Karim Samani is the managing director of TechDisinfect and Wellbeing & Ergonomics. In 2018, Karim was working as a financial controller for a large manufacturing business. His work took him across the UK and Ireland, which meant he was often required to hot desk at random office sites – a practice that’s becoming increasingly common.
“On my travels I would always notice workstations that I could use were absolutely filthy,” explained Karim. “I don’t think most of them had ever been professionally disinfected or even cleaned, and it was obvious in some cases that they were unhealthy places to be for any length of time. Infectious bacteria, dust and food crumbs can cause long-term and short-term allergies, which I was getting.”
Karim ditched his day job to take a punt on setting up his own specialised cleaning business to tackle the epidemic of dirty workstations, eventually launching in 2019 after much time spent on researching products that could be used to safely and effectively disinfect workstations and electronic devices.
The business is operated by Karim and his business partner, but they have big plans to have teams of specialised cleaners working right across Great Manchester and would like to look at franchising with their own range of cleaning products.
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