Outsourcing Your Cleaning In Manchester: The Benefits

There are two main reasons why you should be outsourcing your cleaning. One, it saves time and money. Two it raises standards.

Manchester’s COVID infection rates are falling thanks to the vaccine rollout. But, Manchester businesses must follow government issued guidelines on staying COVID-safe.

Businesses are now required to step-up their cleaning protocols with:

• Extra cleaning schedules between usual cleaning sessions.
• Regular sanitisation of frequently touched objects and surfaces.
• Regular clearing of all clutter and rubbish from areas.
• More frequent rubbish collection.
• Enhanced cleaning procedures throughout the day.
• Regular deep cleans.

In most cases, it’s most cost-effective to outsource your cleaning to keep COVID-secure. There are some cases, but, where a business must use in-house staff. For example, you may have a confidential environment, or hold sensitive documents.

But, for most businesses, it makes sense to outsource.  The types of businesses that benefit from outsourcing their cleaning include:

• Shops
• Hospitals
• Construction sites
• Business centres
• Restaurants
• Take-away restaurants

Here are some reasons why.

Better Results

Like your team specialise in what they do, so do commercial cleaners. Established cleaning companies like Global Facility have established protocols. They also invest in high quality equipment and chemicals. 

Cleaning staff receive full training so they do a thorough job. For example, they must remember to sanitise all frequently touched surfaces including:

• Bannisters, door handles, and doors
• Taps, kettles, water heaters, plugs, switches, fridges, and microwaves.
• Gear sticks, handbrakes, and steering wheels in vehicles.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends daily deep cleans with periodic cleans. This can be a full-time job in itself so leaving deep cleans to your existing staff takes them away from their duties which impacts productivity. By hiring in a dedicated professional you guarantee a thorough job while saving on costs.

You’ll Never Be Short-Staffed

Commercial cleaning companies ensure they have a bank of staff they can rely on. When a staff member goes off sick, they’ll send a replacement at no extra cost. If you rely only on internal staff for cleaning duties you run the chance of a staff shortage due to sickness. If you have an established in-house team, it’s worth keeping an outsourced cleaning service in mind to cover unforeseen sickness.

Relieves You Of Extra Tasks

Handing the cleaning to an external company absolves you of any management responsibilities. Contract cleaning companies manage everything, so you can save your time on resources. A cleaning company such as Global Facility handles everything related to the smooth running of the team such as:

• payroll
• quality control
• training
• monitoring
• delegation
• sourcing
• screening
• hiring

Outsourcing streamlines your workload enabling you to focus on important matters related to your business.

Saves Costs

The cost of recruiting, training, uniforms, and employee benefits soon mounts up. And, we don’t know how long these extra Covid measures will be in place. If you recruit someone in-house, you don’t want to discover they’re surplus to requirements later on.

If you get your employees to do more tasks, it becomes a drain on performance. The burden of cleaning should not land on the shoulders of your staff. Let the team carry on with what they’re good at and get some cleaning professionals in.

Outsourcing also saves on equipment and cleaning chemicals. At Global Facility we invest in NHS approved cleaning chemicals which kill 99.9% of pathogens, viruses, and germs. We replace all cloths and cleaning essentials after each clean to avoid cross-contamination. We do all the worrying about sourcing the right cleaning equipment so you don’t need to.

Flexibility of Services

Commercial cleaning companies offer flexibility in the range of services they offer. For instance, you may need daily deep cleans. Or, periodic cleaning focusing on kitchen areas or bathroom areas.

Also, outsourcing offers flexibility of budget. You don’t need to feel tied in to a contract with commercial cleaners. You can book one-off cleans if you wish.

Some of our clients hire us on a regular long-term basis but also book us in for extra deep cleans from time to time. It’s good to have this flexibility in the case that any COVID infections arise.

A good outsourcing company will work with you to meet your requirements.

Convenience

The convenience of outsourcing outweighs the prospect of recruiting and training in-house. You don’t need to worry if you have enough cloths, buckets, mops, and sanitising chemicals. The most you need to do with outsourcing to use is to click here for a quote and we’ll take care of the rest. Other than that there’s nothing to think about from your end.

Conclusion

You’ve enough on your plate with running your business. Why complicate matters by hiring in your own crew?

We can help if:

• Your cleaning staff are off sick
• You need help with a one-off deep clean
• You need assistance keeping your office Covid-safe
• You’re too busy to think about cleaning

Why overload your workers with cleaning tasks they never signed up for? The right company will take on all the logistics, and will have a good management team in place.

So make your life easier and hire in a team of hygiene ninjas. Get in touch with Global Facility here to arrange a no-obligation quote.