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APPG to host week of webinars
21st of May 2021
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) and the UK's Cleaning and Maintenance (C&M) magazine are to host a week of free webinars looking at the work of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the UK cleaning and hygiene industry.
APPG Webinar Week will run from Monday June 7 to Friday June 11 and comprise four different discussions involving
Kingdom Services Group buys Facilicom Cleaning Services and Trigion Security Services
20th of May 2021
In the UK, Kingdom Services Group has completed the purchase of Facilicom Cleaning Services and Trigion Security Services from the Netherlands-based Facilicom Group.
Kingdom Services specialises in security solutions, cleaning, environmental protection and recruitment. As part of the deal, the Kingdom Cleaning division will benefit from the
Hand washing only spiked temporarily during pandemic, hospital finds
19th of May 2021
A US hospital study has revealed that while healthcare hand hygiene compliance soared early on in the pandemic, it fell back to pre-pandemic levels after just four months.
The University of Chicago Medical Centre used an automated hand hygiene monitoring system to track how often staff washed their hands or used sanitiser when entering and
Public toilets clean up in 2020 lockdowns
18th of May 2021
Many UK public toilets that remained open during the pandemic netted large sums in revenue, according to a report from Paymentsense.
Cambridgeshire topped the list of areas with the highest-earning facilities followed by Scarborough Borough Council and Wyre Council. One Cambridge facility cashed in €2,901 during 2020, making it the most
Cleaner hits back against employers in angry resignation note
17th of May 2021
A resignation note left by a UK cleaner for her boss has gone viral on Twitter, with multiple people speaking out against poor treatment of support staff.
Julie Cousins, 67, left her job as a cleaner for HSBC after 35 years following a "dressing down" by her office manager. In her resignation letter she wrote: "In a world when you can be
Japanese businesses to reopen automatic hand dryers in washrooms
14th of May 2021
A Japanese embargo on washroom air dryers - put in place by a powerful business lobby early in the pandemic - has been lifted following the results of new research.
A decision to restrict the use of hand dryers was made in May 2020 by the Japan Business Federation, operating under the name Keidanren. The move to ban dryers followed discussions
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