Announcements

Facilities management firm, Polyteck Group, has launched a new deep cleaning and sanitation division aimed at servicing the residential and commercial sectors it operates in. The move aims to tackle the increasing need for enhanced cleaning and hygiene services during ...

With regular and thorough cleaning of shared spaces essential during the current pandemic, the number of cleaning supplies being sold has surged. However, not all sanitising products are effective at killing the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which causes COVID-19. Cardiff-based Genesis ...

Cleaning and support services company, NJC has launched a Facilities Management Coronavirus Support Hub to share useful information in support of the government’s return to the workplace plan. The requirement for social distancing, PPE and staggered shifts will mean that ...

Healthcare professionals often find their hand hygiene instruction to be too theoretical, according to a study. Tork manufacturer Essity has responded by launching the Safe at Work: COVID-19 Healthcare Toolkit in a bid to support healthcare staff with hands-on training. ...

Industrial and environmental services provider, Enva, has donated 24,000 (250ml) bottles of hand sanitiser to care homes in Ireland, as the company continues to play its part in the battle against Covid-19. Care and nursing homes in the vicinity of ...

The current Covid-19 pandemic is impacting the world and as the people become more focused on hygiene and cleaning, knowledge transfer has become even more crucial. To facilitate this knowledge transfer, Interclean Amsterdam has created an online programme that will run ...

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is calling for all cleaners to be to be included in the expanded first wave of testing for Coronavirus for ‘essential workers’ announced last week. Last Thursday, the Government launched an online testing scheme which ...

The organisers behind the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards have announced that this year’s event in Brussels will be postponed until 2021, due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. The fifth annual event, which celebrates the cleaning and hygiene sector across ...

The lives of cleaners working on the frontline in the fight against Coronavirus are potentially being put at risk because they are not automatically entitled to testing, according to the industry body for the sector. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) ...

Legionella risk experts, Swiftclean, are warning property managers not to let up on ACoP L8 legionella compliance in the face of the Coronavirus public health emergency, but to ensure proper social distancing is practised when having the service delivered. Well-intentioned ...