Facilicom confirms commitment to UK growth by appointing specialist PR agency

One of the biggest facilities providers in Western Europe, Facilicom Services Group, has appointed Ceris Burns International to manage a comprehensive communications campaign for its rapidly expanding UK arm.

Facilicom Cleaning employs around 3,500 people nationally, focusing on providing innovative and ethical cleaning services. It operates in a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, food production, retail, social housing, shopping centres, and blue-chip commercial organisations. Security solutions are provided through its sister company, Trigion.

A founding sponsor of the Living Wage Recognised Service Provider scheme, and a key participant in the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s ‘Cleaning Taskforce’ – working to improve employment practices in the cleaning industry – Facilicom Cleaning is committed to ensuring its employees are treated with dignity and respect, with social sustainability at the heart of all its operations.

Jan Hein Hemke, managing director of Facilicom UK, said: “We continue to see encouraging growth for our UK business and this appointment marks the start of the next phase of our development. The campaign will demonstrate Facilicom Cleaning’s ability to deliver best value solutions, whether as a support to facilities management (FM) providers, or direct to end users in the private or public sectors. With a company culture of putting people and the wider environment first, through our C₂Zero carbon neutral cleaning system and ‘Hostmanship’, our revolutionary people-centric training programme, we have a great story to share.”

Ceris Burns, managing director of Ceris Burns International, said: “We are delighted to be working with such a responsible, ethical and innovative service provider as Facilicom Cleaning. The campaign will emphasise the company’s expertise in the cleaning field, along with its commitment to enhancing the lives of cleaning operatives through targeted and bespoke support. Facilicom Cleaning truly embodies the way cleaning should be – delivering professional high standards consistently through a motivated, skilled and valued workforce.”