ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

The finalists for this year's British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) Awards have been revealed after a record number of entries.

Innovation Award

• Whitespot Facilities Management
• Berkeley Services UAE
• Total Clean Services
• Not Just Cleaning

Environmental Award

• Deeland Ltd t/a Service Master
• Julius Rutherfoord & Co
• Not Just Cleaning

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Johanna Galindo - King's College London
• Rose Dalton - 2Gether Support Solutions

Corporate Member of the Year

• Deeland Ltd t/a Service Master
• Birkin Group

Accredited Training Member (ATM) of the Year

• Deeland Ltd t/a Service Master
• King's College London
• Clarion Housing

Assessor of the Year

• Steven Goldie - HMP Addiewell
• Heby Mathew - ADNH Catering
• Byron Andagoya Manosalvas - King's College London

Accredited Trainer of the Year

• Nadeem Iqbal - ADNH Catering
• Natalia Kaczmarek - Mitie Cleaning and Environmental Services at Amazon
• Amaniampong Atakora - Goldsmiths University of London

Cleaning Operative of the Year

• Barrington Spencer - Bidvest Noonan
• Stephen Butterworth - 2Gether Support Solutions
• Natan Blachuta - Heath and Wilstshire

Outstanding Candidate of the Year

• Joshua Morel - Engie Solutions KSA
• Jolanta Cerkauskiene - Birkin Group
• Zoe Biela - 2Gether Support Solutions

Additional awards, which are awarded by BICSc include The Chairman's Award, The Eric Hill Award and The BICSc International Award.

Neil Spencer-Cook, BICSc group managing director commented: "We were thrilled to receive record numbers of nominations which saw an incredible increase of 25 per cent on previous years, which demonstrates how highly regarded the BICSc Awards are within the global professional cleaning industry.

"We look forward to celebrating with the winners at our awards ceremony later this year and congratulate everyone who entered and were nominated - an achievement in itself."

The winners will be announced during a gala dinner on September 25 at Whittlebury Hall & Spa, Whittlebury, Northamptonshire. Tickets will be available from June 9.

For more information visit:www.bics.org.uk/awards