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The BICSc Annual Awards return in September

The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) Annual Awards are planned to return this year on Thursday 30 September, at the Forest of Arden Hotel & Spa in Birmingham. This important and much-anticipated event has long celebrated industry excellence, and ...

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European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards to return in 2022 

The European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards will return in Spring 2022 to celebrate the successes of the industry. After the 2020 event was postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, the organisers have now confirmed that the fifth awards event ...

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Healthguard Hygiene rebrands as Bothongo Hygiene Solutions

Healthguard Hygiene, based in Towcester, Northants, is changing its name to Bothongo Hygiene Solutions. The restructuring is in line with the need to consolidate the Bothongo Group’s growing global activities in the hygiene category. Bothongo Hygiene Solutions is a sister ...

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Sanitiser Sentinel partners with phs Group

The life-saving tech developers behind the Sanitiser Sentinel, the world’s first spoken and visual reminder for hand sanitisation, have announced a new partnership with leading hygiene services provider phs Group across the UK and Ireland. New to the market but ...

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CHSA webinar to address mental wellbeing in the pandemic 

Everyone is facing challenges in the pandemic, from isolation to anxiety. In the cleaning and hygiene sector these are compounded by working on the frontline to keep workplaces clean and safe, and maintaining the supply of essential cleaning and hygiene ...

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Cleaning Show 2021 reschedules

Organisers of the Cleaning Show have announced that it has been rescheduled to 8 – 10 June this year. The show, which will take place at the ExCeL London, was originally due to happen this March but has been rearranged ...

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New APPG to champion cleaning and hygiene worker’s rights

The new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the cleaning and hygiene sector has been inaugurated to represent the interests of the cleaning and hygiene sector in Parliament and influence MPs, ministers and Government. The British Cleaning Council, which sponsors the ...

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Proposed APPG ‘should call for key worker status and vaccines for cleaning and hygiene personnel’

The proposed All Party Parliamentary Group for the cleaning and hygiene industry will have the status of the sector’s operatives as key and essential workers, and their priority for Covid-19 vaccination, as a priority. The British Cleaning Council (BCC), which ...

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BICSc announces imminent launch of NHS compliant cleaning skills

The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) has announced the imminent launch of a selection of NHS compliant cleaning skills, which have been adapted from the long-established Cleaning Professional’s Skills Suite. The selected skills will be compliant with both PAS ...

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CHSA 2021 Undergraduate Bursary 

Young people may not yet be certain of the detail of what’s replacing A’ Levels this summer but there is one thing they can rely on – the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) Bursary. “Young people are living in ...

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