Capita Symonds is one of the UK's largest multifaceted consultancies, delivering design, infrastructure, real estate and outsourcing solutions on a local, national and international scale. It is a wholly-owned division of The Capita Group Plc, a FTSE 100 member and the UK's leading provider of integrated professional support service solutions.
With over 50 offices throughout the UK, Capita Symonds employs nearly 1,000 people across London and its location at the prestigious Cannon Place in Cannon Street is huge at over 386,130 sq ft. Cannon Place offers simple, flexible and adaptable space for the modern business and now Principle Cleaning has the enviable job of providing 5 housekeepers to undertake cleaning to the common parts, daily cleaning, hygiene, pest control and dust mats, waste management and window cleaning. The contract is for a 3 year term and everyone is working extremely hard to provide the usual high class cleaning levels which a client expects from experienced Principle Cleaning staff.
Up against some stiff competition, the winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on 4 November 2011, so fingers crossed!
Chris Jenner, Business Development Manager has also recently joined having spent over 20 years in the UK cleaning industry with 14 years initially in operational management roles in London. Chris moved into sales 9 years ago with Strand Ltd and had five successful years with the company winning a number of high profile contracts in the City.
Supporting the Business Development team, Eliza Sykut has also joined as its Assistant having previously worked for a chemical import & export trade company for the last 5 years.
Peter Smith, Managing Director at Principle Cleaning says, 'It is important for us to have a strong and motivated business development team to take Principle Cleaning Services forward. With Jim's cleaning industry and management experience and Chris' sales experience backed up by Eliza, this team will be a valuable asset to the business and I and the rest of the company look forward to working with them in the future.'
Principle Cleaning has also recently launched CleanLink, a software system solely for the contract cleaning industry. From lead handling, site management to contract end, with invoicing, payroll (inc. In year and EOY electronic filing), site audits, periodics, stores, site budgets, machinery, risk assessments, security badges and with all the little, but important bits in between. This includes sales and purchase ledgers, global email, 250 reports and links to external accounts packages such as Sage.
Blue Fin Building is an architectural statement to match its world-famous neighbor, Tate Modern and gets its name from the 2,000 blue aluminium fins that cover the building's facade. The fins, manufactured in Poland, have a metallic finish that changes the building's appearance when viewed from different angles. Specifically placed to reflect the sun at different parts of the day, the fins provide constant shade inside the building.
Within the contract, the London sustainable contract cleaning company, Principle Cleaning Services will be responsible for the cleaning of the purpose-built 12 floor building with central atrium. Over 35 Principle Cleaning Services' staff will be on hand to carry out daily office cleaning including washrooms, windows, reception areas, floors and the internal carpets.
Principle Cleaning reviewed the manner in which the carpets are vacuumed and together with IPC, new innovative carpet cleaning equipment has been introduced. This includes a state of the art ride on battery vacuum machine. This will provide a better overall standard of cleaning, generating higher productivity which will in turn use fewer hours to reinvest into other areas of the contract.
Steve Fox, Head of Facilities at IPC Media says, 'As a high profile media business, it was important for us to choose a cleaning company with experience in dealing with prestigious and high specification buildings. We were very impressed with the innovations with regard to new technology and cleaning methods as well as Principle Cleaning's staff training programme. Principle Cleaning has impressed us with its dedicated and experienced management team.'