions to
winning contracts in different parts of the UK has meant we’ve been able to introduce the Floorbrite ethos to a whole new market and that has helped us to gain a lot of momentum.
“The ethos and values that Floorbrite was built on still stand true today and these figures only go to show that our commitment to always putting staff and clients needs’ first as well as delivering a high level of service is a formula for success.”
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the health and safety sentencing guidelines, Kärcher will be offering a two-year extended warranty on all Kärcher Scrubber Dryers. Proven to deliver better results versus manual wet cleaning with a traditional mop and bucket, scrubber dryers not only deliver a faster clean but they leave the floor safe and dry – drastically reducing the risk of costly slips and trips. The Kärcher B 40 W walk-behind scrubber dryer, for example, is one of the products to benefit from the new two-year extended warranty.
“Efficient cleaning technologies can help protect businesses’ assets as well as their staff, producing better results and increasing productivity. It is proven that implementing an effective cleaning regime can drastically reduce health and safety risks in the workplace,” added Craig McKay.
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