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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Global real estate company CBRE has invited RoSPA CEO Errol Taylor to an internal awards ceremony to celebrate the success of its property management teams from all around the UK in the 2022 RoSPA Awards. Hosted at CBRE’s new headquarters, Henrietta House in Westminster, the company’s Property Management and Health & Safety professionals were invited to collect their awards in person in recognition of their achievements.

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Union Industries, the UK’s leading manufacturer of bespoke industrial roller doors, has fitted the final piece in the jigsaw in a Lincolnshire firm’s investment to refurbish one of its industrial freezers. QK Cold Stores (Marston), which provides short and long-term freezer storage for supermarkets and food producers, has overhauled one of its freezer chambers. Operations at QK Cold Stores (Marston), which is five miles north of Grantham, include extensive blast freezing, defrosting, food handling, and frozen and chilled storage areas.

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Six Work Trouser families to satisfy every need on site – sustainably. Snickers Workwear’s trouser families are suited to any kind of work on site. Delivering maximum functionality, comfort, protection and mobility they’re the products of choice among discerning professional tradesmen and women. For them, sustainable, street-smart, body-mapping clothing are key parts of their product choices.

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Three talented young people are celebrating. Olivia Baker, Liam Shepherd and Rebecca Griffiths have been selected as the recipients of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) 2022 Undergraduate Bursary. Fourteen young people have benefited from the Bursary while at university since it was rejuvenated in 2016. Each receives £4,500, £1,500 being paid at the start of each academic year or the first three years if the degree is longer. Applicants were assessed by a Judging Panel, led by CHSA Vice President and Treasurer David Garcia, according to need, worthiness, endeavour, and overall performance.

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