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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
There is probably not many companies that are not financially hit by the current economic downturn. Budgets are reviewed and service providers scrutinised for the service they provide and the cost at which they provide it.
One such service is cleaning. As an ‘invisible’ service to our clients, our work is mainly done in the evening, or sometimes early morning, when staff are not in the office. We provide a seamless service which is out of hours and managed in the evening and during the day by our experienced management team.
During these ‘cost cutting’ times, cleaning is not an ‘added expense’ that can be cut in order to reduce costs, but an essential service to ensure your work environment is clean and healthy.
If the workstations and equipment is kept clean and sanitised, the washrooms and kitchens are mopped and cleaned with the proper cleaning products, it is a scientific fact that staff are ill less often. This is a huge saving to the company as sick days cost employers millions each year.
So, don’t scrimp or cut down your cleaning services, as this will impact on your staff and their wellbeing.
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
Shipshape Cleaning are pleased to announce that they have once again achieved their accreditation with SAFEContractor.
It is an important accreditation to us and we invest a lot of time and money as a company ensuring our Health & Safety documentation is continuely reviewed and kept up to date with any new H&S practices or legislation.
We take H&S very seriously and ensure all staff are fully trained on H&S, they understand the H&S implications of the chemicals they use on a daily basis and inform us immediately of any posing H&S risk on our sites.
We are pleased with our achievement again this year, as we have been SAFEContractor accrediated for 3 years now.
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
Obviously when you think of cleaning you think about the chemicals being used to clean with but also cleaners should have a good supply of cloths, mops and buckets. These should be in good condition and colour coded depending on which area of the home or office is being cleaned.
When tendering for new cleaning contracts I still find it astounding these days to open a cleaners cupboard in an office to see only a couple of cloths that are being used to clean with. I think my comment to the prospective client was, if that cloth is for the toilets and that cloth is for the kitchen, what cloth are they using to clean your desk with??? Horrible thought I know but clearly cross-contamination has not been considered.
With a lot of sick bugs and cold bugs going around at the moment, cleaning and cleanliness really is of paramount importance and should be top of our agenda. And, as a cleaning company that promotes, trains on and colour codes its cleaning equipment it really is.
Athough not a legal requirement, we have, as a company, always followed the colour coding rules to the letter. We have separate coloured cloths and buckets & mops for the washrooms. These are used purely in the washroom and no where else. We have another colour for the kitchen cloth, mops & buckets, only to be used in there. Then we have another colour for the office desks only and a glass cloth for spot cleaning glass. We stick a laminated copy of our Colour Coding method onto the inside of the site cleaners cupboard as a reminder to our cleaning staff.
Cleaning is about keeping the area clean, dust-free and sanitary, and not cross-contaminating germs!
So, next time you look in your cleaner’s cupboard, see how many colours of cloths they have…..
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
At Shipshape Cleaning we work very hard to ensure we have excellent standards as a company and we meet your expectations.
To test this, we regularly request feedback from our clients and update our testimonials.
Here are what some of our client’s are saying about us:
“Shipshape Cleaning have looked after our cleaning requirements for a number of years now.
In that time I have been very impressed by their continued drive for improvement, the quality of the work, their integrity,
the standard of their staff and the superb customer service shown at all levels by the team.
I would have no hesitation in recommending them to any business to carry out the cleaning of their facilities.”
“Shipshape are accommodating to the needs of our business and can respond to ad-hoc requests with ease.
The standard of cleaning is very high and the account management excellent.”
“The Shipshape team have a professional attitude at all levels, from site staff to the senior managers.
Where problems have arisen they are resolved in a speedy and positive manner. We are pleased that Shipshape continues
to deliver on it’s promise to us and provide great standards for our visitors and employees.”
These are just snippets from a few of our clients. If you would like full testimonials of our work, please let us know.
We are here to help and raise the standard of your office cleaning.
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
Its that time of year where amongst the chaos of Christmas, it’s a good time to look at your shredding and old electrical office equipment.
We can offer our clients both these additional services.
Confidential Waste Management
Our management and control of collection, transporation and destruction of confidential material conforms to BS15713. All documents are destroyed by means of cross-cut shredding, so that the resulting material is unreadable, illegiable and unreconstructable. A certificate of destruction is issued for each consignment.
Key Points:
- secure consoles located throughout offices
- scheduled collections, either weekly, fortnightly or monthly
- All sacks and seals provided free of charge
- All waste shredded within 24 hours of arriving at our shredding plant
- Certificate of Destruction is issued once shredding completed
- 100% of shredded waste recycled
- Low fixed weekly cost
WEE Recycling
We offer all our clients the removal of all old electrical items free of charge, twice a year.
This is a service we provide as an additional service to help our clients keep their offices tidy and free of all electrical items that they no longer require.
