Sunday, 23 February 2020

Keeping The Workplace Clean Is Essential


According to recent research, the average employee will spend around 90,000 hours in the office – which equates to a third of a lifetime. With so much time spent in the workplace, it is essential to ensure that the atmosphere is clean and healthy, and that means that your business premises need commercial cleaning services.

By commercial cleaning, that means that you need a company as opposed to hiring a local individual who pops in and “does” once a week. A commercial cleaning company will have staff who are permanent and have been given training in cleaning commercial premises the right way, using the right tools, and the right cleaning materials. Your business may also require specialist services. For example, you might operate a laboratory where it would be essential to have everything cleaned to an exceptionally high standard in order to avoid bacteria interfering with your daily operations.

Your Cleaning Company May Also Provide Security Services For Your Business


Office cleaning and cleaning of other business premises is a function that is best carried out by a professional office cleaning company. A professional cleaning company will have the staff and the right tools to carry out cleaning of any type of premises, some of which may require specialist treatment.

For example, if you operate a food manufacturing business of any description, cleaning your processing plant is going to be very different from cleaning an office. The same thing applies to places such as a private hospital. In both of these circumstances, hygiene has to be the first priority, and will require specialist equipment and cleaning supplies.

In the majority of cases, cleaning takes place after working hours, and in most cases that is in the evening and overnight. Some cleaning companies have expanded their sphere of operation to include security services as well. Since they are working at night anyway, and/or over the weekends and public holidays, security is a natural extension to their cleaning functions and is something that they can provide for businesses after their working hours.

Cleaning and security service providers will be able to offer a range of security services such as guarding, keyholding, security patrols, and so on, in order to look after your premises when they are closed.

Of course, every business is different and has different requirements when it comes to security. For this reason, cleaning and security companies will usually provide a great deal of flexibility with regard to the security aspects of the business in order to accommodate the precise needs of the client.
You might need intruder alarms, CCTV, fire alarms, access control systems, and so on, all of which can be provided.

Of course, a professional cleaning and security business will employ cleaners who have been security-checked as a matter of course, since those cleaners have to be above suspicion when they are working in someone else’s premises and the same thing applies to security guards. These people will have been trained to the highest standards and have professional licences in order to work on your premises.

You Need A Professional Cleaning Service For Business Premises


When you run a business, you need your premises cleaned in the same way that you need your home cleaned. However, in the vast majority of cases hiring a single cleaner will not be sufficient. When you are cleaning business premises you need a company with properly trained staff who know how to clean and keep your space neat and sanitary, so you need to choose the correct provider for professional cleaning in London.

First and foremost, you need a cleaning company with experience of cleaning commercial premises. This can be very different from cleaning domestic premises. A cleaning crew may be experienced in domestic cleaning but may not have the skills, training, and supplies necessary for business premises.
You also need a cleaning company that can attend and provide cleaning services in London at the time that you specify, because you cannot have cleaners getting in the way of business. It may be the case that you often have your staff working overtime, so you may need your cleaning carried out after 9.00 pm for example.

In addition, you want a cleaning company that is flexible about the services it provides. So, for instance, you may want your offices cleaned every weekday evening, but you may only want the windows cleaned once a month. You might also have special requirements. So if you are in the food industry or a dental surgeon you might need to hire a company that has specialist tools and equipment, and is also experienced in cleaning the equipment that you use in-house every day.

Another consideration is security. These cleaners are going to be in your premises on their own and when you are not there to see what is going on. Therefore, you need cleaners who are reliable and trustworthy and who have had a criminal record background check carried out. You don’t want things to go missing in the middle of the night. It would also be good to have a cleaning company that doesn’t have a high employee turnover rate, so that you know your cleaners will usually be the same and have experience of cleaning your premises.