Shipshape Cleaning News | High Wycombe | Bucks | UK

Grit & Salt Gets Everywhere!!!

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:46:02 +0000

Although gritting the roads, paths and carparks is absolutely essential this time of year, the grit and salt in it can cause havoc with carpets and floor inside our offices.

We would recommend a carpet clean to either all the walkways in your building or a full carpet clean of all carpets before spring is upon us! We can then set up a regular programme of carpet cleaning so we manage your carpets for you and they are periodically cleaned at weekends to suit you.

So, when the snowy and icy weather has disappeared, why not contact us and book in your company carpets, or a deep clean of your hard floors to bring them back to a sparkling clean finish. We will remove all the salt, marks, water staining and residue left by this bad weather.

Booking Now for Post Refurbishment & Pre-Let/Post Let Commercial Cleans

shipshapenewsadmin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:29:47 +0000

Are You Just About to Move into New Offices?

Have you had an Office Area Refurbished?

We can provide you with a complete clean up service. Our experienced cleaning teams are there for your convenience. Let us take the hassle out of cleaning up after building work.

We have:

- Experienced, Manager led, cleaning teams that work until the job is complete to your specification

- A complete service including window cleaning, carpet cleaning and deep floor cleaning

- A flexible schedule to complete the works at a time that suits you, including weekends

- An all inclusive price including all the equipment and chemicals to do the work

- Efficient & punctual teams providing a professional and reliable service

Call us and we will come out to site and give you a cometetive quotation for all your cleaning needs.

Happy New Year from Shipshape Cleaning

shipshapenewsadmin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:13:54 +0000

We would like to wish you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year! It’s a very exciting time starting a New Year.

The New Year is always a good time to review and in some cases change contracts. With company spending scrutinised and budgets being cut for services, now is the time to ensure you are getting value for money from your cleaning contract provider and the service you expect!

If you do need to review your cleaning contract, the first place you should start is an independent audit of your cleaning one morning, this can be done in conjuction with the existing service schedule, which should form part of your cleaning contract, and our Audit Form.

Our audit form can be found on our website at www.shipshapecleaning.co.uk/free-cleaning-audit-form

Once you have reviewed your cleaning, give us a call and we will happily meet with you to discuss your requirements and how Shipshape Cleaning can exceed your expectations.

Shipshape Cleaning Employee of the Year 2011

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:24:35 +0000

We would like to announce that Shipshape Cleaning’s employee of the Year for 2011 is Debby Lamari.

Debby started working for Shipshape 2 years ago as a cleaner at Informatica, within a team of 4 cleaners. After a short period of time we recognised Debby’s potential and she was made Team Leader. Last year Debby was promoted to Site Supervisor. She has done a terrific job on a busy site and her team have been most supportive.

Debby received gift vouchers and joined the head office team for our annual Christmas dinner which took place this year at Missenden Abbey. Congratulation and well done Debby, it is a much deserved award.

Debby receiving her Employee of the Year Certificate

The Whole Team

Are you having a Christmas Clear Out?

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:18:45 +0000

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…

Are we ready for the Flu this Winter?

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:07:40 +0000

It’s that time of year again when colds, coughs and flu rear their ugly heads. But, there are things you can do to reduce the chances of catching something nasty, or if you do have colds or flu, passing it on to others.

The key is to be prepared with a very good range of antibacterial hand gels, hand washes and wipes. This is particularly important in an office environment, where germs are easily spread on computer equipments and telephones. Air conditioning and office heating can spread the germs around.

The range we promote and supply is the New Genn range of anti-bacterial products.

Products Shipshape Cleaning Can Offer:

Maceratable Wet Wipes – Packets of 52 wipes – Useful for staff to wipe their own handsets, keyboards etc
The liquid is plentiful to ensure you gain the protection required. To better protect you, these contain very few ingredients and leave skin feeling really nice. Very safe for skin, especially for babies and broken skin in conditions like eczema. The more substantial 52 wipe packs for household, car and work use.

