The leader of one of the UK’s biggest and most important industries has responded to Keir Starmer’s speech at Labour Conference yesterday, in which he referred to ‘No more cleaners mocked, as they scrub mess off the walls of illegal ...
Read More »Spotlight set to shine on UK cleaning teams for Thank Your Cleaner Day
Kärcher is once again preparing to show its support for hard-working cleaning staff across the UK as part of this year’s Thank Your Cleaner Day campaign, which is taking place on 18 October. First launched in 2015, the initiative is ...
Read More »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 ...
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 »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 »Healthcare, hospitality, and other cleaning staff facing ‘burnout’ due to severe staff shortages
Industry leaders have warned that cleaning staff in healthcare, hospitality and other parts of the sector are facing burnout because of increased workloads due to the Covid-19 pandemic and severe staff shortages. The extra procedures and protocols put in place ...
Read More »Thank Your Cleaner Day 2021 celebrates its biggest year ever
Thank Your Cleaner Day will celebrate its most successful year ever in 2021 with more than 50 countries taking part – 20 more than last year! Social responsibility has played a major role at Kärcher for decades and support for ...
Read More »Putting cleaners in the spotlight: Thank Your Cleaner Day
Cleaning is one of the most important industries in the world yet is often undervalued by those who benefit from the service. Everyday tens of thousands of skilled, hardworking cleaning staff work around the clock to ensure working and living environments ...
Read More »Challenges facing the attraction and retention of cleaning staff
Many UK-based cleaning contractors are recognised for having a high turnover of employees. Cleaning is often taboo and unattractive to the younger generation and can be seen as a transient occupation rather than a career. Retaining good employees in our ...
Read More »Making recycling work
More and more companies are looking to improve recycling at work, and cleaning firms need to support them. Cleanology takes things a step further, explains Dominic Pooniah, CEO of Cleanology, by actively encouraging clients to recycle, and training staff to ...
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