The benefits are:
- We schedule the collections with our WEE Recycling Partner at a convenient time for our clients
- Items are taken away from the client’s premises, with no hassle
- A signed Recycling Certificate is issued to our client
- These items are recycled and do not end up in landfill
- This service costs the client nothing, except for the disposal of CRT monitors that require specialized disposal
If your current cleaning contractor does not offer you any additional services, contact us on 01494 468989 to find out more…
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
Winter is offically here … 
The clocks going back marks the official start of the Winter and the weather which comes along with it.
Jack Frost will be visiting us most mornings and if anything like last year so will the snow!!
You may have got caught out last year, along with your Staff. You probably experienced difficulties getting to work, or even on occasions not managing to get there at all. Like most companies, I am sure it made an impact to some degree on your business as well.
Do not get caught short this year, be prepared for the bad weather.
We can offer you a Gritting Service Contract to ensure your car park, walkways and entrances are kept clear and safe for your employees and visitors.
But, do not delay, contact us soon for a quote. Once the bad weather sets in, we may not be able to deliver the service you require, due to demand.
How do your carpets look after the Winter? We can offer a carpet cleaning service as well. http://shipshapecleaning.co.uk/office-contract-cleaning/carpet-cleaning/. We can also supply all kinds of office matting to help protect your carpets and flooring areas.
Call us on the office number on 01494 468989 or email at info@shipshapecleaning.co.uk.
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
Any form of change can be daunting and it is all too easy to be complacent and adopt the attitude ‘Better the Devil you know’
But that Devil could cost you money and you could be receiving a better service and greater value for money.
- Why put up with bad service? You can make the choice to change.
- Why do you feel you are managing your cleaning contract, when you pay for that service?
- Feel fed up with coming in each morning and despairing at the standards?
If you were not receiving good service or value for money concerning your personal affairs – would you put up with it? I suspect not. You would want the best.
Clients sometimes worry about the change over of cleaning companies, but once you make that leap of faith, you WILL get a good service, Shipshape Cleaning are committed to this.
We guarantee a smooth transition in your cleaning services, and we have many satisfied clients whom we have worked with from the start and vastly improved their cleaning service.
Clients have said:
“Shipshape dealt very professionally and swiftly with the challenges we had with unproductive personnel, with out any involvement from me. It was reassuring to see both the Contracts Manager and Site Supervisor on site every evening until these challenges were resolved.”
“From day one of the contract I felt I could rely on Shipshape Cleaning to resolve any issues and oversee the new team settling in.”
“I’d like to compliment the management team on the seamless transition at the beginning of the contract, and staff have noticed the increased levels of service and cleanliness.
“The staff are well trained and receive good supervision, the agreed specification is adhered to and other requests I make are carried out in a timely manner.”
The comments above are just a few made by our customers. Take a look at the full testimonials on page http://shipshapecleaning.co.uk/about/testimonials/. When we tender for cleaning contracts, we can always provide up to date and relevant references.
Use our Free Audit Form: http://shipshapecleaning.co.uk/free-cleaning-audit-form/. This is a very useful exercise to carry out to ascertain what kind of service you are receiving and are you getting value for money.
Take a look at our full company brochure: http://shipshapecleaning.co.uk/download-brochure/. We can provide a basic cleaning service or whatever other services your organisation may require.
Our aim is to provide the highest standard within the cleaning industry that consistently exceeds expectations. Whatever your cleaning requirements are, be it a small office or a big organisation, our high standards will remain the same. We always deliver the best.
Take that Devil by the horns, call us today on 01494 468989.
Let us show you what we can do.
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
The Team at Shipshape Cleaning wish you a veeerrry Scaarryy Halloween!!!!!
Meet our Office Team
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Two sites have achieved ‘Site of the Month’ in October.
Congratulations to Vee who looks after Nicholas King Homes. A bottle of red wine will be winging its way to you
Also Congratulations to Lucy who looks after Stokenchurch House. A bottle of red wine is also on its way to you. We would also like to wish a very Happy Birthday for Tuesday.
Well done girls!
You will also both be receiving a Certificate to mark your achievement.
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
Before the Winter really sets in – have you thought about the appearance of your offices from the outside, and even more importantly how your visitors will see them. First impressions are very important and very strongly influence your expectations of what kind of service you may receive from the inside.
Therefore if your offices or building have the air of neglect, it does not give a positive impression.
There are a number of ways Shipshape Cleaning can enhance the appearance of the exterior of your building.
We can offer the highest standards in window cleaning technology. We operate the Reach and Wash System which is, Health and Safety approved. We are specialists in high rise and difficult to access cleaning.
If you would like the stonework, surrounding paths, steps and other walkway areas professionally cleaned, we can provide this service too. We can include signs and name plates if required. Make your building look inviting.
If your offices are situated in grounds and you have to maintain gardens, parking and communal areas, especially at this time of year when leaves and debris can make the outside look very untidy, this is a service we can also provide.
If you have any special requests or require a one off service, we can assist you with these also.
Please visit our website at www.shipshapecleaning.co.uk to find out what other services we can offer your organisation.
If we can assist you with the above services or you have any questions or queries regarding our company and the services we can provide, please contact us at sales@shipshapecleaning.co.uk or call us on 01494 468989.
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