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New industry report calls for more support and recognition from Government for cleaning staff

A new report released today has called for better acknowledgement and support for cleaning and hygiene sector workers from the Government. The report, which is backed by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), the British Cleaning Council (BCC) and ...

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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 ...

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BCC reiterates call for industry members to support lobbying campaign

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has thanked the more than 150 industry members who have backed its lobbying campaign and is now calling on more colleagues to lend their support. Early results are that three MPs have been engaged, along ...

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Professional cleaning – the importance of social value

With customers placing increasing importance on social value, Gareth Cowmeadow, Key Account Director at Kingdom Cleaning, explains how the firm’s conscious cleaning strategy supports these CSR demands. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has moved beyond being just a buzzword for businesses ...

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The Cleaning Show launches 2023 Trends Report

Organisers of The Cleaning Show, which returns to ExCeL, London from 14-16 March, have revealed its 2023 Trends Report, exploring where the cleaning and hygiene industries are heading, the latest innovations and trends, as well as the challenges affecting the cleaning and FM ...

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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 ...

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Metsä Tissue’s UK Sustainability Awards – entry deadline approaching

Showcasing sustainability in the hygiene industry Metsä Tissue in the UK, in partnership with the Cleaning & Services Support Association, is announcing the first of it’s kind Sustainability Awards competition to the hygiene industry in early 2023, with the goal ...

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CHSA: Proud to support the cleaning industry in 2022

“The cleaning industry is a huge contributor to the UK economy, and we are proud to have supported it in 2022, setting standards and advocating a Roadmap to Sustainability,” said Lorcan Mekitarian, Chair of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association. ...

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Home Secretary’s remarks about migrant workers and unskilled labour are ‘divorced from reality’ says BCC

Leaders of one of the UK’s biggest industries have branded the Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s comments about reducing migrant workers entering the country as “ridiculous”, “completely out of touch” and “divorced from reality”. The £59 billion cleaning, hygiene and waste ...

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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 ...

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