NEWS
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANERS HONOURS MANCHESTER COLLEGE
WITH ERIC HILL AWARD The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners has announced that Manchester College and OLASS (Offender Learning and Skills Service) is the 2015 winner of the Eric Hill Memorial Award.
This annual award, presented in association with the City and Guilds Institute, goes to the college or training provider that produces the greatest number of successful candidates in cleaning-related qualifications each year.
LOOBLADE GETS
A KICK-START A web-savvy inventor has taken to crowdfunding website Kickstarter in a bid to raise funds to get his product out to market.
Garry Stewart has created what he believes will be a revolutionary replacement to the traditional toilet brush in the LooBlade.
Garry and his company initially set up a 30-day campaign to raise £20,000, but it reached its target in just 10 days, and is still going strong. With funding for manufacturing now secured, the first LooBlades will be delivered to Kickstarter backers this month, with full retail availability in January.
The international profile generated by LooBlade's Kickstarter campaign has already resulted in contacts from retailers and distributors across the world. As a result, Garry has already signed a distribution deal in Germany for supply into one of the country’s largest retailers of designer products.
"My long-term goal for LooBlade was obviously to see the product taken on by mainstream retailers, and I've already been amazed at the number
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Mr Timothy Doyle, Master of the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners presented the Award, certificate and purse at the livery company’s court luncheon in Armourers’ Hall in London last week to Mr Paul Fry, Deputy Education Manager, at Manchester College and OLASS.
This year’s winner is part of the Manchester College Group, a large scale social enterprise which has learning, skills, development and transitional services at the heart of its mission. It delivers a comprehensive package of services for learners in custody and the community, enabling progression into education, training and employment.
of enquiries that have come in since the campaign begun," said Garry.
"In addition to securing the deal in Germany, I'm also engaged in discussions with companies from countries including the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, China, Japan and Taiwan."
The design of LooBlade is centred on the invention of a patent-pending technology called SwipeClean, which replaces the classic brush bristles with an 8-blade silicone cleaning head that maintains a continuous contact with the surface to ‘swipe’ it clean.
After hitting its target on Kickstarter, a new ‘stretch goal’ of £30,000 has been set. This will see the introduction of a new version of the product with a bamboo handle, in addition to the three colours already available.
“The traditional toilet brush is a fundamentally flawed design – they don’t clean efficiently, they clog-up easily, they drip everywhere, they result in excessive use of cleaning chemicals and water, and ultimately people hate the sight of them,” added Stewart.
“Bringing the unpleasant topic of toilet cleaning to the Kickstarter audience
“Trainees and apprentices who achieve National Vocational Qualifications are vital in raising professional standards within the cleaning industry and the advancement of education and training within the industry is at the heart of our company’s Royal Charter,” said Mr Doyle. “It is a great pleasure to present the Eric Hill Memorial Award, named in honour of our company’s founder, to a training provider who is making such a significant contribution to improving industry standards.”
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was a calculated risk, of course, but the speed with which we have achieved our target proves that many people share my dissatisfaction with conventional toilet cleaning options.”
For more information, visit the LooBlade Kickstarter page here.
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