The industry body for the cleaning and hygiene sector has published a guide to cleaning terms to help the UK economy reopen safely following the Coronavirus lockdown. Since the pandemic began, the British Cleaning Council (BCC) has received many enquiries ...
Read More »Manchester Cleaning Show 2020 postponed for the second time
The Manchester Cleaning Show has been rescheduled for the second time this year and will now take place from 14 to 15 October 2020 at Event City in Greater Manchester. The event, which is the North of England’s premier cleaning and ...
Read More »How robotics helps cleaning during COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to move through the United States and other countries around the world, robots have become the go-to method for keeping buildings clean. Robotics can clean large buildings like hospitals, manufacturing facilities, and shopping centres more efficiently than ...
Read More »New software puts wellbeing at the centre of cleaning activities
As a result of Coronavirus cleaning activities have an even greater impact on the wellbeing of people in a building. The users of the building, cleaning teams, site and facilities staff are all are affected. Creating the right level of ...
Read More »Principle wins five-year deal at 22 Bishopsgate
Principle Cleaning Services has been awarded a contract with JLL for an initial five-year term to provide housekeeping services to London’s new, people-focused workplace destination, 22 Bishopsgate. Offering over 1.275 million square feet of office space over 62 floors, 22 ...
Read More »Churchill wins Scottish Police Authority deal
Following a rigorous procurement process Churchill has been awarded a multi-site contract with the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) which begins this month. Churchill will provide cleaning and janitorial services on an initial three-year deal, with an option for a further two years. ...
Read More »New cleaning apprenticeship standard being delivered by InterLearn
Yesterday (6 July) saw training provider, InterLearn, launch a new qualification in the form of a trailblazing apprenticeship which has been greeted with open arms by companies in the cleaning industry. The Healthcare Cleaning Operative (HCO) programme comes at a ...
Read More »SoftBank Robotics Group’s AI-enabled vacuum cleaning robot ‘Whiz’ surpasses 10,000 mark
SoftBank Robotics Group Corp. has announced that, as of the end of June 2020, it recorded global cumulative sales of more than 10,000 units of ‘Whiz,’ the AI-enabled vacuum-cleaning robot developed and provided by SoftBank Robotics Corp. Following the launch ...
Read More »Incentive QAS pays tribute to frontline staff
Cleaning specialist, Incentive QAS, has distributed more than 800 wellbeing packs to its staff all over the UK. With half of the 800 strong company working throughout the pandemic, and the other half preparing to return to work after furlough, ...
Read More »WAMITAB approved as End-Point Assessment Organisation for Healthcare Cleaning Operative apprenticeship
WAMITAB has been approved by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to offer End-Point Assessment for the new Level 2 Healthcare Cleaning Operative. The Healthcare Cleaning Apprenticeship was approved in February 2020 and has been welcomed by key industry bodies: ...
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