Traditionally cleaned linens for hospitality businesses have been protected by plastic covers, during transit from the laundry and while they are stored before being used. In recent years hospitality linen services have used 100 tonnes of plastics a week to ...
Read More »Recruitment drive initiative: TSA announces dates for Laundry Open Week 2025
How to encourage recruitment for the commercial laundry sector in the face of national staff shortages? After a successful pilot in 2024, the TSA (Textile Services Association) has announced the dates for next year’s Laundry Open Week, which will run ...
Read More »TSA’s new Supplier Document Portal makes contracting easier
The Textile Services Association (TSA) has launched the Supplier Document Portal on its website, a useful and functional platform that can enhance a contractor management process within laundries. The document portal aims to provide its members with access to the ...
Read More »TSA calls on new Government to take action on sustainability
The TSA (Textile Services Association) says it has a series of key questions for the Labour government to answer, and is to lobby the new influx of MPs. The Association is calling on the government to focus on sustainability, particularly ...
Read More »Hospitality and laundries agree sustainability targets and action points
The relationship between UKHospitality and the Textile Services Association, which represents commercial laundries, is becoming even closer, as the latest meeting between the two associations agreed a number of sustainability targets and action points. The Round Table events started after ...
Read More »TSA and De Montfort University look to set new standard for healthcare laundry wash processes
The Textile Services Association (TSA) recently presented a new standardised test protocol for evaluating the disinfection efficacy of laundry wash processes at its spring conference. This marks the latest stage in the ongoing partnership between the TSA and De Montfort ...
Read More »The TSA’s textile sustainability mascot is helping hospitality achieve a sustainable future for linen
It’s been a few months since the Textile Services Association (TSA) introduced the mascot Pasha the Pillowcase to the world. Pasha has the mission of educating staff in the hospitality and laundry sectors about the importance of handling linen correctly ...
Read More »Commercial laundries want YOU!
The UK’s Textile Services Association (TSA) has come together with the European Textile Services Association (ETSA) and others to throw open the doors of the commercial laundry industry to the public. The aim? To demonstrate and promote careers in textile ...
Read More »TSA highlights successes of government lobbying efforts
As part of its mission to ensure the interests of its members and the industry are represented, the Textile Services Association (TSA) has built relationships with MPs across all major parties. They are helping to raise the profile of the ...
Read More »Energy crisis: TSA calls on businesses to be part of the laundry lobby
If the energy support ends in March, commercial laundries are in for a very rough ride. The Textile Services Association (TSA) is lobbying government to continue to provide support after March, and it is calling on commercial laundry owners and executives ...
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