Cape Clean Commercial Cleaning

Commercial cleaning is cleaning that is undertaken by professional cleaners who are hired by a company or organisation. For example, hotels, offices and leisure centres are likely to hire commercial cleaners to ensure that their buildings are adequately sanitised and clean. Commercial cleaning is very different from domestic cleaning.

Types of commercial cleaning

There are different types of commercial cleaning, so in some cases, commercial cleaners will cater to specific businesses (such as hotels). Here is a list of some of the main types of commercial cleaning services:

        Hotel housekeeping – this cleaning service allows the regular upkeep of hotel rooms, corridors and other facilities that may experience high traffic. It is essential to have bedrooms cleaned professionally as these spaces can accumulate lots of different types of germs.
        Office cleaning – this keeps office spaces clean and tidy to help boost productivity in the workplace.
        Medical facility cleaning – this type of cleaning service is very important as medical facilities are high traffic areas that are exposed to a number of germs and bacteria. Special care will need to be taken around medical equipment, chemicals and patient rooms.
        Sports and leisure cleaning – this includes the sanitisation of equipment, changing rooms that experience high traffic and swimming pools which must follow strict hygiene criteria.
        Ventilation cleaning – this service will maintain vents and extraction units to prevent dust and debris piling up over time and posing a threat to people’s health.
        Window cleaning – ensures that buildings look professional inside and out as well as offering employees good visibility.

These cleaning services will typically involve routine and general cleaning using a variety of commercial cleaning products, chemicals and techniques.

Why is commercial cleaning important?

No matter what business you’re in, keeping buildings clean is incredibly important for health and safety reasons, as well as making a good first impression on customers. Cape Clean has put together  some of the benefits of commercial cleaning to demonstrate the vital role it plays across organisations:

Relieves pressure from management and staff members

With staff and management being busy with other tasks throughout the day, it can be difficult to find the time to clean. Furthermore, having a clean environment can have a positive impact on productivity and motivation as there is less clutter to distract employees and the workspace has a fresher feel.

Maintains properties and prevents damage

Commercial cleaners are professionally trained to ensure that buildings are hygienic and safe. It is important to regularly clean areas to prevent damage – for example, if there is a spillage that is not dealt with in good time, it could lead to permanent damage or staining. Therefore, hiring commercial cleaners can be cost-effective in the long term as you do not have to replace furniture as often.

The cleanliness of buildings reflect businesses

Having a clean environment which is organised will make a good first impression on new customers, as well as retaining existing ones. For example, if your business is a leisure centre and it is not cleaned regularly, customers may be put off and look use alternative facilities.
It’s essential for health and safety reasons

Allowing mould to grow, not throwing away expired consumables or leaving dust to pile up can be bad for people’s health. For example, if you run a hotel and a customer suffers from asthma, dust could trigger an allergic reaction which will put the customer at risk. Therefore. commercial cleaners play a pivotal role in keeping guests and employees safe.

Looking for commercial cleaning services provider?

If you’re looking for commercial cleaning service provider, Cape Clean has got you covered! We know just how important it is to maintain a high level of hygiene in businesses. If you’d like any information or advice, please contact us and our friendly team will be happy to help.

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BLACKPINK's Lisa celebrates birthday with BLINK

 The “MONEY” singer is one of the biggest inspirations for future female soloists in K-pop, who today celebrates another year of life. Lisa debuted in BLACKPINK in 2016. Photo: YG Entertainment Lisa debuted in BLACKPINK in 2016. 

 Foto: YG Entertainment

 

The new Chivas Regal ambassador is Lisa from BLACKPINK, this new achievement adds to the list of collaborations that she has made, in recent years, in recognized brands in the fashion world such as Bulgari and Celine. Now, the singer has taken some time off to celebrate this special day with her fans.

