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BCC calls for industry APPG to urgently make progress on key issues

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has urgently called on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Cleaning and Hygiene Industry to drive progress on key issues affecting the sector. Senior figures at the BCC are concerned that there has been a ...

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Cleaning industry needs to adapt to combat “critical” staffing shortages

Employers in the cleaning sector need to adapt to a rapidly changing workforce if they are to win the “frantic” battle for workers. redwigwam, the UK’s largest flexible worker company, says that only by adopting new approaches can businesses expect ...

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Cleaning the glass ceiling!

Window cleaning is a huge industry in the UK with nearly 2,000 businesses and a market size of £184m. Growth of the commercial market is predominantly affected by the level of construction output and general business confidence. Understandably as a ...

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Interclean returns in 2022 full of innovations

Following its remarkable success in 2018, Interclean Amsterdam finally returns to the Dutch capital in 2022. Attracting more than 35,000 professionals from across 143 countries, the 2018 event was a truly international affair. The 2022 show will be no different, ...

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ISSA Show North America unveils innovation awards winners

Informa Markets’ ISSA Show North America has named the recipients of the 2021 ISSA Show Innovation Awards at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas. The Innovation Awards programme recognises the latest advancements for the commercial, institutional, and residential ...

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Mitie awarded £92.5m deal at the John Radcliffe Hospital

Mitie has won a new contract to provide cleaning, portering services, and catering for patients and staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Worth £92.5 million over a five-year term, the contract has the option to extend for up ...

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Chloe the robot joins Sodexo hospital cleaning team

Sodexo’s cleaning team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, has a new recruit of the robot variety who has been named Chloe by young patients on the children’s ward. Chloe the robot will be helping the ...

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Treating office cleaning as a matter of health and safety

By James Carver, Managing Director, OSC The steady return of workers to offices across the country has been positive news for all. However, this return to normality has coincided with an increase in Covid cases and the fast approach of ...

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SoftBank Robotics expands into Denmark

SoftBank Robotics EMEA has signed distributor agreements with both Abena DK (service provider and knowledge centre) and Virena ApS (cleaning service provider) for different verticals in Denmark. Under the agreement, the companies will now offer Whiz, Europe’s first industrial cobotic ...

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Climate positive products launched by new social enterprise

With  COP26 negotiations having drawn to a close , the launch of a new social enterprise, Amplify Goods, shows how ‘climate positive’ products can help businesses bring the transition to Net Zero to life through their supply chains. Led, owned, ...

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