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Cleaning News
Wanaka leading the way in waste management
4 February 2012 - Here's an interesting story from TV3 Campbell Live about recycling in Wanaka.
They seem to be having success with their recycling programme. At Paramount we collect tonnes of waste from our commercial clients sites across New Zealand. Our goal is to reduce the amount that goes to landfill to zero.
View the news item here: Wanaka's recycling success - video
Posted by on 4th February, 2012 | Comments | Trackbacks | Permalink
Tags: waste reduction, recycling, office recycling, Wanaka
Jonathan Watts NZ tour: Let's learn from China
13 December 2011 - What does a commercial cleaning company have to do with China's environment? Paramount Services managing director Galvin Bartlett wants Kiwis to learn the environmental lessons from China's extraordinary development so is bringing journalist and author Jonathan Watts to New Zealand for a speaking tour in early 2012.
Watts is Asia environment correspondent for The Guardian newspaper. His book When a Billion Chinese Jump takes readers on a journey through an environment in China which is being damaged as a result of rapidly increasing consumerism and extraordinary technological advancement.
Watts will give public evening lectures in Auckland (Thursday 29 March), Taupo (Friday 30 March), Wellington (Monday 2 April) and Christchurch (Wednesday 4 April). He will also be the keynote speaker at the Sustainable Business Network one day conference in Auckland on Thursday 29 March. Bookings for public lectures can be made at EventFinder.co.nz (from Monday 19 December) and proceeds will be given to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand.
Bartlett says Paramount Services is bringing Watts to New Zealand because his story about China's environmental degradation is a cautionary tale for New Zealanders. As a commercial cleaning company, Paramount Services is at the sharp end of waste disposal from 1,240 clients throughout New Zealand including 320 bank branches plus offices, schools, government departments, cinemas and shops.
Paramount Services has set a goal of "zero waste to landfill" from the sites it cleans. This goal is one of a broad set of initiatives to make cleaning more environmentally friendly – including daytime cleaning to reduce after-hours power usage, and Paramount Services developing its own Paramount Care range of environmentally safe cleaning products.
Event dates and booking information at EventFinder.co.nz
Auckland - Thursday 29 March 2012 - book here
Taupo - Friday 30 March 2012 - book here
Wellington - Monday 2 April 2012 - book here
Christchurch - Wednesday 4 April 2012 - book here
Posted by newsdesk on 13th December, 2011 | Comments | Trackbacks | Permalink
Tags: sustainability, eco-friendly, Jonathan Watts, event
Paramount wins two Business Services Franchise Awards
12 November 2011 - Paramount Services has won both the Franchise Accountants Best Business Services Franchise System and Best Business Services Franchisee at the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards 2011/2012.
Auckland franchisee Spring Jiang won the Best Business Services Franchisee Award. Two other Paramount Services franchise businesses were finalists for this category – Michael and Samuel Park from Tauranga and Raymond and Lilian Zhang from Auckland.
"We're delighted because we won the Best Business Services Franchise System award last year and in 2008," said Paramount Services general manager Paul Brown. "Paramount Services franchisees have also won the Franchisee award twice before – and it is not getting any easier!"
Brown said consistent quality has been the key to the awards success. In the last six years 14 Paramount Services franchisees have been awards finalists.
The Franchise Awards were presented at an awards dinner just two nights after the Westpac Auckland Central Business Awards dinner run by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce where Paramount was a finalist in the Excellence in Service Delivery and Excellence in Business Leadership categories.
Photo: Paramount Services general manager Paul Brown receives the Best Business Services Franchise System Award 2011/2012 from sponsor Philip Morrison of Franchise Accountants.
Posted by newsdesk on 12th November, 2011 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks | Permalink
Tags: cleaning company, cleaning franchise, franchise awards
Paramount a finalist in Westpac Auckland Central Business Award
31 August 2011 - Paramount Services has been named a finalist in two categories of the Westpac Auckland Central Business Award run by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.
Paramount was named a finalist in the Excellence in Service Delivery and Excellence in Business Leadership categories.
Twenty five finalists were chosen from 100 entries and Paramount was one of only six organisations to be named a finalist in more than one category.
Paramount Services general manager Paul Brown was delighted with the announcement. "This is just magnificent news," he said.
The category winners and the overall winner of the Westpac Supreme Business Excellence Award, will be announced at a black-tie gala dinner at the Langham Auckland on Thursday 10th November 2011.
Posted by newsdesk on 31st August, 2011 | Comments | Trackbacks | Permalink
Tags: Auckland Chamber of Commerce, business awards, Awards, Auckland cleaning
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