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One month to go!
2nd of September 2025
This time next month, we'll be in Edinburgh preparing to celebrate the very best of the cleaning and hygiene industry at the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards.
There's still time to book your place at Europe's night of the year for the cleaning sector as we celebrate all our finalists and reveal this year's winners. It's a great night of
CMS Berlin incorporates public transport cleaning focus
1st of September 2025
The German professional cleaning exhibition CMS Berlin will take place from September 23-26 at Messe Berlin. And for the fourth time, the event will incorporate a focus on public transport cleaning in conjunction with the transport technology and mobility trade fair InnoTrans 2026.
The Mobility Cleaning Circle (MCC) will bring together decision
Obituary - Fernando Andraca Herreros
27th of August 2025
Fernando Andraca Herreros, known as 'Nani', passed away in July. A businessman from Cantabria, he became active in the cleaning sector in the late 1970s, combining his business life with efforts to strengthen industry representation. In 1981 he was a founding member of FENAEL (National Federation of Cleaning Companies), the first national
Invisible dirt, invisible risk: why high-touch surface cleaning must evolve
21st of August 2025
In environments where health and hygiene are crucial - such as care homes, hospitals, and public facilities - high-touch surfaces play a silent, but significant role in the transmission of infectious diseases.
Frequently touched surfaces are often missed in cleaning, even though they can spread infections through contact. Helge Alt from
'COVID-style cleaning does not reduce the spread of measles’
19th of August 2025
Some UK nurseries are striving to protect children from contracting measles by carrying out Covid-style levels of cleaning, according to reports.
But the UK Health Security Agency has stressed that cleaning alone cannot provide effective protection from the illness.
The UKHSA has issued a statement after an article in a British national
Cleaning firm fined after worker badly burned at McDonald's
15th of August 2025
A cleaning firm in the UK has been fined £20,000 after an employee suffered chemical burns when working at a Middlesbrough branch of McDonald's.
The unnamed 50-year-old staff member was cleaning extraction systems in an overnight shift when he knelt in a pool of spilled chemical cleaning solution.
He suffered serious burns that later
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