The voice of the UK’s cleaning, hygiene and waste sector, the British Cleaning Council (BCC), has officially elected a new Chair and Deputy Chair at its recent Annual General Meeting. Delia Cannings, who has served as Deputy Chair of the ...
Read More »BCC hopes Apprenticeship Standard will be approved later this year
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) is considering final proposals for an Apprenticeship-Levy funded Apprenticeship Standard for the cleaning and hygiene sector, with the expectation that it could be approved later this year. The final submission for the ...
Read More »Government criticised by business leaders for ignoring vital cleaning and hygiene report
Business leaders have branded the Government’s lack of interest in adopting the findings of a recent Covid-19 learnings report which called for cleaning and hygiene to be made a national priority ‘arguably reckless’ and ‘inexplicable’. The trade bodies representing one ...
Read More »Industry members urged to speak up and make cleaning and hygiene a national priority
The cleaning, hygiene and waste industry has come together to issue a call for sector staff to ‘speak up’ for their industry and help lobby MPs and sign a petition to make cleaning and hygiene a national priority. The British ...
Read More »BCC pays tribute to Terry King
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has paid tribute to one of its co-founders who died earlier this year, aged 82. Terence King and two industry colleagues set up the BCC in 1982 after hearing the Master of the Worshipful Company ...
Read More »MBE awarded to leading cleaning industry figure
A leading figure in the cleaning and hygiene industry has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) at Buckingham Palace. Kim Phillips is a Director at the British Cleaning Council (BCC), the National Chairperson of ...
Read More »‘Twindemic’ could cost more lives due to the severe shortage of cleaning staff
Industry leaders are very concerned and reasonably warning that the ongoing severe staff shortages affecting the £59 billion cleaning, hygiene and waste sector could cause any ‘twindemic’ this winter to be much worse. The situation could become absolutely critical and ...
Read More »Sector anger after opposition parties ignore meeting call
Angry and disappointed cleaning and hygiene industry leaders have hit out after opposition parties so far avoided meeting with them to discuss key and pressing sector issues. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) wrote to the Labour, Scottish Nationalist, Lib Dem ...
Read More »Cleaning industry leaders snubbed by Government to discuss Sue Gray report findings
Angry business leaders in the cleaning and hygiene sector have hit out after the Government simply failed to fully respond and agree to their demands for a meeting to discuss the findings in the Sue Gray report. The industry body ...
Read More »BCC to launch ‘We Clean, We Care’ at the Manchester Cleaning Show
Attendees at this year’s Cleaning Show in Manchester are being strongly encouraged to claim and wear a free badge celebrating the work of cleaning and hygiene staff. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) will launch a new stage in its campaign ...
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