Tracy Burtwell has been appointed as the new Managing Director of phs Compliance. Based in Warrington, phs Compliance is one of the UK’s leading providers of facilities management and compliance services. It works with over 35,000 business sites across the country providing everything they need to stay safe and compliant, including electrical testing services and electrical vehicle facilities.

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phs Greenleaf has won three industry-leading awards for its work in interior and exterior landscaping for businesses. The Plants at Work Awards, run by the association representing interior landscapers, awarded phs Greenleaf with gold awards for its design and installation work for the Speedy Innovation Centre in Milton Keyes and its sustainable Christmas designs for Novotel London Blackfriars. The team also collected a special Goodwill Award for their charity work with Ronald McDonald House Cardiff.

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Union Industries, the employee-owned manufacturer of high-speed industrial roller doors, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. With a history that stretches further back than 1972, the celebration marks the incorporation of the business as Union Industries. The anniversary was commemorated by a glamourous black-tie event at the stunning Grantley Hall in North Yorkshire attended by current and former employees as well as its founders, Paul and Isobel Schofield, who are affectionately known by colleagues, friends and customers as Mr and Mrs S.

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phs Wastekit is working with one of the UK’s biggest waste management companies to help process thousands of tonnes of material for recycling every year, diverting the waste from landfill. Specialising in commercial recycling, Total Recycling Services has three large-scale sites across the UK and works with big names including Akzonobel, Gestamp and JCB to manage a variety of different waste streams, including liquid and hazardous waste, general waste and recycling. It processes up to 100,000 tonnes of recycling every year.

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phs Wastekit has expanded its strategic development team as the business continues to grow across the country. Part of the phs Group, phs Wastekit is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of balers and compactors, helping businesses to reduce their waste costs. Mark Little has been appointed as business development manager, tasked with developing large-scale national business opportunities. Mark has a long history in business development and hospitality, having spent many years in sales in the beer and food industries. Mark will be specialising in logistics, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, industry and the HORECA sector across the UK.

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“Our members are being hit hard by the soaring cost of both fuel and energy,” said Lorcan Mekitarian, chair of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA). “We need the chancellor to act in his statement on Friday, 23 September if they are to be able to reliably supply good quality cleaning and hygiene products for the long term. “We welcome the news that the Business Secretary is capping wholesale energy costs for businesses. However, certainty fosters growth and suggestions this support is limited to just six months does not provide it for the medium to long term.

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Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the world’s most commonly reported physical diseases – particularly in the workplace. It’s an accumulated ailment that increases at every time of over-exposure to noise. The bad news is that hearing loss can be permanent. That’s why Hellberg Safety’s new and improved noise protection technology has been developed to deliver the most advanced passive and active protection for a variety of risk environments.

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Union Industries, the Leeds-based manufacturer of high-speed industrial doors, has increased its stock levels even further to allow minimal lead times for production of its door range and replacement parts. The driver behind this has been the 12% increase Union has seen in orders from companies looking to replace foreign made doors.

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phs Teacrate has appointed a new Sales Director as the business continues to expand across the UK. Becky Brown joins the team at the UK’s leading crate services provider with over 20 years’ experience in packaging sales. She has spent the last seven years as UK Convenience Sales Director for a US listed global business specialising in printed cartons for some of the world’s biggest international brands. At phs Teacrate, Becky will manage an external sales team of six people based across the UK working with a variety of businesses, including the food industry, to meet their product moving and storage needs.

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Jangro, the UK and Ireland’s largest network of independent janitorial distributors, is delighted to launch a brand new catalogue, dedicated to the commercial caterer and hospitality sector. Available now in a compact A5 size, it is packed with many new sustainable choices. These include disposable food packaging, cutlery and drinkware that are made from recycled materials, and are also compostable, biodegradable, or recyclable.

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