We’re doing things right…

It’s always lovely when our customers tell us what they think of our service. We’re so lucky to have such wonderful staff who care about their work and always look to exceed the expectations of the clients. Well done to the cleaning and operations team, you deserve the credit.

Congratulations Jodi

Our Yorkshire Business Consultant, Jodi got married on the 26th May in Las Vegas to Mark. Their families were there and their lovely children Sky and Hunter played their part too. We’d all like to wish the new Mrs Davidson every happiness.

Edwards Above and Beyond Awards for April / May

At our May operations meeting the team decided on two wonderful members of our cleaning team for the “Edwards Above and Beyond Awards”.

First is Paula Green (pictured above) who cleans a doctors surgery in Newcastle. The surgery recently had a CQC Audit and came in the top 4% in the UK for cleanliness. This is a fantastic achievement and we’re so proud of Paula. Paula has been with us since March 2010 and also does another job for us at a solicitors in Newcastle. Well done Paula.

Our second winner has also been with us for quite a while. Margaret Naunton joined us in June 2007 and has always helped us in covering work and when Margaret’s own jobs have been audited by our operations team they always comment that there was ‘Nothing at all to find’. Margaret is highly thought of by our staff and the clients she cleans. Thank you Margaret, you’re a star.

A little something is on the way to you both. Thank you.

Edwards Above and Beyond Award

Every other month our Management Team will choose two members of staff who have gone “Above and Beyond” to provide service excellence to our customers. The winners will receive a gift voucher as a small ‘thank you’ and we’ll sing their praises on our website and on our Face Book page.

The first of our two winners is Carole Georgeson (pictured) who has been a great help to our Operations Team by helping with one off cleans, weekend work and deep cleans in new start up accounts. Barbara Brown, Senior Operations Manager said “Carole has been an absolute God-send over the past few months”. Thank you Carole, your gift voucher will be posted over the next couple of days.

Amanda Storey is our second winner as chosen by Craig Fraser, Operations Manager who said “Amanda’s work is just brilliant, I try and find something to mention in our audits but there’s nothing to find!” The clients love Amanda and is a worthy winner of our Above and Beyond Award. Well done and thank you Amanda.

Reflections of 2014

A year ago Hazel and I sat in the Marriot Hotel in Panjim, Goa, on a winter break overlooking the Mandovi River and talked about goals and aspirations for both our business and personal lives for 2014. We find Christmas and a New Year a great time to look at what’s been achieved and look forward to the next 12 months.

Determination, like no other

One of my favourite TV programmes is the BBC’s DIY SOS. I just love the way people pull together and make things happen, in fact make things right for those desperately in need of a little help. I’m always astounded by the way people give up their time and money to assist where it’s needed the most. Often these individuals and groups are strangers and simply give because they can and have a desire to ‘give a little something back.’