Praise for Helpdesk Team

Kate Haake, who has recently left ESH, signed off with this comment in her final email to Helpdesk Team Leader Sharon Middleton, “I would like to say that it has been an absolute pleasure to work with you Sharon.  You are one of the most professional, efficient and personable account managers that I have come across as a Property Manager and I wish you all the best.”

Management expertise lands James a new role

TCL soft landscaping team leader James Hilsden has done such a fantastic job over the past year that he's been promoted to area manager for Clean Estates in the South East – with over 50 sites to oversee.

James, who has nine years' experience in grounds maintenance and contracts coordination, is looking forward to becoming an expert on cleaning as well as landscaping – and to working with a new team.

"As a southerner whose new company head office is in Derbyshire the key challenge will be getting to grips with the accent!" explained Clean Estates Managing Director Phil Chapman.

TCL colleagues and customers gripped by Olympic fever

TCL Group colleagues and clients have been vying for their own gold medals during Olympics season – with, instead of a chance to stand on a podium, the prize of a crate of beer to reward them for their efforts.

Some of the largest TCL, Clean Estates and Admiral Play customers were given special TCL Olympics wall charts in the run up to the summer's games. Read more

Alex heads new specialist house clean service

Construction management graduate Alex Boucher has been appointed to manage Clean Estates' new specialist three stage house clean service which covers properties through their various stages of building.

Show homes and sales offices can also get the Clean Estates' treatment!

Alex, who has worked for Clean Estates for the past six years, is determined to ensure the service builds on the success it has developed in the few months since its launch.
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Clean Estates wins first housing association contract - with a key player

Clean Estates has won its first housing association contract – with one of the country's largest affording housing providers.

Affinity Sutton, which has more than 56,000 properties across England, appointed Clean Estates to maintain the public areas of five developments in Derby and Nottingham over the next three years. Read more

Clean Estates wins national Little Chef contract

Clean Estates has won the contract to handle the landscaping and grounds maintenance for all stand alone Little Chefs in England, Scotland and Wales.

The work will see Clean Estates teams make regular visits to each restaurant between spring and autumn this year.

The work will involve grass cutting, hedge trimming, weeding, litter collection, bin emptying and sweeping to create a pleasant and inviting environment for Little Chef's thousands of customers. Read more

Praise from CBRE

CBRE says it has seen improvements across half a dozen of its sites in Nottingham and Leicestershire after appointing Clean Estates to take over its grounds maintenance.

CBRE facilities manager Ian Gray said: "I have been very impressed with Clean Estates since their involvement with us and have noticed improvements on all our sites."

David Wilson Homes and Redrow are first two takers for Clean Estates house builders' cleaning service

Clean Estates has launched a specialist three stage house cleaning service - with David Wilson Homes and Redrow becoming the first two developers to take advantage of the new offering. Read more

Huge rise in demand for Clean Estates' Frost Watch service

Clean Estates' winter maintenance service FrostWatch saw a huge rise in business this year – despite the weather being far milder than in 2010/11.

The salting and gritting service paid more than 2,000 visits to customer car parks, service yards, access roads and warehouse loading areas since the start of the year, a seven per cent rise on last winter when snow paralysed large areas of the UK. Read more

New head office for Clean Estates

Clean Estates has moved into a new head office to accommodate the additional staff it has taken on to service its growing number of clients.

The commercial estates cleaning and grounds maintenance contractor moved into 4,000 sq ft premises in Denby, Derbyshire amid celebrations which saw TCL group chairman Richard Glover cutting a celebratory cake to mark the occasion. Read more

TCL acquires Clean Estates Limited

TCL, the landscape services group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the estate management business, Clean Estates Limited.

The acquisition represents further progress in the implementation of TCL's strategy to create a leading national landscape services and facilities management business and builds upon the acquisition of Admiral Play and Arbscapes, both undertaken over the last 18 months. Read more

Clean Estates Awarded OHSAS 18001

There is growing pressure from clients for suppliers to demonstrate improvements to all service areas and particularly with regard to Health & Safety Management.

Clean Estates has held both ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certification for a number of years. Earlier this year the company sought better recognition of its high standards of Health & Safety and Environmental Management procedures and as a result ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 were re-awarded to Clean Estates by BSI accredited by UKAS - The United Kingdom Accreditation Service. Read more

Clean Estates Awarded CHAS Accreditation

Clean Estates has recently been awarded CHAS accreditation. The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme is dedicated to completing health and safety pre-qualification assessments to a nationally recognised and accepted threshold standard. Read more

IOSH select Clean Estates as an Approved IOSH Training Centre

Clean Estates is delighted to have been appointed as an IOSH approved training centre to deliver Health & Safety Training Courses as part of our strategy for raising service standards.

With more than 37,000 members, IOSH are the world's biggest professional health and safety organisation. IOSH set standards, and support, develop and connect our members with resources, guidance, events and training. IOSH are the voice of the profession, and campaign on issues that affect millions of working people. Read more