The British Cleaning Council and members write monthly columns for both Cleaning and Maintenance and Tomorrow’s Cleaning magazines. You can read recent columns below. To read the columns as they originally appeared, please visit https://cleaningmag.com/issues and https://www.tomorrowscleaning.com/back-issues We Clean, We Care – a badge of pride By Jim Melvin, Chairman of the British Cleaning Council …
Some interesting insights on the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector are revealed by the latest British Cleaning Council’s (BCC) 2022 research report, which has just been published. The number of sector businesses grew to 69,005 in 2021 and the number of employees working in the sector remained static at 1.47 million, according to the latest …
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The British Cleaning Council and members write monthly columns for both Cleaning and Maintenance and Tomorrow’s Cleaning magazines. You can read recent columns below. To read the columns as they originally appeared, please visit https://cleaningmag.com/issues and https://www.tomorrowscleaning.com/back-issues We will not stop trying to deliver our message to Government By Jim Melvin, Chairman of the British Cleaning Council …
British Cleaning Council Chairman Jim Melvin has been discussing the ongoing severe staff shortage in the cleaning and hygiene sector on Radio 4’s flagship news programme, Today. Jim Melvin was interviewed on the programme on Saturday about how staff absences caused by the latest Covid-19 variant are combining with a major recruitment crisis in the …
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Attendees at this year’s Cleaning Show in Manchester were strongly encouraged to claim and wear a free badge celebrating the work of cleaning and hygiene staff. The British Cleaning Council (BCC) launched a new stage in its campaign for wider recognition for the vital work that cleaning and hygiene staff do at the Manchester Cleaning …
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With less than a month to go until The Cleaning Show opens its doors in Manchester, the organisers have revealed the first details of its comprehensive conference programme. From 6-7 April 2022, more than 3,000 cleaning professionals will be welcomed to the Manchester Central Convention Complex where the latest insights into innovative hygiene and cleaning …
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Since the launch of the Chartered Practitioners Register by the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC) last year, 12 people have been awarded their chartered status. Five further entrants will receive their awards at the WCEC court lunch in May and a further fifteen cleaning industry professionals have registered to begin their chartership journey including …
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If a commercial laundry isn’t registered for the Climate Change Agreement Scheme (CCA) then it’s missing out. The Textile Services Association (TSA) has lobbied Government agencies to reopen the scheme – and they have agreed, but only until the end of March 2022. Once this window closes, that’s it. So what can commercial laundries get …
Buyers of cleaning and hygiene products can continue to rely on the guarantee of the Cleaning and Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) Accreditation Scheme Mark following exceptional compliance during 2021. The CHSA’s independent inspector conducted 143 audits during the year, inspecting every member of the CHSA. More than 3,800 individual items were checked across all the …
Exceptional conformance to CHSA accreditation schemes in 2021 guarantees standards Read More »
Across the country, communities who care for their environment are gearing up for the Great British Spring Clean 2022, which will take place from March 25 to April 10. The Keep Britain Tidy campaign – in its seventh year – is the UK’s largest mass-action environmental campaign, funded by organisations including Nestlé and KFC, and supported …
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