UKHA members to don their cowboy hats for summer ball
Yee haa! UK Housekeepers Association (UKHA) members will be dressed in denim and diamonds for a country and western themed edition of the association’s summer ball on Saturday 29 June. The Scotland region will be hosting the event at the Doubletree by Hilton,...
Infection control remains the focus for local authority building cleaning, report will say
The Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) surveys local authority building cleaning services regularly. Ahead of the publication of the 2024 report on the state of the market, APSE Principal Adviser Vickie Hacking summarised some of the key findings from...
Appeal for sector firms to support The Hygiene Bank
Cleaning and hygiene sector firms are supporting charity The Hygiene Bank – and more industry businesses are being encouraged to give their support. Research in recent years has highlighted the issue of hygiene poverty by showing, for example, that millions of adults...
Manchester Cleaning Show boasts biggest and best-ever attended show to date
The Manchester Cleaning Show has celebrated its biggest and best-attended event, with a record-breaking 85 exhibitors and 2,558 attendees participating in the two-day event. Attendees descended upon Manchester Central from all over the world, including North America,...
Cleaning, hygiene and waste industry ‘in recovery’ after Covid-19 pandemic, says newly-published research
New research published by the British Cleaning Council (BCC) shows how the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector is ‘in recovery’ after the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. The latest figures, published today (Wednesday 13 March), show that the industry contributes...
Paul Thrupp thanked for 16 years of service to the FWC management committee
Executive Member Paul Thrupp will step down from the Federation of Window Cleaners (FWC) management committee in April 2024, following 16 years of dedicated service. Paul joined the FWC management committee with a window cleaning background, having been in the...
FWC offers seminar programme at the Manchester Cleaning Show for window cleaners
The Federation of Window Cleaners (FWC) has unveiled a special programme of seminars for industry staff attending the Manchester Cleaning Show. The FWC, which will also entertain attendees by staging a national window cleaning competition at the show next week, is...
Keep Britain Tidy calls on people to make a Platinum Pledge for this year’s Great British Spring Clean
To help mark its ‘big birthday’, Keep Britain Tidy is hoping that more people than ever will support this year’s Great British Spring Clean. In 2023, around 350,000 volunteers in every corner of the country collected more than 400,000 bags of litter from our streets,...
BICSc and CSSA collaborate on innovative industry research
Experts from The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) and the Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA) have joined forces to work in partnership on an innovative pioneering project – The Future of Cleaning initiative. An industry first, this...
CHSA Bursary offers financial support for students
The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) has launched its 2024 search for the successful applicants of its undergraduate bursary. Four talented young people will each receive £6,000 during their university career. Since it was first awarded in 2016 in...