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Quality Management and Skills come first at Initial Facilities Services

17/07/2007

Initial Facilities Services, the UK’s leading commercial cleaning and facilities company, today announces that it has been awarded three of the highest quality assurance, environment and healthy and safety accreditations in the UK. At the same time, the company has become one of the first companies in the UK to sign up to the Government’s Skills Pledge.

The three quality accreditations are:

  • The first is the well-known ISO9001:2000, the internationally recognised standard for an organisation’s internal quality management system. Initial already had this accreditation in some of its businesses. Now this has been extended to the whole division. Initial has introduced enhanced quality systems in all businesses throughout the UK.
  • The second is the very important environmental quality standard – ISO1401:2004. This specifies the requirements for an organisation's environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects over which an organisation has control and where it can be expected to have an influence.
  • Finally, in the area of Health and Safety, Initial has received the OHSAS18001:1999 accreditation. Initial has made significant enhancements to its health and safety standards and delivered improved overall performance.

At the same time, Initial Facilities Services has become one of the first companies in the UK to sign up to the Government’s Skills Pledge. Already an industry leader when it comes to colleague development, Initial is committed to supporting all employees to gain skills and qualifications, in particular in the areas of literacy and numeracy.

The company’s support for the Skills Pledge was announced on 14 June at an event with the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, Skills Envoy, Sir Digby Jones, and Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Rt Hon Alan Johnson. Commenting on the accreditation awards, Peter Turner, Head of Risk Management said: “Eighteen months of hard work has gone into achieving these awards and I am absolutely delighted that we passed on all three counts. Employing over 30,000 staff in the UK, Initial Facilities Services is committed to ensuring that we are at the forefront of the industry in terms of Health and Safety, Environment and Quality.”

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Notes to Editors

Initial Facilites Services is a division of Rentokil Initial plc. It is the UK’s largest cleaning and support services company. Employing over 30,000 staff, the Dudley-based company specialises in providing services to the business, industry, retail, leisure, transport and leisure markets.

For further information: Michelle Oliver, Marketing Director. Tel: 01344 384 554.

Email: moliver@ri-facilities.com

 
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