We’d like to send our well wishes to our marketing assistant Laura Alacqua who has left Spree Enterprise to peruse a teaching career in her native Italy.

Spree’s Helping Hotels Go Green…

Our Business Development Manager and head of our green cleaning committee Peter Trojczak attended an event hosted by PEHN with key note speaker Bridget Gardener from Fresh Green Cleaning. Since the hugely successful event Spree Enterprise has worked with 2 hotelier groups providing SOP’s for the implementation of a green cleaning program.  Peter Commented “The PEHN event was amazing and the fact the Spree is so far advanced in the area of Green Cleaning through our trade mark Go Clean Go Green Program, it made it all that much easier to help housekeepers successfully reach their environmental objectives through utilization of the right equipment and aligning cleaning processes and practices. As the focus increases on aligning site performance with environmentally responsible practices, we will be at the forefront to continue delivering unrivalled solutions that can be integrated through an easy step by step process.”

Latest Memberships & Sponsorships

Spree Enterprise has added to its list of corporate memberships through joining the Green Building Council and the Facility Management Association.

By Bridget Gardener, Fresh Green Clean

Discover all you need to know on green cleaning, through a thought-provoking, informative and fun filled workshop

 Ausclean Convention

28^th September 2011

Gold Coasts hosts this year’s Ausclean Convention

Melbourne Festival

October 2011

Melbourne Festival is one of Australia’s flagship international arts festivals.

Lygon Street Fiesta

October 2011

Culture is celebrated with stage entertainment, craft market, carnival rides and cultural events

The Spring Racing Carnival

October / November 2011

This five-week betting bonanza, features the Caulfield Cup, Victoria Derby Day, The Tooheys New Melbourne Cup, Crown Oaks Day and the Melbourne Cup. There are numerous social events to enjoy as well as races

Carols by Candlelight

Christmas carol service held in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Spree Enterprise has an inbreed philosophy and commitment to ensuring that we do all that is possible to preserve the environment for many future generations. We have extended our commitment by appointing Stephen Howell from ISO Quest to develop our Integrated Management System (IMS) which will be audited and certified by SAI Global. This will involve the assimilation of our accredited ISO 9001 Quality Management System and the compliant system requirements for OH&S AS4801 and Environmental ISO14001.

As a result there will be various changes and enhancements in the way we process and manage our projects, contracts and deliver our service. For example, products and processes will be further streamlined, including a process map that will enable employee training to be intricately conducted through business unit compliances, saving costs and embracing key learning collateral. We have also simplified our decision making process which will result in a reduction of time, resources and finances.

Our refined audit mandate will also provide better intelligence and quantified data, helping us achieve a greater level of competence training, raising employee awareness, coupled with the automated integration of workflow processes.

New Spree Website

Spree’s new and improved website is live so be sure to visit us at www.spree.net.au. Our new website will see lots of new features like our corporate video that will take you deep into the heart of Spree and with easier navigation and greater use of graphics to better aid you in finding the products and services you are seeking.

You’ll also find all our new corporate brochures, catalogues and remember; sign up to our specials and promotions because we have some amazing deals leading up to Christmas.

New IT Operating System on its Way

In-line with our technology objectives we are 85% complete in the development of our new IT system. Our new system will be pivotal to cross-function integration of each business unit, enabling real time data to be captured and analysed. It will also provide a more interactive base for customers to log and access information, in turn providing us with the intelligence to continually enhance our customer experience.

1. Shop sensibly. Part of shopping green is shopping sensibly to avoid wasting and only purchasing what you will use. If you want to shop green, make sure to always create a list and buy only what you need.

2. Go natural. To shop green you need to start going natural. Shop for clothing made with organic cotton, hemp or bamboo. Try to buy only vegan-friendly foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts and legumes. Buying meat and dairy is not green because of the energy it takes to produce those items.

3. Choose environmentally safe products. The most obvious is when you are buying cleaning products. If you want to shop green, choose cleaning solutions that are made with plant enzymes and are non-toxic to the environment. They work just as well as and sometimes even better than other cleaning products that are not environmentally safe. Say no to plastic and Styrofoam products, which take forever to fully biodegrade.

