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The picturesque spa town of Buxton was the location for the BCC’s autumn meeting. Council members were in safe hands as the get-together took place in the Government’s Health and Safety Laboratory which is tucked away in the Derbyshire hillside. There was a good turnout of association

The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers’ Association’s (CHSA) annual Golf Day, which took place in Oulton Hall, Yorkshire this month, raised a record breaking £6,500 for the Chairman’s charity, Helping Treat Cancer Together. The evening dinner was hosted by BBC TV’s Dan Walker and its fu

Keep Britain Tidy launched its GB Spring Clean campaign in the Houses of Parliament, where it was joined by  TV presenter and naturalist Steve Backshall and Olympian Helen Glover. The event was well attended by a range of Local Authorities, schools, businesses, charities and many othe

Dan Walker, presenter of Football Focus, BBC Breakfast and Radio 5 Live’s Afternoon Edition, is hosting the CHSA Awards later this month. This years annual Golf Day is taking place at Oulton Hall in Yorkshire on 15 September, with the Awards Dinner taking place in the evening. T

Katherine Chapman, who became Director of the Living Wage Foundation earlier this year, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Cleaning Show in March. She’ll be talking about the work of the Foundation and the impact of the minimum wage on the cleaning industry. The Cleaning

Sustainability is one of the BCC’s core ideals, and taking place in Paris from October 26-27 is the Sustainable Cleaning Products Summit. The theme of the summit is practical approaches to addressing the impacts of cleaning products, and Professor Dr Michael Braungart, co-founde

Adam Jackson has been awarded the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme bursary for 2016. He will now head off to university with a total of £4,500, receiving £1,500 at the start of each year of his three-year degree. The Scholarship is

Former Director of Environmental Quality at Defra, Dr Colin Church is the new CEO of The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), and will be taking over from Steve Lee in the Autumn. Dr Church has extensive experience in strategic environmental policy-making and in his most

The offices of Principle Cleaning Services was the venue for the CSSA’s summer board meeting. It was only the board’s second meeting since relaunching in February and members heard about a number of important and encouraging developments. Chairman, Doug Cooke, confirmed that the CSSA

There’ll be a fresh face around the table when the BCC next meets, that of Andrew Dunning, UK Distribution Manager for Numatic International, who fills the role recently vacated by Kevin Day, The Council has thanked Kevin Day for his contribution to the BCC, and for being one of