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Finalists for European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards in Berlin announced

Thirty-six leading service providers, manufacturers and distributors have made the shortlist across 10 categories in the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2018. The awards, which are now in their third year, recognise standards of excellence in the professional cleaning industry, ...

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TCFM scoops multi-site Poundland deal

TC Facilities Management (TCFM) has won the contract to deliver window and external signage cleaning across the country for Poundland. The contract being delivered by a team from TC Specialist Services, part of TCFM commenced last month.  It provides window ...

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Spectrum cleans up at new V&A Dundee Museum

Spectrum has secured the cleaning services contract at the new V&A museum in Dundee, located on the River Tay. A world-renowned name, the new 8000m² V&A museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and associates, explores the global importance of design ...

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Chemicals specialist grows apprentice numbers

Christeyns, who manufacture and supply detergents and supporting chemicals for the UK laundry sector, has taken on four new apprentices, bringing the total of talented youngsters on their scheme up to 10. Bradford-based Christeyns has been recruiting apprentices for the ...

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Five tips for choosing a uniform for your cleaning business

John Armstrong is Director and Co-owner of printwear and branding specialists, Custom Planet. Here, he gives his top tips for choosing a uniform for your cleaning business. When you run a business, there will be plenty of things you have ...

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CHSA names winners of its 2018 undergraduate bursaries

Krupa Solanki and Ellie Walker have been named as the recipients of the CHSA’s 2018 Undergraduate Bursaries. These bursaries have been awarded following the CHSA Council’s decision earlier in the year to award up to two bursaries every year for ...

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VClean Life launches green-cleaning (dry-cleaning) facility

VClean Life, the UK’s first entirely 100 per cent green-cleaning facility will begin operations today (12 September) in Watford, marking the dry-cleaning industry’s shift to a future without perchloroethylene (PERC). The multi-million pound VClean Life hub will be the first ...

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ISS in the Netherlands to divest its non-core cleaning portfolio

Global facility services provider, ISS, has reached an agreement to divest its non-core single-service cleaning portfolio in the Netherlands to Dutch cleaning company CSU. As one of the largest cleaning companies in the Netherlands, CSU is well-known and a respected ...

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SWC gets another slice of Pizza Express deal

Four years into its relationship with PizzaExpress, Specialist Window Cleaning (SWC), part of Incentive FM Group, has been awarded a further two-year contract extension with the restaurant giant. This is the third time that the contract has been extended. Under ...

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ISSA Next Gen makes its debut

ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, has announced the launch of ISSA Next Gen. This program replaces the previous ISSA Young Executive Society (YES) program. The goal of ISSA Next Gen is to improve ISSA member benefits and increase participation ...

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