Providing water services throughout the Severn Trent region
We caught up with Ian to learn more about his software design philosophy, and about the exiting things LeafOne has in store for SampleTrack.
Continue reading “Meet Ian Bufton, Managing Director of LeafOne”Business Development experts – we need you! We’re looking for a Water Hygiene Business Development Manager to join our rapidly expanding business – take a look at this video for just some of the reasons why you should apply today…
Continue reading “Join our team! We’re looking for Water Hygiene Business Development Managers!”Meet James Leeson, one of our Regional Sales Managers, using his expertise to support our Sales Team with their ambitious growth goals.
James has been in the Water Hygiene industry for 11 years, starting off as a Service Technician working on a contract for a major Birmingham hospital. He has since worked his way up through being a Sales Engineer, before training to be a Business Development Manager, and finally moving in to his current role as a Regional Sales Manager.
Continue reading “Meet James Leeson, one of our Regional Sales Managers.”Liz is a valuable member of our team. She is the glue that keeps us together and the solver of all of our administrative problems!
Continue reading “Meet Business Assistant Liz Parker”Legionella is a bacterial disease that causes severe pneumonia, especially in the elderly. Any building that regularly has visitors is at risk of hosting Legionella, and builders and contractors are responsible for maintaining this bacteria within acceptable limits. How do you know what your control standards are? The British Standards Institute has released an updated version of the standard it originally drew up in 1992: BS7592:2008; BS7592:2022
Let’s take a look at the some of the key updates to this standard surrounding sampling for the presence of legionella bacteria.
This article is part of the Water Hygiene Newsletter.
Continue reading “BS7592:2022: A New Legionella Sampling Standard:”Meet Arran Webb, one of our midlands-based Service Technicians. He works primarily with one of our customers in the Education sector; a university in the East Midlands.
Continue reading “Meet Arran Webb, one of our Service Technicians.”Care home operators have a duty of care to ensure that their vulnerable residents are housed in a clean environment, protected from the risk of infection. This includes legionella within care homes. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have recently cracked down on three care homes in England that have been negligent regarding their responsibility to keep their residents safe.
Continue reading “Managing Legionella Risk in Care Homes”
This story is part of the Water Hygiene Newsletter.
We are delighted to announce that Severn Trent Water Hygiene has been awarded a prestigious gold membership by Constructionline.
Constructionline is a database for pre-qualified contractors and consultants used by the construction industry and helps to make procurement more efficient by ensuring key standards are met. In addition, Constructionline provides procurement and supply chain management services, and hosts procurement engagement events across the UK.
Continue reading “Severn Trent Water Hygiene is now a Construction Gold business!”Razvan grew up in Bucharest, working in sales positions during his youth before moving to the UK at age 25. After spending some time living in Cornwall, Raz and his partner moved to the West Midlands, where he found a job in carbon fibre manufacturing.
Continue reading “Meet Razvan, Sales Executive Apprentice at Severn Trent Water Hygiene.”Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing has been an important part of the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Did you know that PCR analysis can also be used to identify legionella bacteria?
Continue reading “What is PCR Testing for Legionella?”
