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Metsä Tissue chooses Goole for planned landmark UK investment

Metsä Tissue has chosen Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire as the site for its planned new state-of-the-art tissue paper mill in the UK. This landmark investment of several hundreds of millions of pounds will deliver the largest tissue mill in ...

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ECB and Initial extend period dignity campaign

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Initial Washroom Hygiene (Initial) will now offer to all grassroots clubs with girls’ sections across England and Wales. The roll-out is a nationwide extension of the pilot programme that has been run ...

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CHSA provides guidance on Life Cycle Assessment 

The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) new Fact Sheet offers its members and others in the industry valuable guidance on the challenge of assessing the environmental impact of a product over its full life cycle. A full life cycle ...

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Multiwash from Truvox International helps put a smile on patients’ faces

SmileLux bought its first Truvox International floorcare machine in 2018 for ground floor use and has recently taken delivery of the new Multiwash™ PRO 240, as the business has now also expanded upstairs. Milton Keynes-based SmileLux is a multi-award-winning Specialist ...

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Five reasons to enter the KCP Golden Service Awards

The cleaning and FM industry event of the year – the Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards – are now open for your entries until 27 October. For over 30 years, these awards have provided outstanding golden opportunities for cleaning companies, ...

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Simply Washrooms achieves B Corp certification

Simply Washrooms (Simply), the UK-based workplace and washroom hygiene service provider, has been certified as a B Corporation (B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. Simply has also published its ...

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Sector employers urged to sign up to Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship information sessions

Employers and anyone else interested in finding out more about the new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship are being urged to sign up for one of a series of Zoom information sessions starting in October. The Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship (Level ...

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Jangro celebrates three years of Planet Mark certification

Jangro, the largest network of independent janitorial distributors in the UK and Ireland, is celebrating its third consecutive year of being Planet Mark certified, strengthening its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint. Planet Mark is a sustainability certification that verifies ...

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Yorkshire commercial cleaning business – Buyout in record time

Growing Leeds-based commercial cleaning firm, Nova has just undergone a buy out after its investor, David Ruddy, the previous owner of Biochemica Group took on 70 per cent of the business during COVID-19, saving 48 jobs. By enlisting Industrial Chemist ...

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Kimberly-Clark launches first-ever wind farm in South Lanarkshire

Kimberly-Clark, the parent company of leading household brands including Andrex®, Kleenex®, Huggies®, WypAll® and Scott®, is celebrating a major milestone in its ambitious drive towards green energy with the official opening of a new onshore wind farm by Màiri McAllan, ...

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