Our clients recognise us for not only our hard work but our dedication, commitment, flexibility and responsiveness; that is why APM’s contracts extend from social care to construction, healthcare to facilities management and housing to blue light services. But why and how are we different from our competitors? Approach Recruitment Training Adaptability Read the APM story: In 2005 I bought a domestic cleaning franchise. The franchisor went bust. I was making profit, so I rebranded to APM Cleaning & Repair, transferred my staff and started to diversify into new sectors, growing the business. I learned to diversify and pivot. I flipped the business to commercial cleaning in 2019 and learned how to bid for work via formal tender, … [Read more...] about At APM we are different.
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When thinking about priorities and key departments within any business, functions key to the business’ operation are at the forefront; finance, HR, sales, all typically covered by organisational teams and personnel. Where does the cleaning function feature on your list? To me and my team at APM, it is our world, our business and our passion, but to a lot of organisations, cleaning is fairly low down on their list of priorities. However, do not underestimate the importance of a regular commercial cleaning contract, or one-off deep-cleans, whether your business trades in office premises, social care environments, commercial building sites, municipal buildings or you are a landlord, responsible for multiple facilities. The value the in employing a … [Read more...] about Don’t undervalue the worth of the UK cleaning industry
APM Cleaning & Repair Ltd has been providing professional cleaning and facilities management services across numerous sectors in the North of England since 2005. Recognised for our end-to-end project management skills, robust systems, the high-quality of our work, reliability, professionalism and our relentless drive for innovation and improvement, APM has established a reputation within the construction industry for working alongside some of the most recognised names in the country. With the support of an award-winning leadership team, APM’s Managing Director, Samantha Read won North-East Service Industries Entrepreneur of the Year at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2021; her entrepreneurial skills, transferred across every division of the … [Read more...] about More about Builders Cleans
Our combined experience and skillset cover wide-ranging industry sectors and at APM Cleaning & Repair, we not only guarantee each client is more than satisfied with our standards and levels of cleaning but additionally ensure our teams are trained in the unique requirements of each of the sectors we operate within. Recognising that the ability to adapt and flex to constantly changing practices results in customer assurance that our teams onsite are familiar with and are able to respond to, unique situations which arise in the course of their working day. Experienced in post-build cleans, we work extensively within the construction sector and are Silver Members on Constructionline and hold Enhanced CHAS with our teams holding CSCS Cards, allowing us to … [Read more...] about Tailoring our Approach
The cleaning sector is a professional industry, with a wealth of knowledge to discover and industry standard training programmes to complete, if you wish to become an educated and qualified business, recognised within the cleaning profession. Samantha Read of APM Cleaning and Repair Ltd. has an extensive history within the cleaning industry and vast experience in executing training programmes to cover the wealth of knowledge required to succeed in a professional cleaning business capacity. Having recently been awarded the north-east Entrepreneur of the Year for the Services Industry, Samantha has expanded her business portfolio with an arm dedicated to the training of others and has launched ‘The Business of Cleaning’. Offering training programmes for those … [Read more...] about The Business of Cleaning
With the cleaning industry now worth £55bn annually to the UK economy, perhaps it’s now time to start taking us cleaning companies seriously. Long gone are the days of having someone in for a couple of hours each week to give the office the old once over. Covid has highlighted the need and want for higher standards in hygiene and cleanliness and that can only be provided by those trained and qualified for the job. At APM Our teams are highly-trained to service a wide range of commercial premises and specialise in providing the highest standards of safe and professional cleaning services for: Social housing companies Local authority Extra Care facilities Local authority Social services The Social Care sector Construction Companies … [Read more...] about It’s time to take us seriously…
APM Cleaning & Repair operate long and short-term contracts and ad-hoc cleans for clients in many differing industry sectors across the north of England and Scotland. Our staff are fully trained and as a business, we are accredited to work in industries such as social care, facilities management, commercial offices and domestic buildings. One sector in which our work is particularly recognised is within the construction industry. With many years of experience, APM is a long-standing partner of many building and construction companies, such as Engie, Sigma, Tolent, Compass and Sendrig, who recognise the value and standard of our service and procure our teams for Builders Cleans. But, what is a Builders Clean? When a building contract is complete and … [Read more...] about What is a Builders Clean?
For Landlords and Property Management Companies, End of Tenancy cleans are a vital part to the effective management of property stock. No matter how large or small your portfolio and what cleaning contracts have been employed throughout the term of each lease; to meet the required levels of presenting a new rental property and ensuring required maintenance is undertaken, hiring the professionals is the only way to go when it comes to end of tenancy. If you’re fortunate, tenants will have cleaned the property for the sake of securing the return of deposit funds and if you rent properties with cleaning contracts built into the lease, the property shall hopefully have maintained a good level of cleanliness. The end of tenancy deep clean however is new level … [Read more...] about End of Tenancy Cleaning: More than meets the eye!
We’ve all established that there are positives and negatives surrounding working from home. Whether video calls in your pjs is something you have grown accustomed to or the interference from kids/pets/other half/poor internet (delete as appropriate) is becoming intolerable, and you dream of normality (if we can remember what that is!), a return to the workplace is inevitable for most, at some stage. Just because your offices have been sitting empty however, doesn’t mean there hasn’t been a build-up of dust and grime, and those dirty dishes you left in the sink….? Well, they will be unrecognizable and hosting multiple bacteria…. not to mention the toilets which have been sitting unflushed, with water evaporating, leaving an open path for sewer odours. At APM … [Read more...] about Hi Lo Hi Lo it’s back to work we go…..
Client: Newcastle City Council Background: APM Cleaning & Repair has been a trusted supplier of Cleaning Services to Newcastle City Council on a regular and ad-hoc basis since 2005. Job: APM was requested to provide a price to clear and clean a tenant’s property by NCC Social Services Department. Appraisal: APM met with the appointed social worker at the premises to understand the full job requirements, where the tenant was still in situ. The home was over-filled, in an extremely dirty and unsanitary condition with blood, urine and faeces evident throughout the property. APM initially requested further information relating to the case relevant to the clean; specifically, to be made aware of any known blood … [Read more...] about Case Study: Hoarding Clean