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01
MAY
2020

CIEH welcomes essential worker status for Environmental Health Practitioners

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the Government’s confirmation that Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs) in England are to be classed as essential workers. Public and environmental health staff, including in government agencies and arm’s length
28
APR
2020

Industry body calls for all cleaners to be included in priority list for Coronavirus testing

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is calling for all cleaners to be to be included in the expanded first wave of testing for Coronavirus for ‘essential workers’ announced last week. Last Thursday, the Government launched an online testing scheme which it said was designed to allow ‘a
22
APR
2020

Lives of cleaners ‘put at risk’ due to lack of Coronavirus testing

The lives of cleaners working on the frontline in the fight against Coronavirus are potentially being put at risk because they are not automatically entitled to testing, according to the industry body for the sector. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is calling for cleaners who are s
20
APR
2020

Manufacturers of Henry vacuum cleaners help in the fight against Covid-19

Normally known for their vacuum cleaners (most famously the Henry vac), Numatic have urgently re-tasked Research and Development Teams, Production Specialists and Manufacturing Teams to work across projects in support of the response to the COVID-19 crisis. The Numatic teams have been
17
APR
2020

Huff Post film backs call for all cleaners to be critical and Key Workers

High-profile national and international news website, the Huff Post, has made a short film about the work of cleaners during the Coronavirus crisis. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) features in the video, which focuses on how cleanliness and hygiene have moved to the top of everyone
09
APR
2020

Call for the Government to draft in window-cleaners to fight Coronavirus

The nation’s window-cleaners should be employed in a nationwide rolling programme of sanitisation to fight the Coronavirus, according to the Federation of Window Cleaners (FWC). The FWC is calling for the Government to launch an initiative like the schemes operated by other countries,
03
APR
2020

Employers urged to issue letters to cleaners to prove critical and Key Worker status  

Employers of cleaning staff operating in critical industries have been urged to provide them with written proof that they should be treated as critical and Key Workers. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) made the call to help remove confusion over what Government guidelines on dealing
26
MAR
2020

BCC Chairman interviewed on national radio about the important role of cleaners

British Cleaning Council Chairman Paul Thrupp has been speaking on BBC radio about the important role the nation’s cleaners have during the Coronavirus pandemic. Paul appeared twice on BBC 5 Live, first in an interview which went out on the evening of Wednesday 25 March in the S
25
MAR
2020

‘Extraordinary’ role of cleaners praised in Parliament

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have paid tribute in Parliament today to the ‘extraordinary’ role of cleaners during the Coronavirus crisis. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has welcomed the supportive comments and is repeating its call for cleaners to be recognised as essential ‘cr
25
MAR
2020

New report reveals cleaning sector employs five per cent of UK workforce

Research shows that the cleaning sector is one of the top ten UK industries New research by the British Cleaning Council (BCC) has revealed that there are approximately 1.63m workers in the industry, making up around five per cent of the UK workforce. This total, calculated for the fi
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