Cleaning specialist opens Manchester office as part of latest expansion drive
London-based commercial and office cleaning contractor Cleanology is opening a Manchester operation, at Core, in Brown Street.
The move will create 50 jobs, taking the team to 70-strong, mostly cleaning operative or cleaning supervisor roles, but also two management roles.
Ninety per cent of the new jobs are also paying the Real Living Wage, or higher.
Having worked for 20 years servicing the capital, the company is in the process of opening new hubs across the country.
Now working in 14 cities, Cleanology clients include a well-known electric vehicle manufacturer and a number of national chains.
CEO, Dominic Ponniah, said: “The launch of our national service is a natural expansion which will make our future growth plans possible.
“This year, we have already grown by 50%. We aim to double our turnover in the next three years to £30m, going national is part of that journey.”
In the past 12 months, Cleanology has expanded to 12 towns and cities, including Banbury, Bedford, Bicester, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Liverpool, Reading, Southampton and Leeds. A further dozen locations will be launched over the next year.
Ponniah described the move as a fresh offering for commercial contract cleaning in the regions. He said: “Cleanology is large enough to cope, but small enough to care.
“We are known for our award-winning sustainable projects – some of which have helped us to save 28,000 plastic bottles every year – and, in 2021, we won a Living Wage Champion Award from the Living Wage Foundation. We are looking forward to bringing innovation and green cleaning to a wider audience.”
Clients have also welcomed the move. Katy Tennant, director of UK operations at flexible workspace provider, Clockwise, which has operations in Liverpool and Manchester, said: “We use Cleanology at a number of Clockwise locations throughout the country. Their ‘clean green’ approach, using chemical-free cleaning, their attention to detail, and their ethics are just a few of the many reasons why we chose them.”
