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Jennifer O’Donnell is a fine example of an entrepreneur who can adapt quickly to changing circumstances and spot new business opportunities well before the competition. The MD and founder of a successful commercial contract cleaning company, Jane Jefferson Cleaning (JJC), she’s now diversifying with the launch of a new venture that will help companies to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in their work premises.
Jennifer O’Donnell Managing Director, Safer Shared Spaces
COVID crisis spawns new venture for Jennifer 18 Southwark BUSINESS TODAY
The new venture, Safer Shared Spaces (SSS), is a joint venture with Quills Group Ltd. and a direct response to the COVID-19 crisis, which has led to multiple lockdowns and the temporary closure of many non-essential businesses over the last year. Quills Group, established over 20 years ago, provide office products and services to businesses throughout the UK. Jennifer says: “I’ve been working on this project since April last year, when clients started to investigate enhanced cleaning and hygiene regimes to help reduce the risk of infection transmission in the spaces that people share. I was curious to discover the best ways to help our clients at JJC, so I embarked on a journey to find costeffective measures that could help stop the spread of infectious diseases across the three main vectors of potential transmission: surfaces, through the air and via human contact.” After much research and several discussions, Jennifer is now in a position to tackle this problem. SSS will act as a distributor of a leading UK manufacturer of laboratory-tested antimicrobial surface coating products, including a clear spray-on coat which is professionally applied by trained technicians