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Lollapalooza: Anitta goes on stage and performs with Miley Cyrus

 

Foto: Manu Scarpa/ Brazil News

When we thought that Miley Cyrus' show at Lollapalooza couldn't get any better, the singer surprised everyone by calling none other, none other, than Anitta to go on stage, right after the opening with "Mother's Daughter".

The duo sang “Boys Don’t Cry“, in the highest pitch, very well. The artists showed the biggest swing and drove the fans crazy as they rolled together, in the greatest tune.

They teased, gave hugs and slaps on the butt. Miles did not spare praise for the Brazilian, even after she had already left the stage after her brief participation.

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Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide

 AMSTERDAM - The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a non-binding motion saying the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China amounts to genocide, the first such move by a European country.

Activists and U.N. rights experts say at least one million Muslims are being detained in camps in the remote western region of Xinjiang. The activists and some Western politicians accuse China of using torture, forced labour and sterilisations.

China denies any human rights abuses in Xinjiang and says its camps provide vocational training and are needed to fight extremism.

“A genocide on the Uighur minority is occurring in China,” the Dutch motion said, stopping short of directly saying that the Chinese government was responsible.

The Chinese Embassy in The Hague said on Thursday any suggestion of a genocide in Xinjiang was an “outright lie” and the Dutch parliament had “deliberately smeared China and grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs.”

Canada passed a resolution labelling China’s treatment of the Uighurs genocide earlier this week.

The Dutch motion said that actions by the Chinese government such as “measures intended to prevent births” and “having punishment camps” fell under United Nations Resolution 260, generally known as the genocide convention.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s conservative VVD party voted against the resolution.

“GREAT CONCERN”

Foreign Minister Stef Blok said the government did not want to use the term genocide, as the situation has not been declared as such by the United Nations or by an international court.

“The situation of the Uighurs is a cause of great concern”, Blok told reporters after the motion was passed, adding that the Netherlands hoped to work with other nations on the matter.

The author of the motion, lawmaker Sjoerd Sjoerdsma of the centre-left D-66 Party, has separately proposed lobbying the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics away from Beijing.

“Recognising the atrocities that are taking place against the Uighurs in China for what they are, namely genocide, prevents the world from looking the other way and forces us into action,” he told Reuters in an emailed response to questions.

In a statement on its website, the Chinese Embassy in The Hague said the Uighur population in Xinjiang has been growing in in recent years, enjoying a higher standard of living, and a longer life expectancy.

“How can you call this a genocide?” it said. “Xingjiang-related issues are never about human rights, ethnicity or religion, but about combating violent terrorism and succession.”

China’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva accused Western powers on Wednesday of using the Uighur issue to meddle in his country’s internal affairs.

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Latino groups to Obama: You owe Latinos the election, now pass immigration reform

By Liz Goodwin

Voters in a polling place in East Los Angeles on Tuesday (David McNew/Getty Images)

In initially off-the-record comments to the Des Moines Register's editors in October, President Barack Obama said that if he won re-election, he would owe it to Latinos.

"Should I win a second term," Obama said, "a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican Party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community."

Exit polls show the president's prediction was on the mark.

The national exit poll estimated that about 10 percent of those who voted in the presidential election identified as Hispanic, marking Latinos' highest-ever share of the electorate. Latinos backed Obama over challenger Mitt Romney a resounding 71 to 27 percent.

Gary Segura, a pollster for Latino Decisions and a professor at Stanford University, told reporters on Wednesday that he believes the exit poll understated Latinos' support for Obama by 4 points, and that the president actually won 75 percent of their vote.

Segura estimates that Latinos gave Obama an extra 2.3 percentage points in the popular vote. If Romney had managed to nab just 35 percent of Latinos, he would have won the popular vote, Segura said. (President George W. Bush captured at least that share of Latinos in 2000 and 2004, showing Republicans are backsliding with the group.)
Leaders of immigrant rights and Latino groups told reporters in a conference call on Wednesday that Obama owes his second term to Latino voters, and should repay them by passing comprehensive immigration reform. Obama promised to pass a law legalizing many of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country while he campaigned four years ago, and he's been chastised by Latino leaders for breaking his promise.
"Obama is going to return to the White House more energized to take these issues seriously," said Ben Monterroso, the director of Mi Familia Vota, a national organization that encourages Latinos to vote.

