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Applications open for CMS Berlin Purus Innovation Award
11th of April 2025
Entries for the Purus Innovation Award (PIA) 2025 - founded by the organisers of the CMS Berlin exhibition which takes place this September - are now open.
All exhibitors and co-exhibitors are eligible to take part. There are six categories: Cleaning Machines, Robotics/AI (new for 2025), Equipment, Washroom Hygiene, Digital Tools and Systems and
UK cleaning social enterprise launches tyres and tubes recycling scheme
9th of April 2025
A London-based commercial cleaning social enterprise that helps prison leavers rebuild their lives has launched a green initiative to drive recycling of bicycle inner tubes and tyres.
NGB (No Going Back) CLEAN is ready to roll out the scheme across the country after learning many of the discarded inner tubes and tyres dumped in office bike stores
Scrubber dryers - clean and dry at the double
9th of April 2025
How important is it for a scrubber dryer to be able to clean and dry a floor in the shortest possible time? Ann Laffeaty finds out – and asks manufacturers about the features that can potentially make a scrubber dryer more productive.
Scrubber dryers have two important jobs. First they need to be able to remove any grime and soiling from
BCC publishes record figures for value of UK cleaning sector
8th of April 2025
Latest figures published by the British Cleaning Council (BCC) show the value of the cleaning, hygiene and waste industry jumped by more than 10 per cent in 12 months to reach a record-breaking figure of nearly £66.9 billion.
The industry figures for 2022 are the highest ever-recorded and mark a strong recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic,
Sutter acquires Nitida Cleaning & Health
7th of April 2025
Italy-based producer of cleaning and hygiene chemicals Sutter Group has agreed to buy fellow chemicals manufacturer Nitida Cleaning & Health in Spain.
Through this agreement, Sutter says it is acquiring brands, know-how, production facility, warehouse and customer portfolio, as well as the entire range of products available in the Spanish
Cleaning operatives' health - taking responsibility
7th of April 2025
There is now plenty of evidence regarding the dangers around occupational exposure to cleaning chemicals and the health implications for cleaning operatives. So who is responsible for protecting those people’s health? Government, manufacturers, employers, or the cleaning operatives themselves? Georgia Jordan from Biological Preparations
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