Adapting to new working practices
All businesses have faced many unforeseen challenges this year. For Green Mop, it has meant navigating through many new situations, both administratively and operationally.
Our staff have been incredible throughout. They’ve been flexible and helpful and adjusted to new procedures and requirements, often at very short notice. The urgency and importance of following requests and requirements correctly has never been greater. The often ignored cleaner has suddenly got a higher profile and people have learned how vital our work is.
Our team of Supervisors has been fantastic in making sure the teams are safe and have all the information and materials they need. Hard work and commitment from the whole team has been outstanding.
We couldn’t be prouder of them.
Disinfectant fogging service
Disinfectant fogging is a safe and effective way to further protect your office. It works by producing a fine mist that kills airborne viruses and bacteria while also eliminating pathogens on surfaces – particularly those not easily reached with standard cleaning methods.
To keep your employees safe and your workplace virus-free, we recommend a deep clean with a manual sanitising of all touch points and disinfectant fogging.
Disinfectant fogging can be scheduled reguarly as part of your enhanced cleaning service or as a one-off at any time. It is effective against coronaviruses, flu and H1N1 and inhibits recontamination for up to 18 hours.
The process is safe for your workplace and our workforce. It is non-toxic and nonhazardous. Additionally, it will not damage sensitive electronics, surfaces or substances.
Get in touch for more information or to book in.
Using different cleaning products
Green Mop has always been an environmentally responsible cleaning company. It’s in our name after all. As we specialise in regular office and workplace cleaning, we’ve never needed to use any harsh or toxic chemicals in the work that we do.
However, during the current pandemic crisis, we’re adapting and adjusting to the reality of the dangers presented by the virus. We all know that simple soap and water can kill the virus, so it doesn’t always have to be a toxic product to be most effective. We’ve worked with our suppliers to ensure that the products we use are not extreme. But also that they are efficient and effective against an enveloped virus.
We’ve all had to learn and adjust ensure we protect each other. It’s vital that our Green Moppers work safely whilst making workplaces clean and safe for our customers, their colleagues and visitors.
Get in touch for further details on the additional products we’ve added to our stores and what tasks they are used for.
Hand sanitiser service
Consistant supplies of hand sanitiser at sensible prices is a challenge nowadays. We have found that a serviced option secures the price and the supply for your premises. It’s a vital consumable for all.
Our hand sanitisers can be fitted throughout your premises and serviced every four or eight weeks to create a safer, more hygienic work environment for you.
With an alcohol content of 64%, these hand sanitisers are an effective way to help prevent the spread of pathogens. Perfect for reception areas, meeting rooms, kitchens and near washrooms. One cartridge provides around 1,000 applications.
Preparing a return to workplaces
As well as our regular cleaning service, we can provide
you with additional ways to keep workplace clean and healthy.
Safety first messaging mats
We can supply businesses with these messaging mats. There are clear messages about distancing and hand washing, and also disinfecting mats. See further details here.
These are likely to be very popular as lockdown eases, so get in touch if you’d like to place an order.
Our Fabulous Five
Although most of our team are staying safely at home, we still have five fabulous Green Moppers working hard every day to keep vital premises clean and sanitised.
Although we ceased all non-essential services, to a few of our customers continuation of cleaning service is vital. They include NHS support offices and Macmillan Horizon centre.
So a huge thank you to our wonderful team. Hidden heroes keeping working and keeping others working through their vital efforts.
Here’s to Silviya, Julie, Donna, Marketa and Laurie. All magnificent Moppers. Thank you for your work.
Government Job Retention Scheme
During March, we put most of our team on Furlough. None of us knew what that word meant until last month! But we hope it means that our Green Moppers can feel reassured that they will at least have some income for the next few months.
With services postponed indefinitely, we were very glad of the support available for our employees. Once we had collated all the required information, with helpful advice from our accountants Plus Accounting, it was actually very straightforward to apply for.
We also hope it will help our customers’ businesses to keep their heads above water during this unprecented disruption to our usual way of life.
Business not as usual
As for everyone else, our business routine has changed pretty quickly. By the middle of March, it was apparent that things were about to change. You can’t really plan or prepare for such unprecedented events, you just have to take it a day at a time whilst in the eye of the storm. Some customers were choosing to shut, a trickle of closures became a flood. The horror of this virus meant by the 22nd March we had chosen to shut down as much as possible, and encourage staff to stay home and stay safe.
We have furloughed 39 members the Green Mop team. There is work we could have carried on doing, but we don’t want to put any of our workers at unnecessary risk.
We have several Green Moppers still working at customer sites that really can’t close, for example NHS support offices, and the Macmillan centre. And the staff working have chosen to carry on. We gave them the choice. I am proud of all of our staff, but am in awe of the work the fab five are doing.
The office is shut. A supervisor goes in and checks post, sorts out laundry, and does stores orders when needed. I am working from home and managing any ongoing business and admin from here.
We hope as many businesses as possible can make it through to the other side of this, but it’s going to be a while before we’re sure who’s made it and who hasn’t. We’ll continue to do our best to protect our workers and get back to work when safe to do so.
Update for Green Mop staff – 23 March 2020
Your safety is our primary concern – this is why have taken the decision to pause any non-essential cleaning. Shortly your rotas will be updated.
Please can we ask you to drop all the keys to the Green Mop office. You can drop them via the letterbox, as they need to be kept safe for when we resume our services.
There are full time shifts available to take at the Hospital in non-clinical areas, if any of you wish to help there. We will be sending more info when it becomes available.
We are waiting for further clarification from the government with regard to furlough pay scheme and will update you soon.
Thank you all and keep safe.