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Cleaner Of The Year Picks Up Award At ABCD Conference
School cleaner, Samantha Bucknall picked up the Cleaner of the Year award at the ABCD’s annual conference in Chester, and admitted she was ‘gob smacked’ to have won it.
Samantha, from Lichfield in Staffs, was first announced as the winner of the award back in April, and was presented with an engraved glass trophy at the conference by Managing Director of Denis Rawlins Ltd, James White, who was part of the judging panel.
The awards scheme was created jointly by the Association of Building Cleaning Direct Service Providers (ABCD) and Denis Rawlins, who also sponsor the award.
James White said it was inspiring to meet so many cleaners in the public sector who often went above and beyond their core duties. Adding that it was agonising to choose between
New Scottish Sales Manager Appointed At Robert Scott & Sons Limited
The Directors of Robert Scott & Sons Limited have announced the appointment of John Kerr as Sales Manager for Scotland.
John joins the company from Bunzl where he was one of six National Accounts Managers with responsibility for a number of major accounts in the UK and Ireland. He was previously an Area Manager for Arco.
John, who is now based in Scotland, will take over the responsibility for
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the three finalists, who all attended the event, but he did say that Samantha’s story really stood out, as she had single-handedly kept her school’s cleaning service going during a severe staff shortage.
Meanwhile, the rest of the ABCD conference in Chester went off without a hitch, with delegates from around the UK treated to an array of speakers.
sales throughout the Scottish and Borders region.
John’s role will involve him working closely with both distributors and end-users helping to cement existing relationships and develop new opportunities. Particular emphasis will be paid to the Hospital and Healthcare Sector following the successful gaining of the NHS Scotland contract by Robert Scott last year.
After announcing the appointment, Marketing & Sales Director, Alastair Scott said: “John’s past experience will be invaluable in helping to strengthen the bond between ourselves and our distributors in Scotland as well as being able to work closely with end-users in the Healthcare sector to ensure that our products are fit for purpose within their organisations.”
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After the AGM and announcement of the Cleaner of the Year winners it was straight down to business with a talk by Pascoe Sawyers, whose book ‘Your Life is Your Business’ has been widely acclaimed.
Pascoe works for the Local Government Association, where he is responsible for overseeing design and delivery of a range of leadership development programmes for Councillors and Local Government Managers, so his presentation was of interest for the assembled guests.
Councillor John Lamb, from Trafford Council, spoke to delegates about the recent shock General Election result, and engaged in a Q&A with audience members.
Steve Tarbox, from Dacorum Council gave an entertaining case study into how his team tackle Voids in properties, and the financial benefits of taking on such work.
After lunch delegates took part in a series of workshops before the day was rounded off with an interactive session from Pascoe about the ‘Change Challenge for Cleaners’.
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