Announcements

Julia Argles, who had served for many years as Swiftclean Service Delivery Director, has decided to retire from the company. She is also relinquishing any commercial interest; her shares being purchased by the company. Gary Nicholls, Managing Director and founder ...

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has expanded on its major initiative to achieve ‘key and essential worker’ status for employees in the cleaning and hygiene sector. BCC Chairman Paul Thrupp said: “As everyone is now aware, the BCC has been ...

Schools and businesses reopening can check their cleaning standards with the NHS Deep Cleaning and Advisory Service For the first time in England, domestic cleaning in public spaces has been standardised with an official protocol developed within the NHS in response ...

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 ...

A study into a major cause of hospital acquired infections (HAI) has begun. The work is exploring how contagion bacteria survive even deep cleans with chemical products and is evaluating a novel approach to reduce HAI through the use of ...

Jangro, the UK & Ireland’s largest network of independent janitorial and cleaning distributors, has made several enhancements to its innovative training platform, The Learning Management Solution (LMS). The site now features badges, enabling users to track their progress, as well ...

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 ...

The SURE range of plant-based, 100 per cent biodegradable cleaning products from Diversey has been awarded Gold certificates by the Cradle-to-Cradle Products Innovation Institute. Cradle to Cradle Certified™ is a globally recognised measure of safer, more sustainable products made for ...

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 ...

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 ...