Glen Contracts

Glen Contracts, a Glasgow cleaning contractor operating since 1989

Glen Contracts is a family-owned commercial cleaning business based in Glasgow and working across the city, Edinburgh and central Scotland. The company states it was established in 1989 by Fiona Kennedy, who remains managing director, and describes more than three decades of activity in the commercial cleaning sector. Its client base is described as spanning private, commercial, industrial, public and third-sector organisations.

The firm presents itself as delivering a friendly, honest and reliable service at competitive prices, and frames routine cleaning as background work that supports clients' own objectives, from maintaining a pleasant office environment to helping a food factory meet its legal hygiene requirements.

Routine and communal cleaning

The core of the offer is contract cleaning for offices and communal areas, alongside janitorial services and hygiene services. These cover the recurring upkeep of workplaces and shared spaces, with the company positioning itself as a contractor that takes on the day-to-day cleaning function for client organisations.

Carpets, windows and hard surfaces

Specialised surface work includes carpet and upholstery cleaning, window cleaning, and stone and masonry cleaning. The service list also mentions marble floor and escalator cleaning, mattress cleaning and deep cleaning. For carpets and upholstery the company supplies spot-cleaning products, and it also provides air-freshening systems and washroom supplies as part of its product range.

Specialist and emergency interventions

A dedicated specialist services division, led by Jim Kennedy, covers infection control and decontamination, IT cleaning, emergency response, chewing gum removal, power washing, graffiti removal and laundry and dry cleaning services. Jim Kennedy's qualifications include bio-hazard fogging and infection control, and the company describes him as an active tester of new techniques and cleaning products before they are offered to clients.

Waste and confidential material

Waste management is part of the service portfolio, including secure confidential waste services for clients that need documented handling of sensitive material.

Management team and credentials

The management team is drawn from the founding family and combines cleaning-specific qualifications with safety and environmental training. Fiona Kennedy holds a Fellowship of the Chartered Management Institute, a Masters degree in Safety and Risk Management, graduate membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health and membership of the British Institute of Cleaning Science since 1994; she has also worked as a Teaching Fellow and Course Leader on the University of Strathclyde's MSc Safety & Risk Management programme. Chris Kennedy, director of specialist services, is IOSH safety qualified. Gillian Sinclair, operations and customer care director, leads the quality, environmental and operations function and manages the staff training programme, which covers specialist equipment and CoSHH-regulated chemicals.

The company lists ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and the Safe Contractor procurement scheme among its key accreditations.

Client feedback cited by the company

The material includes comments attributed to clients such as Brionaidh, High Net Telecom Communications, Charles Saveall of Princes Square, Claire McCall of Hamilton, Stuart of McCarthy & Stone and Rebecca of Commercial & Industrial Interiors Ltd. These remarks refer to reliability, communication before works, adherence to schedule and results in power washing and carpet cleaning; they are individual testimonies rather than an aggregate rating.