4. Buy reusable items. A key to shopping green is buying items that can be reused. Get some reusable shopping bags to take with you every time you go to the grocery store.. Buy cloth napkins to switch from paper napkins so you can toss them in the laundry to reuse rather than buying new packages every week.

5. Shop for things made from recycled materials. You can buy recycled aluminum foil, paper and even bags and clothing. By purchasing items from recycled materials, you are helping the environment and continuing the recycling process.

6. Go for sustainable and renewable. Nothing is more eco-friendly and green than going for sustainable and renewable products. Instead of choosing nylon or acrylic material, go for cotton or silk. Instead of choosing wood floors, go for bamboo.

Did You Know

Some Common Facts

• The tongue is the only body muscle that is attached from one end only

• If you keep goldfish in a dark room long enough they will eventually turn white

• There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first move in chess

• Ants never sleep

• The human brain is over 80% water

• There are 86,400 seconds in a day

• Women blink twice as much as men

• Human eye detect 10 million colours

• Kissing helps reduce tooth decay

• Every day is 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before

• The national orchestra of Monaco has more individuals than its army

• Black olives contain between 10% to 30% more than green olives

CONSUMER SPENDING HABITS HAVE SHIFTED OVER THE YEARS,

Major Australian retailers are appealing to the government to apply GST to online purchases or to remove GST for locally sold goods under $1000.

Despite this sombre situation, there are ways in which the traditional retail store can fight back. The greatest advantage a retail store has over online stores is the presence of customer service. Customers like to feel important and valued, which is difficult to translate with online platforms.

While personal service and customer loyalty programs is important, it is also vital to ensure that stores are kept looking clean and presentable. A spotless and well-maintained storefront and facility will show how much customers are valued, and this will keep them coming back. A great shopping experience is something online retail cannot offer.

Spree Enterprise and Melbourne Water have teamed up to develop and implement a complete ‘TRUE’ green cleaning service at 2 sites, bringing a breadth of fresh air with safe and environmentally responsible practices. With the expertise of Spree and the on-going environmental commitment by Melbourne Water the cleaning process has been streamlined to use a single multi-purpose chemical that is green seal approve, HEPA filtration vacuum cleaners and micro-fibre for all other facility service tasks. Within the coming months the green cleaning will be stepped up a notch with the introduction of a chemical-free cleaning process.

Spree is extremely impressed with the pioneering commitment demonstrated by Melbourne Water, as leaders in the adoption of the most innovative environmentally responsible practices. Spree is proud to have delivered on its promise and long term vision to create a green future, whilst maintaining the highest level of quality cleaning.

Reflecting on the past 12 months, I am extremely honoured with all the current achievements and forward looking objectives. We are pleased to with our entry into key vertical markets providing niche cleaning and specialised services and it has provided a stepping stone for on-going commitment to product development & geographical expansion. In addition to our ISO 9001 Quality management System Certification we are also on track to achieve our OH&S & Environmental certifications early next year which will be aligned with overhaul and implementation of our new Information Technology System.

At Spree times have never been as exciting as now, as we enter a new phase of development, growth and expansion. Currently we are in trial phase of many of our newest and most innovative initiatives yet, such as our chemical free products and new cleaning technologies, so stay tuned because we’ll be sure to release them in the coming months. We have further increased our value proposition through the introduction of 2 new product ranges being our Ozone Generators and Commercial & Industrial Matting.

I have also found that Our ‘Innovation Sessions’ still remain an integral element in the realisation and commercialisation of new initiatives and enhancement of existing business practices, with the continual improvements in our Standard Operating Procedures for our trade mark Go Clean Go Green cleaning program combined with further recognition in cost efficiencies in our service delivery model.

I am also very happy at the terrific results in our customer and employee satisfaction survey ratings. We continue to encourage our customers and teams to keep the feedback coming because it’s that intelligence that will enable us to create the best-in-class customer and employee experience.

Overall 2011 has been a fantastic year thus far and I’m really looking forward to the amazing things we have ahead.

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