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INDEPENDENT INSPECTIONS UNPIN CHSA’S ACCREDITATION
SCHEMES The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) has released a video of its Independent Inspector, Martin Yates, at work, proving the rigour of the auditing process that underpins the CHSA’s Marque of Quality.
“The CHSA stands for standards,” explained Mike Stubbs, Chairman of the CHSA’s Manufacturing Standards Accreditation Schemes. “Through our Schemes for soft tissue, plastic refuse sacks and industrial cotton mops we gives buyers the certainty that what’s on the box is in the box. They just need to look for the Accreditation Scheme logos: Our Standards, Your Guarantee.
“The Schemes are underpinned by a rigorous auditing process, carried
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REGENT SAMSIC A spate of new contracts and additions across the UK measures the continued growth of cleaning and security services provider, Regent Samsic in the year's first quarter.
2016 sees steady brand penetration for the Coventry- based company spanning a wide range of client markets.
Joining the Regent Samsic portfolio are a number of sites in the North East, London and the Midlands, managed by facilities infrastructure provider, Fisco UK. A new SME client for the company is Midlands-based online marketing company Adtrack.
Regent Samsic's contract with Provident Insurance has been extended to take in the client's operations in Rhyl, Devon and Belfast, while new client BNP Paribas Real Estates has added sites in the North to those already being cleaned in London and the South East.
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Auto industry supplier Mahle Aftermarket has extended its contract at new purpose built office and warehouse complex in the West Midlands, and car dealership Vertu Group has added further retail sites in the North of England and Scotland to the Regent Samsic portfolio.
Regent Samsic is now cleaning NHS Blood & Transplant's site at Basildon as well as IT giant Oracle's premises in London's West End. St Gobain Distribution Centres in Bristol, Gloucester, Chester, Leicester and Perth have been added to the Regent Samsic contract.
Regent Samsic Scotland operations have also secured a regional contract on behalf of leading construction company Galliford Try.
"We're very pleased to see sustained growth of this kind on our client base," said Joint Managing Director John Critchell.
"It's particularly encouraging to see how both corporate and small-to- medium sized enterprises can be found in our latest figures.
"It's great to be associated with newcomers to market as well as the established business successes."
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out by Independent Inspector, Martin Yates. To highlight the value of the auditing process we have produced a short video of Martin at work. Viewers will see Martin checking labels for compliance, conducting the drop test on plastic refuse sacks, and selecting product from the warehouse and production line for dimensional measurement.”
Martin Yates visits every member repeatedly through the year, selecting products from the warehouse and production line for inspection. He confirms the labels comply with the relevant Scheme’s specification; buyers need to be able to check that what is on the box is in the box and the product must be traceable to the manufacturer and specific batch. He confirms the dimensions of the soft tissue are as specified and the industrial cotton mops and refuse sacks are fit for purpose. Martin also audits members’ quality systems to
ensure they are as vigilant with their own systems as with the products audited by the Inspector. Should a Scheme Member fail to meet the standard, they may be ultimately expelled, a sanction the CHSA has not had to resort to in recent years.
Gaining admittance to a Manufacturing Standards Accreditation Scheme is challenging. Applicants must pass the initial audit of their full product range and existing quality assurance processes. They are then audited throughout the first year to ensure they maintain the standard that was required of them to gain membership of one of the Schemes.
The short film can be viewed now on the CHSA website or You Tube.
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