Signo Nanocare’s range of glass-protecting and improvement products constitutes the most comprehensive collection on the smart surfaces market. Once applied, nanoscale protective layers (which are 80,000 times thinner than a human hair) bond with the substrate to leave a smooth, anti-stain, non-discolouring surface layer with permanent easy-clean performance. The hydrophobic coating range offers glass, polished…
With hotels and B&B’s being able to open from the 17th May, combined with the recent easing of border restrictions between Wales, England and Scotland, demand for staycations is increasing exponentially. The Camping and Caravanning Club saw its membership increase by a third in March alone and the website Properties.com has seen the demand for…
An independently proven yearly antimicrobial coating effective against multiple pathogens including SARS CoV-2 As we pass twelve months since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid 19 a global pandemic, the UK’s vaccine programme is well underway and there is a glimmer of hope with the latest ‘road map’ signposting lockdown easing dates. Whilst many…
As teachers throughout England look forward to welcoming their children back into class this week, Liquid Guard® applicators have had a busy few weeks treating high touch surfaces in schools and other education settings. Liquid Guard is an antimicrobial surface coating that breaks the hand-surface-hand transfer of transient pathogens, notably SARS CoV2 – against which…
G4S is an extensive global service provider with operations in over 80 countries and employing over 530,000 people, making it the world’s third largest private employer. Its UK operations are equally impressive with 10,000 UK customers serviced by 25,000 employees across a wide range of sectors, from security, custodial and rehabilitation services, to facilities and…
Imperial College London (ICL) Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering published a very timely briefing paper titled ‘Smart surfaces to tackle infection and antimicrobial resistance.’ Back in March 2020, when it began to dawn on us just how much SARS CoV-2 was going to affect the way we went about our daily lives, the Imperial…
Everyone is keeping everything crossed for the 22nd February when the UK Government will outline its plan for exiting lock down and we all hope that life can return to some semblance of normality, even if it’s just resembles the “normal” of last summer! Signs are positive with the number of daily positive tests dropping,…
The briefing paper ‘Tracing surface and airborne SARS CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains’ published by Science Direct, examines the prevalence of SARS CoV-2 RNA inside buses and subway trains. The study took place in Barcelona between May and July 2020 and used surface swabs of frequently touched surfaces inside buses and subway…
Throughout the pandemic, we have worked with a plethora of companies whose key objectives have been to keep their employees, visitors and customers as safe as possible. Measures have included the creation of work team bubbles, separation screens, extensive use of sanitisers and social distancing. These have contributed to reducing the person to person transmission…