[ronnie paton]

i had to too stop for two months too and was told to start again and am in the process of getting 4 more.

i dont believe they will go national has the manager have personal preference for the standards to be high has they get regular audits.

i speak regualr with the area manager who has not mentioned any thing.

[ronnie paton]

also premier inn and travel inn are different what is a premier travel inn?

[Alistair@AWC]

also premier inn and travel inn are different what is a premier travel inn?

Whitbread who owned Travel Inn bought out Premier Lodge and rebranded them all Premier Travel Inn about 10 years ago although its since been shortened to Premier Inn

Its strange that we weren't asked to stop cleaning for 2 months over Christmas

[ronnie paton]

al s were you based im guessing maybe wrong that there are reginal managers who make these decisions.

i know up north we was effected bt the snow quite bad....

there is still travel inns about yes??

[bluez]

Initial got some but I know they didnt get Scotland or Northern Ireland, does anyone know who did?

[Jake Kelly]

Anyone know who got the Lincolnshire/Cambridgshire areas?

[ronnie paton]

this statement is true over the next two months premier inns will be going to a national company.

price out weighs quality, out i go to replace £7500 a years woth of work

[mci services]

Initial got some but I know they didnt get Scotland or Northern Ireland, does anyone know who did?

Not sure I will keep my eyes open when passing our local one.

[Mike_G]

I know a chap who works for initial and he reckons they got them all, they picked up the cleaning contract a few months ago and were asked to put a price in for windows as well and were told in January that they had got them

[ronnie paton]

they dont do the cleaning they have house maid s for that...........

[Wc Solutions]

they dont do the cleaning they have house maid s for that...........

yeah who prob are employed by initial

had this with a few jobs now - bloody nationals

[Mike_G]

they dont do the cleaning they have house maid s for that...........

Most, if not all these premier sites have pubs next to the hotels, Initial clean the pubs and thats how they got to quote for window cleaning

[ronnie paton]

nah whitbtread employ there own cleaners it makes sense has well has they have control and its cheeper.

they were premier inn uniforms and are defo employed by whitbread....that is the five sites i clean

[Wc Solutions]

nah whitbtread employ there own cleaners it makes sense has well has they have control and its cheeper.

they were premier inn uniforms and are defo employed by whitbread....that is the five sites i clean

site we did was spirit group / punch pub

so not all the same i guess

[s.hughes]

Are we just talking Premier Inns i.e the hotels on thier own. What if they have a Beefeater on site, will Inital get those ones too??

[outdoor restore]

Spoke to the Manager on mine today (because of this thread - thank you).  She had an email end of last week to give notice to the WC and Gardener (She hadn't got around to doing anything with it).  I got her to check the email and have now been given notice (verbally, but awaiting letter from Manager) that our services will not be required after 30 May 2011.

Many thanks to OP for the heads up.

Neil

[Mike_G]

nah whitbtread employ there own cleaners it makes sense has well has they have control and its cheeper.

they were premier inn uniforms and are defo employed by whitbread....that is the five sites i clean

Maybe thats why they are going national, because the one I clean had there own people, then they got contractors in, who in turn have been replaced by Initial so maybe they just want one contractor to oversee everything

[Wc Solutions]

nah whitbtread employ there own cleaners it makes sense has well has they have control and its cheeper.

they were premier inn uniforms and are defo employed by whitbread....that is the five sites i clean

Maybe thats why they are going national, because the one I clean had there own people, then they got contractors in, who in turn have been replaced by Initial so maybe they just want one contractor to oversee everything

they do it for many reasons - mainly some slap up meal in a posh place and a bit of buttering up ....

big uk chains like the few pence saving! never mind the work done!

they save more money in offices - one big invoice, one payment = less hours spent on admin = less office staff

[sgibsoncleaning]

the premier inn hotel cleaners and housekeepers are employed but the pub cleaning can be done by contractors.

[s.hughes]

Im keeping quiet with my one. Until the Manager says stop then I will carry on.