NEWS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVER IN THE CLEANING INDUSTRY RECEIVES
ROYAL APPROVAL Robert Urquhart, a member of the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners, received a Livery Companies’ City & Guilds Award from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace last month.
The Awards are given in recognition of ‘Outstanding Achievement’ as a City & Guilds of London Institute learner or tutor.
Robert has been instrumental in setting up and running the cleaning workshops at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Rochester, Kent. He started work there 16 years ago where he was assigned to put together a cleaning qualification for offenders.
Since then Robert has displayed enthusiasm, passion and drive to do the best he possibly could for
BUNZL BLOG REVEALS CLEANING AT TOP OF CATERING & HOSPITALITY
OPERATOR’S CONCERNS Cleaning products and cleaning solutions are the top concern for catering and hospitality operators, according to key words searched on Bunzl Catering Supplies’ INNOVATE blog. The news comes on the back of stats from Tork that revealed seven out of 10 UK respondents admitted to having advised a friend not to visit a restaurant following an experience of ‘poor cleanliness and hygiene in the dining area’.
The growing requirement for ‘Free From’ product labelling is another key area of interest for operators visiting the INNOVATE blog, which last month celebrated its first anniversary. Originally launched in June 2015, the online platform has received more than 2,000 page views in the last month alone.
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his learners and has never been deterred by any setbacks and barriers he has faced.
Robert has now developed the course he delivers from the BICSc qualification to the City & Guilds NVQ level 2 in cleaning and support services. Robert has gained his assessors qualification and teaching qualification in both courses.
Robert has built a good working partnership with prison staff and heads of departments, to ensure learners have access to clean different areas and types of surfaces to meet the course criteria.
Robert’s work aims to give course participants the best opportunities once they have been released from prison. He delivers the courses to a very high standard making sure the prison offers the same, if not better, quality than a traditional college.
The variety of cleaning courses on offer at the prison lays the foundations for learners to enter the cleaning industry qualified with
sufficient work experience to gain employment. Robert is continuing to improve the progress for his learners by working with employers to get them employment opportunities.
The Worshipful Company’s Master, Philip Morrish, and Clerk, Maureen Marden, were in attendance to see Robert receive this recognition.
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Paul Willcocks, Director, Exclusive Brands, Bunzl Catering Supplies commented: “It is clear that cleaning and hygiene practices are the foremost concern for hospitality operators. We are proud that INNOVATE has been a constant source of insight for operators as they look to learn best practice in cleaning and hygiene processes.
Further key words identified by INNOVATE are ‘allergen’, demonstrating the growing concerns amongst operators for keeping their customers safe, and ‘compostable,’ signifying the growing numbers of operator’s in search of sustainable solutions. To further validate the evidence that cleaning products and cleaning solutions are a concern to operators, the most visited page on the blog has been the INNOVATE guide to Safety Data Sheets for cleaning chemicals.
“At INNOVATE’s launch we invited 40 of our key suppliers to regularly contribute content for the blog. Since then we have had amazing insight from our partners including SCA, Huhtamaki and Colpac, and we have even more lined up for the year ahead. This support has seen the platform become a go-to destination for catering and hospitality operators in search of insight and news to drive efficiencies, safety and CSR policies within their businesses.”
For further information on the INNOVATE blog visit
innovate.bunzlcatering.co.uk
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