Why Hiring a Cleaning Service Could Save Your Business Money

At the time of writing, fears are growing over a recession in the UK and across Europe.

Consequently, like many other business organisations, you may be looking for ways to save money by cutting down on non-essential purchases.

As discussed in previous articles, a clean office boosts both staff morale and productivity, and is unlikely to be a job carried out by employees themselves.

So in this article, we discuss how whilst you might be among the thousands of companies examining operational costs and looking for ways to make reductions, cutting back on office cleaning could well end up increasing your overheads in the longer term.

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The UK is currently experiencing the steepest increases in inflation – and consequently living costs – for over 40 years.

This is forcing most companies to evaluate a range of costs, from manufacturing to transportation and logistics, marketing to training and development and from office management to administrative services.

Within this last category, an obvious candidate for cost rationalisation is office cleaning, be it window cleaning, floor cleaning or washroom services.

Questions being looked at will be value for money and whether the cost is justifiable. Then comes the analysis: how can we save money, are we spending too much on cleaning materials, do we really need these new pieces of cleaning equipment and would we be better to look for a new, cheaper commercial cleaning company.

Let’s look at each one of these in turn and discuss why hiring a commercial cleaning company can save you money.

Save money on cleaning tools and equipment

One of the best reasons for using a commercial cleaning company is that they have all the necessary professional cleaning tools and equipment to carry out the job to a high level.

Much of the professional equipment available on the market is superior quality to more widely available ‘consumer cleaning’ products and, consequently, produces a superior result.

For example, professional floor scrubbers and carpet cleaners can cost anywhere between £3,000 and £10,000, which many businesses will either not want to buy or be unable to afford. For example, Wixted Cleaning uses compact Numatic NX244 scrubber dryers for fast and effective cleaning. With these machines, our operatives can cover a wide area quickly, because they are cable-free and run on a high energy rechargeable lithium battery pack.  

Of course, this is only one example. To clean an office workspace effectively and efficiently, a variety of different specialist tools and equipment is required.

Save money by preventing office and building deterioration

General cleaning plays a strong role in the maintenance of offices and general building upkeep. Neglecting cleaning or allowing lax cleaning practices to creep in can therefore have a negative effect leading to problems which, when addressed later, may cost significantly more to fix.

Furthermore, by using a commercial cleaning service, your cleaning supplier will use the correct equipment and cleaning tools, as well as paying attention to the smaller details including the jobs which a non-cleaning operative might miss out.

For example, using appropriate chemicals and processes, cleaning in little known or hidden areas will pay for itself in the long run.   In summary, professional commercial cleaners will deliver a high quality clean, reduce the risk of damage to walls, doors, furniture, flooring, and soft furnishings, and use professional, non-abrasive cleaning materials and tools that are ‘kinder’ to the office, building and environment.

Save money by reducing sick days

Employee absences and sick days can have a major impact on business resources and finances. On average, each employee takes around 6.9 sick days per year, according to Helix Law.

Uncleaned offices can harbour germs and bacteria, which can then spread easily around shared spaces such as an office. In turn, this can then become a domino effect, causing multiple employees to require sick leave.

On the other hand, frequent cleaning, and maintaining good sanitary conditions in shared areas such as the kitchen and washrooms can help reduce sickness and lost workdays because it helps keep your employees healthy and ready to take on their daily tasks.

Save money by maintaining staff morale

In tight financial times, it’s tempting for some companies to turn to their employees and ask them to carry out cleaning tasks on a daily basis.

This has several negative effects, not least impacting on the morale of employees who do not see it as their role to undertake office cleaning. Another issue with this is that if you ask employees to undertake cleaning within office hours, you are taking them away from their regular job – affecting productivity. But similarly, asking employees to do cleaning outside of normal hours is also likely to be unpopular, and if overtime or extra pay is offered to them in return, then the cost is better spent on commercial cleaning anyway.

Hiring a commercial cleaning company will thus save time and money, will produce higher standard of cleaning and will not impact on company morale – which must be supported at all times.  

Get Office Cleaning Help with Wixted Cleaning

We hope these points show how cutting out professional cleaning might be counter productive.

However, If you need some tips on how to keep your office clean, check out our 9 office cleaning tips for making your office as clean as possible.

However, if you need a great cleaning service with excellent standards, the team at Wixted Cleaning can help. With many years of experience cleaning some of the worst places to be found in the workplace, we know exactly how to make your office as safe as possible for you and your team.

Interested? Contact us today and we’ll be happy to help!