Tackling Germs: Your Mobile Phone
Did you know, the average person touches their mobile phone 85 times a day? They have become ubiquitous in modern life and we use them for an increasing number of activities: from setting your morning alarm to checking emails and booking taxis, they rarely leave our side (even in the bathroom). It should not come […]
What’s Lurking In Your Work Fridge?
We’ve all done it. In an attempt to be healthier, or perhaps to save some money, brought our own lunch to work, or bought ingredients from the supermarket to make something in our lunch break, and forgotten about it, left in the fridge to rot. Now, I don’t know about you, but I manage to […]
Time For a Spring Clean?
I don’t know about you, but here at CCS, we’ve started seeing the first signs of spring recently. It’s no longer dark when I leave the office, the grass is in need of it’s first cut of the year and the clocks go forward next weekend! All this can mean only one thing, time for […]
The Best Way to Clean a Commercial Kitchen
Commercial kitchens are a unique environment. A combination of intensive use, heat, steam , smoke and the need for consistently high standard of cleanliness means that commercial kitchens require a specialist cleaning regime. Dirt, bacteria and grease can accumulate fast in a commercial kitchen and, if not cleaned properly and regularly, can lead to illnesses […]
The 5 most legendary hotel room wreckers of all time.
From throwing television sets out of windows to blowing up toilets, we all like to hear stories of legendary rock and roll hotel room trashings. Everyone that is except hotel owners and cleaners. Although we clearly do not condone this type of behaviour, we’ve decided to indulge our rebellious side and revisit some of the […]
Does Cold Weather Make You Sick?
Each winter we hear warnings that the NHS is once again in crisis and illnesses definitely seem to be more common in the winter months, but what causes this seasonal phenomenon, and is the cold weather responsible? Whilst exposure to the cold can directly lead to certain conditions, such as hypothermia – a potentially life-threatening […]
When to clean, sanitise and sterilise?
Ask most people, and they will have a good idea of what it means to clean something (although some people’s idea of cleaning leaves a lot to be desired), but how many people understand the difference between sanitising and sterilising, and when best to use the different methods. Cleaning In the vast majority of day-to-day […]
Merry Christmas from CCS – 2016 at a glance
We would like to wish all our customers, staff and suppliers a very merry Christmas, and thank you for your contribution in making 2016 a successful year for CCS. Over the course of the last 12 months, we have welcomed new members of staff, added several prestigious new contracts to our portfolio and been involved […]
Essential Winter Maintenance Pt2 – Prevention checklist
Ensuring the safe and uninterrupted use of your facilities over the winter months requires a lot of preventative planning. This Essential Winter Maintenance Checklist is intended as a simple reminder of what problems you may face as a facilities manager this winter and how to prevent them.
Essential winter maintenance – National Gutters Day
The highlight of the FM calendar, National Maintenance Week takes place from 18th November to 25th November, culminating with the glamorously titled National Gutters Day on Friday 25th November. All joking aside, it is that time of year when some essential maintenance work needs to be undertaken. Damp can be a serious problem for FMs […]