Foam Handrub – 500ml bottle – Commonly found in hospitals, these rubs can be situated throughout the building for staff use
The unique, world-renowned, solvent-free hand sanitiser that’s kind to your hands and long lasting. Ideal for children. It works rapidly against bacteria and other microbes, including even the most dangerous hospital super-bugs. Derived from coconut oil. The foam makes it easy to see when you’ve fully covered your hands.

Foam Handwash – 500 ml bottle – Can be used in washrooms to replace existing handsoaps and antibacterial handwash for extra protection, following visits to the toilet
It has excellent cleansing action and leaves hands soft and smooth. Favoured in settings where occupational dermatitis is common. Created from natural plant oils, it is kind to skin yet works rapidly to kill bacteria and many other microbes. 500ml.

We can also provide you with the wall mounted unit for the alcohol free, antimicrobial & cleansing foam hand rub.

Please contact Shipshape Cleaning at info@shipshapecleaning.co.uk or call our office on 01494 468989, if you wish to order any of these products.

Sarah Celebrates 5 years service at Shipshape Cleaning

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:36:56 +0000

On Monday 21st November, Sarah Elton our Business Development Manager, celebrated 5 years working for Shipshape Cleaning Company.

When Sarah joined the company, she was Office Administrator and the company was located at Basepoint at the end of Lincoln Road. Since then, the company has had a change of location to Anglo Office Park, a New Website, a New Brochure, Safe Contractor & ISO Accreditations, the Introduction of the Automated Timecard System, to name a few of the changes we have had in 5 years.

Sarah’s role has evolved since she started in 2006, and now Sarah manages Sales & Marketing for the company and is Shipshape’s Health & Safety Manager.

Dawn Parkes – Managing Director, presented Sarah with her 5 years service certificate, an engraved carriage clock, boxed pen and flowers.

Sarah is presented with her 5 year service certificate, and goodies!!!

We also enjoyed some chocolate cake too.

Here’s to another 5 years Sarah!

Sarah and the Shipshape Office Team

Employing the Right People for your Cleaning Contract

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:13:27 +0000

At Shipshape Cleaning we are very aware that our Cleaning Staff are Company Ambassadors and our reputation is dependent upon their performance.

We adopt a very thorough recruitment procedure. Any potential employee has to complete the following steps:-

Complete our full application form at the interview
Provide 2 work related references
Provide original proof of their national insurance number
Provide original proof of ID
Provide proof of their eligability to work in the UK

We take our responsibilities very seriously and check that all employees are able to work legitimately in the UK before employment and during our employment.

We have this procedure in place to follow employment law on employing staff and to keep your cleaning contract safe.

Upon the commencement of their employment with Shipshape, all cleaning staff are given a full inducation specific to the site at which they are allocated to. This includes a ‘practical cleaning workshop’, COSHH and Health and Safety Training.

We also use ‘best practice’ procedures of colour coding cloths, mops and equipment to ensure no cross contamination occurs. This is a standard procedure that all cleaners must adopt from the start.

We have the highest cleaning standards within the industry. All of our Staff are monitored on a regular basis on site to ensure that they are consistently delivering a high standard of cleaning. We also carry out Quality Review Logs on all sites. That way you get to see firsthand the results of inspection by our Management Team. The reports are available for inspection by yourself, when we hold regular review meetings with you.

Every site has its own dedicated team to work solely on your contract. They will know and understand the specific requirements and cleaning schedule. Holidays are covered by fully trained staff who once again will know your contract.

We reward good work and loyalty with incentive reward schemes. We believe if we take care of our cleaning staff, they will take care of you.

Contact us today at sales@shipshapecleaning.co.uk Let us provide you with the Shipshape Cleaning experience, a decision you will not regret.

Be Prepared for the Bad Weather with our Gritting Services

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:52:43 +0000

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.

Why put up with a Bad Cleaning Service?

shipshapenewsadmin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:08:36 +0000

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.