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COVID-19 Cleaning: How to Return to the Office Safely as Lockdown Eases
As Wales' lockdown restrictions begin to ease, some employees will soon start to trickle back into the workplace. As we publish this post, the Welsh Government's advice still stipulates that all staff who can work from home should continue to do so: "Workers are only...
How to Keep Your Employees’ Home Workspaces Safe
For some staff and employers, the return to work following the COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus) lockdown has already begun. For businesses which do not need staff on-site, however, the return to the office remains a long way off. Hundreds and thousands of...
How to Maintain a Motivating Homeworking Space During Lockdown
With the COVID-19/Coronavirus lockdown still firmly in place, many of the UK's offices and workspaces now stand empty. Meanwhile, the offices, dining tables, sofas and spare rooms of British homes have become hives of weekday industry. Work has broken out of the...
COVID-19 Cleaning: How to Reduce the Risk of Coronavirus in Your Workplace
On Monday 23rd March, the UK Government implemented a countrywide lockdown. From this point, all non-essential journeys are prohibited and only designated key workers (such as doctors and food chain workers) may continue to attend their places of work. While many of...
4 Tips for Keeping Your Office’s Reception Area Tidy
You should never judge a book by its cover, but it's hard to resist judging a business by its reception area. Your business' reception area may be the first thing a visitor to your premises sees. While they wait for their appointment, they'll no doubt be forming an...
How To Keep Office Exteriors Tidy
Your business premises are the physical "face" your company presents to the world. The outside of your building is the first thing potential employees, business contacts and prospective clients will see when they visit your company. This means that the exterior of...
How to Give Office Bathrooms a Professional Clean
Cleaning office bathrooms is a job which most businesses choose to leave to the professionals. However, bathroom cleaning doesn't have to be a tricky or unpleasant task. For business owners who are keen to roll up their sleeves, don their rubber gloves and save some...
3 Productivity-boosting Scents for your Workplace
When is the last time you thought about the scent of your workplace? Although we rarely think consciously about the smell of our places of work, aromas can have a big impact on how we feel within a workplace. In 2017 we wrote a guide to ensuring your offices smell...
5 Tips for Cleaning Office Window Interiors
Window cleaners typically take care of your panes' exteriors, but what's the best way to remove grubby fingerprints from the inside of office windows? Giving your windows a wipe may not be at the top of your list of workplace chores, but paying a little attention in...
3 Reasons Why Commercial Cleaning is Crucial
Let's face it: commercial cleaning probably isn't high on the priority lists of entrepreneurs nervously launching their long-awaited brainchild. How your carpets will stay clean (especially if they're light carpets) and how your boardroom will stay fresh probably...
5 Tips for Maintaining Light Office Carpets
There are all sorts of reasons why a business might choose to install white or light carpets. Bright, pale floor surfaces are brilliant at making rooms appear larger, airier and fresher. Fantastic for bringing a feeling of modernity and sleekness, using white...
3 Hygiene Hacks to Make Your Workplace Healthier
When there's a cold going around the office, it's probably only a matter of time before most of your staff are sneezing and coughing. Aside from ensuring employees stay away from the office when they are poorly, there are many ways employers can prevent the spread of...
3 Hidden Germ Hot-spots in Commercial Offices
Your workplace may look sparkling clean on the surface, but germs can hide anywhere. While keeping your office looking the part will impress clients and visitors, ensuring that your workplace is germ free will ensure your workforce stay healthy. Although the average...
How to Clean your Office Air Purifier
Air purifiers are fantastic for freshening up offices. These helpful devices filter all sorts of nasties out of the air in workplaces: from dust and pollen to smoke particles, mould spores and other allergen-causing particles. Air purification can help keep your...
Invigorate Your Commercial Office This Spring
Now that spring is here, it's the perfect time to give your workplace a fresh burst of energy. The winter months can leave us feeling gloomy and more than a little demotivated. Harnessing the changing seasons could really reinvigorate your business. With the...
How to Tidy Employee Workspaces (Marie Kondo-style)
Is your business premises chock-full of clutter and coffee cups? Businesses are busy places, which is why work areas can quickly become chaotic. If your office is client-facing however, all of this productivity can appear disorganised and downright off-putting. Time...
3 Ways to Make your Workplace Spark Joy
Does your workplace 'spark joy'? It’s highly likely that the answer is no, no matter how much you love your job. But Netflix's latest surprise hit might be able to help you introduce a little joyousness into your professional space. If you are one of the thousands of...
How to Reduce Plastic Waste in your Workplace
There hasn’t been an awful lot of positive environmental news on the front pages lately. In fact, a wave of troubling environmental stories has been hitting newsstands and digital headlines in recent months. Amongst other troubling stories has emerged the particularly...