The very lovely people from Nick Rivett Sports shop of Church Road in Hove have kindly sent us a testimonial for our website. We keep their shop window and signage clean for them on a weekly basis. Here’s what they say about us:

“In my experience Green Mop are the best value, eco friendly cleaning company in Brighton. Green Mop have been cleaning our shop front and windows to the highest standard for over a year now. Superb value for money and Johnny is very reliable. Any retailer will appreciate your shop front is critical to attracting customers into your store - thanks to Green Mop, we are always sparkling clean and well presented. Thank you Green Mop!”

Just received a brilliant testimonial for the commercial cleaning that the Green Mop team in Cheltenham have been doing.

The Property Services Manager for the YMCA offices at Malvern Viewn Business Park said:

“I have been using Green Mop for the last few months and am delighted with the results. The attention to detail is great. Our cleaner is friendly, very hard working and respectful as we are a busy office. They are reliable and our offices always feel fresh and dirt-free after the weekly clean. I can highly recommend them”.

Really good to hear the Cheltenham team are doing such a great job!

Green Mop offices in Brighton, Cheltenham and Worcester will close for Christmas on Friday 23 December.

We will still be checking any emails and phone messages during the holiday period. Any non urgent messages will be responded to when we return on the 3rd January.

Wishing all our team, our customers, suppliers and friends a very merry Christmas.

We had a wonderful time at The Grand Hotel in Brighton where The 2011 Sussex Business Awards and Brighton & Hove Business Awards were presented during an evening of entertainment, food and a fair amount of wine. It was a black tie do, so all local business bods were there in their pomp. What a sight to behold!

And Green Mop were very lucky to have been shortlisted for a BAHBA this year. For the Responsible Business Award. Also on the shortlist were Brighton and Hove’s legendary Infinity Foods, a co-operative that has been doing business responsibly in our city and beyond for 40 years. Thanks to the BAHBAs organisers (Midnight Communications), I got to spend a freezing afternoon on the pier with Dexter from Infinity Foods bouncing up and down on a trampolene whilst the lovely chaps from Fatsand Productions filmed us. The other shortlister didn’t come to the filming, but Dexter and I and the Fatsand team had great (and exhausting) fun.

I thought it would be Dexter and Infinity Foods that would win the award, in the year that they celebrate their 40th birthday, a magnificent achievement. But, I was wrong, the other shortlister, and the winner, was Jury’s Inn. So huge congratulations to them.

Claire called this morning to tell me she’s actually getting a lot of interest from businesses in Worcester for her excellent eco friendly cleaning services. Great news eh! So, for the record, Green Mop are more than happy to help keep homes and businesses clean and green in Cheltenham, Worcester and Gloucester. That should keep the Green Moppers busy!

Claire has made a great start in the new Cheltenham branch of Green Mop. She has secured a few domestic cleaning customers in the Cheltenham area in her first few weeks of business. Cheltenham householders have responded positively, and are happy to now have an eco friendly cleaning service on their doorstep. Anouk in Cheltenham said, “Thanks for doing such a great job - the house feels great!”.

Claire has also secured a couple of commercial cleaning contracts, with great feedback. One new customer was a little bit cynical about ‘the green cleaning thing’, but was amazed at the sparkling results.

With more competitive quotes out there to be followed up, I’m really pleased with Claire’s flying start. She has lined up some Green Moppers to take on more cleaning work as it comes in, so has capacity for more domestic and commercial cleaning customers. So if you’re in the Cheltenham or Worcester areas, get in touch!

An interview Racheal did with the brilliant Julie Stanford from Essential Business - www.essential-business.co.uk

We are delighted to be shortlisted for The Responsible Business Award at this year’s Brighton and Hove Business Awards.

The BAHBAs are being combined with the Sussex Business Awards. So there will be one big celebration of local businesses at The Grand at the beginning of December.

Wish us luck!

We are very pleased to announce our first franchise opening in Cheltenham.

Green Mop Cheltenham launches today with Claire Blizard at the helm. Claire used to live in Brighton, and used Green Mop’s cleaning services.

After a spell in Australia, she has returned to her roots where, she believes, the green and ethical values of Green Mop will be embraced by residents and businesses in her home town.

Claire says, “I struggled to find a ‘green’ cleaning service in the area, and thought Green Mop would be great for Cheltenham’s homes and workplaces.”

We thought it was a brilliant idea. And, with Claire’s background in business and her work ethic, I know she’ll make a success of Green Mop Cheltenham.
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Look out for exciting Green Mop news. Soon.

Not quite yet.

We can’t wait to tell you. But we can’t yet. No, really, I can’t spill the beans yet. Sorry.

*cough* Franchise *oops*

Being an ethical employer with a fair wage policy, this doesn’t affect us. Cleaning is hard and valuable work, and we pay what the market will bear.

I think all our Green Moppers deserve much more than we can afford to pay them, but we do what we can. Many cleaning companies pay minimum wage and have staff on temporary contracts, avoiding holiday pay and so on.

So they may have lower costs than us, but our staff stay with us longer and perform better as a result of being paid a fair wage. They have holiday pay as well as rewards for good and consistent work.

We think this means our customers getter better value, as well as knowing that they’re using an ethical company which reflects well on their business.
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