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Extreme Cleaning: The Shard Window Cleaning

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Here at Total Clean, we’ve cleaned some pretty ‘extreme’ places in offices around London, but we’ve got nothing on some of the guys who work on The Shard!

Officially opened earlier last week and holder of the title ‘Western Europe’s Tallest Building’, the Shard in London is the brainchild of Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al Thani, and provides up over 31.4 acres of space across 78 floors. But the Shard’s window cleaning still has to be done! Read the rest >>

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13 Professional Office Cleaning Tips

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Everyone knows the benefits of a clean and tidy office; improved concentration, less sick days, better morale etc. but – unless you have a cleaning company on hand – it can be hard to stay on top of.

With more and more people working from home, in small teams or hot-desking, here’s 13 ways to keep your desk tidy and your office clean. Read on for 13 professional office cleaning tips that you can use for your home office. Read the rest >>

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Brass Attacked: Sweat Boosts Bacteria on Brass and Copper Fixtures

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The use of brass and copper has been a standard in building interiors such as schools, hospitals and offices for decades. Any element that uses a copper base, like brass, has been proven to help fight bacteria on contact over hundreds of years of research.

However, brass door handles and panels could be facing an unlikely threat; sweaty palms.

The University of Leicester revealed this week that findings from it’s latest study show that he salt in human sweat could counter-act the bacteria-beating chemistry of copper. Read the rest >>

Janitorial Supplies: The Essentials

In Carpet & Floor Cleaning, Cleaning Tips, commercial cleaning, Contract Cleaning, Janitorial Supplies, Office Cleaning, Total Clean Services by TracyLeave a Comment

Whilst it’s been said that a bad workman blames his tools, here at Total Clean, we understand the value of high-quality janitorial supplies to help us in our office-cleaning duties around London (as well as good ol’ fashioned elbow grease, of course!)

So, here’s a guide to a few essential janitorial supplies you’ll never find us without… Read the rest >>

Europe’s Coolest Offices: Google UK HQ in London

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This is not the first time we write about the search giant HQ in London. Back in December 2011 we wrote an article entitled “Google’s Stress Free London Office”. But since this article series is about cool offices in Europe Google UK HQ in London surely deserves to be in it.

Cradle to some of Google’s most important projects like voice search, personalised local search and the most popular Android and iPhone apps the place was designed with only one thing in mind: Inspiration. Read the rest >>

Determining the Effectiveness of Your Office Cleaning Company

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Office cleaning services is a type of service that requires constant evaluation. The effectiveness of an office cleaning company is determined not only by the quality of the service provided but by a series of side-factors including reliability, trustworthiness and a few others.

To determine how effective your office cleaning company is we have compiled a list of questions you should ask yourself and your current cleaning company:

1. Are you happy with the current services provided? Read the rest >>

High Standard Office Cleaning Starts with Adequate Education

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The UK commercial cleaning market has evolved into an ever so competing with numerous, maybe thousands of cleaning companies operating across the land. Evidence of this is by creating a simple forage on Google maps for office cleaning services in central London and you get thousands of answers. So how to determine which one is the most accomplished out of all of them?

As you will find in any trade competent schooling is what splits professionals from amateurs. Read the rest >>

Creative Office Cleaning Tips

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A clean and organised work environment is fundamental to boost productivity. What would your clients and prospects think if they walked into your office to find clusters of paper work everywhere, dirty carpets and disorganised tables?

If I walked into such an office and I would turn back and leave straight away and I bet you would too. With that mind set I’ll share with you some easy to execute office cleaning tips to help keep your office sparkling clean at all time, be it a town office or a home office. Read the rest >>