CLEANKILL (ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES) LTD,
3RD FLOOR LEGION HOUSE, 75 LOWER ROAD, KENLEY, SURREY CR8 5NH
PRESS PACK
2014
Company Profile
Cleankill Environmental Services is an
award-winning provider of pest control services to
retail, commercial and industrial properties. The
Cleankill team prides itself on fast, efficient
service delivery and excellent customer service.
Since its launch in 1995, Cleankill has grown year on year and has now has several thousand clients throughout Lon-don, the South East and across the UK. National companies
with multi-site operations benefit from having a single point of contact.
Preventative pest control is at the heart of the business, with
contract customers paying Cleankill to keep their premises
pest free on a proactive basis with regular, scheduled visits
by the company’s expert technicians.
Cleankill also offers an emergency response service for ‘dis
-tress’ pests such as rats, wasps, cockroaches and public health pests to business and homeowners.
A 26-strong team works from the company’s head office in Croydon, Surrey, and base in Seaford, East Sussex.
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Awards and Accreditations
Over the last few years Cleankill has won many awards and commendations for customer service, being green and its
commitment to the community.
Cleankill has the accreditations that customers should
ex-pect from a professional pest control provider. These include being members of the PICS supplier scheme (Contractor ID 57321), ISO9001 and 14001, Exor, Chas, Construction Line, Achilles UVDB and Contractor Plus, Safe Contractor and an
Altius Assured Vendor.
Alongside a range of different industry qualifications,
Cleankill’s ‘Bronze’ Investor in People status gives custom
-ers reassurance that all Cleankill’s staff are highly trained. The company is a proud member of the British Pest Control
Our Commitment to Quality
& Health & Safety
Cleankill is approved to ISO9001 standard for
the management of the overall business. This
differs from many companies who hold the ISO
for one aspect of their service and charge a
pre-mium rate to their customers for that specific
service.
Cleankill has achieved accreditation to the
Construc-tionline, EXOR, CHAS and SafeContractor benchmark
standards
Cleankill has a full health and safety policy, environmental guidelines and an equal opportunities policy
Cleankill is a CIS 6 registered company and holds a cur
-rent waste transfer licence
Full risk assessments and method statements are
sup-plied upon request
All COSHH details are supplied for the materials used on
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Communication
Cleankill understands that pest control is not
just about effectively dealing with pests, but
proactively communicating with our customers
about exactly what we have done and what we
will be doing in the future.
Our service is fully documented in order to show that the
customer is showing due diligence and reasonable care towards pests and pest prevention.
Cleankill is called upon to deal with a whole range of pests every day, from pigeons to ants, as well as carrying out
preventative work for customers who have annual con
-tracts. The company focuses on providing services for
businesses and core customers ranging from facilities man
-agers, who look after a number of premises, to large facto
DIRECTORS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Paul Bates - Managing Director
Paul Bates knows pests and the pest control industry inside and out and hasn’t looked back since starting his career as a pest control technician with Rentokil. He went on to become a pest control surveyor. In 1986 he won the accolade of Chief Executive Award Winner for being one of the top 15 sales people in Rentokil Group. He was then promoted to sales manager and then branch manager. In that role, he was in charge of one of the largest and most challenging pest control contracts – the successful treat -ment of the London Borough of Southwark’s Peckham housing estates for cockroaches.
Paul joined Cleankill in 1997 and has helped the company grow from a turnover of £30,000 to £1.5 million and 26 staff. Paul has two children and sings tenor in a church choir. He has run a cub pack for 30 years and plays tennis regularly.
Biographies & Contact Details
Cleankill is regularly contacted by newspapers, radio and television for expert comment on environmental manage-ment and pest control.Managing Director Paul Bates and other directors have been quoted in most of the national newspapers over the past few years including “The Daily Mail” and “The Telegraph”. Paul is also a frequent guest on “BBC Sussexand Surrey”. Cleankill was featured on “Panorama” dealing with a bed bug problem for a housing association and was also involved in “Help! My House is Infested” with Sarah Beeney.
Jonathan Whitehead - Operations Director
Jonathan joined Rentokil in 1983 as a service technician and quickly moved on to become a supervisor and eventually ser -vice manager. He co-founded Cleankill with Clive Bury in 1995 with the intention of providing a service that put the needs of the customer first and foremost. Over the years, Jon has continued his ongoing learning and specialises in the health and safety ac -creditations of the business. Jon is married and has two children. He is very active in local chambers of commerce and is a former president of the Newhaven Chamber of Commerce. He has also been involved in many charitable works with the Round Table which included climbing Triglav mountain in Slovenia with fellow director Paul.
Clive Bury - Operations Director
Clive joined Rentokil as a service technician in 1984 and, like Jon, quickly moved through the ranks of supervisor and service manager, before changing divisions to manage a healthcare op -eration.
He and Jon then decided that they should set up a customer-ori-entated pest control company. Clive helped to introduce a ‘Magic Pen’ reporting system which enables pest control reports to be sent digitally back to the office within minutes of being completed at the customer’s premises.
Clive is married with two children and as also been involved with the Round Table. He has an active interest in motor biking and regularly provides an emergency service to Cleankill customers on his bike.
Ian Miller - Sales Director
Ian joined Rentokil as a service technician in 1980 and became a surveyor selling pest control services in South London. He moved to Standby Pest Control in 1996 before being tempted to join his old colleagues at Cleankill where he now holds the post of Sales Director.
Ian is married with three children. He plays competitive hockey away from work and coaches a youth team in his spare time.
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Contact Details
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