Eliseo Medina, secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, said Latino voters had sent a message to Obama. "We expect leadership on comprehensive immigration reform in 2013," he said. "To both sides we say: 'No more excuses.'"

The heavy pro-Obama Latino vote also sends a message to the Republican Party, which needs to make inroads in the fast-growing Hispanic community to survive. Ana Navarro, a Miami-based Republican political strategist who had warned Republicans to take a softer tone on immigration if they wanted to win the election, wrote on Twitter that gaining only 27 percent of the Latino vote is a "disgrace."

Most Latino voters said in the Latino Decisions poll that the most important issues to them in this election were the economy and jobs. Thirty-five percent of the voters listed immigration reform as their key issue.

"Our party needs to realize that it's too old and too white and too male, and it needs to figure out how to catch up with the demographics of the country before it's too late," Al Cardenas, the head of the American Conservative Union, told Politico. "Our party needs a lot of work to do if we expect to be competitive in the near future."

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Principal's wife, 49, 'has sex with of her husband's pupils, 14'

Former Mayor/Principal's Wife Accused of Sexual Contact With One of His Students, 14 - Linda Lusk

First off, this isn't the first time we've heard a lawyer say "The truth will come out" after a story breaks that makes their client look really guilty. Unfortunately, we can't ever remember a case when "the truth" really did come out later to exonerate someone in a case like this. It's just something lawyers say before they tell their clients to plead guilty. We'll see if this story proves to be the exception to the rule.

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Second, there's lots of detail in this story, but here are the basics as we understand it:  Linda Lusk, 49, used to be the mayor or Prosser, WA and is currently married to the principal at Prosser High School, the same place where the boy she's accused of having inappropriate contact with goes to school (ouch!). According to reports the two exchanged increasingly inappropriate texts over several months, including an allegedly topless picture she sent to him. On April 28, the kid had only a half day of school, so he walked over to Lusk's nearby house where--according to police reports--she led him into the bedroom and "eventually touched his penis and asked him to touch her breasts, which he did." Later she felt guilty and went to talk to the boys parents, not realizing that junior had already likely bragged to his friends which got the attention of police who showed up at Lusk's house two hours later.

Lusk, a Tyee High School graduate, is accused of sexting and having sexual relations with a 14-year-old boy.  The allegations surfaced after Lusk herself contacted the boy's mother and informed her of the relationship Lusk her self described as "inappropriate," according to the request for a protection order against the former mayor.

But her attorney said there's more to the story.  "Linda has a story to tell, and I think it's pretty compelling story to tell. And some day, her version will be told. Now's not the time, but the truth of what happened will come out," said attorney Scott Johnson.  Johnson refused to elaborate as the investigation is ongoing.  "There's a lot of rumor and innuendo, but I can tell you 99 percent of that is just untrue," she said. "Once all the investigation is done and once Linda gets a chance to tell her side, the actual truth will come out."

According to the statement of probable cause, the boy was questioned by his parents after they heard from Lusk. "She stated to me that she had grown very fond of my son over the past few years, and that he was a very great kid," the victim's mother wrote in the request for a protection order. "She informed me they had been texting each other for quite some time, and it had really gotten out of hand the past few months. She told me that it was inappropriate on her part and that she was sick to her stomach."

The boy told his parents "he had been exchanging texts with the defendant for a period of time," and that she had "sent him one text with a picture of herself partially undressed," the statement said.  The boy said he "went to defendant's house during his lunch hour on an early release day" in April.  "The juvenile, the 14-year-old boy, went to the defendant's house, she brought him into the bedroom and had sexual contact at that time," said Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller.

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