ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

In London, the elite of the cleaning and FM industry were recognised at the 2022 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards recently.

Created over 30 years ago, the event is an opportunity for FM companies, contract cleaners and in-house cleaning teams in the UK and Ireland to showcase excellence and set the benchmark for exceptional standards.

The winners and highly commended were:

Healthcare
Winner: OCS for Middleport Healthcare Centre

Hospitals
Winner: Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists for Mater Private Hospital, Dublin

Office areas below 100,000 square feet
Winner: Principle Cleaning Services for 22 Bishopsgate
Highly Commended: Momentum Support for Google GRCQ1 "The Quay"

Office areas between 100,000 and 300,000 square feet
Winner: VINCI Facilities for Welsh Government, Cathays Park
Highly Commended: Principle Cleaning Services for Stephenson Harwood LLP

Office areas over 300,000 square feet
Winner: Principle Cleaning Services for The Francis Crick Institute
Highly Commended: Thames Cleaning & Support Services Ltd for Exchange House, Exchange Square

Education - Pre-School and Primary
Winner: Julius Rutherfoord & Co for Portland Place School

Education - Senior and Further Education
Winner: Exclusive Services Group Ltd for City College Southampton

Retail/Shopping Malls under one million square feet:
Winner: ABM UK for St Stephen's Shopping Centre, Hull

Retail/Shopping Malls over one million square feet
Winner: ABM UK for The Centre, Livingston
Highly Commended: ABM UK for Victoria Leeds

Manufacturing
Winner: Apleona Ireland Limited for West Pharmaceutical, Dublin and Waterford

Hospitality
Winner: Key Enviro Solutions Limited for St Katharine Docks Estate
Highly Commended: ABM UK for TfL London Transport Museum

Leisure
Joint Winners: ABM UK for TfL Stonebridge Park Depot and ABM UK for TfL Stratford Market Depot

Environmental Awareness
Winner: Cleanology

Training
Winner: Momentum Support
Highly Commended: Exclusive Services Group Ltd

Diversity
Winner: Exclusive Services Group Ltd
Highly Commended: Cleanology

Going the Extra Mile
Winner: Birkin Cleaning Services Ltd for Howden UK Group
Highly Commended: The Churchill Group for South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS)

Small Business
Winner: Key Enviro Solutions Limited

Supervisor of the Year
Winner: Marino Agudelo - Key Enviro Solutions Limited
Highly Commended: Glen Stevens - ABM UK for TfL London Transport Museum

Cleaning Operative of the Year
Winner: Marianna Pazera, VINCI Facilities
Highly Commended: Tracy Byrne, OCS and Valerie Greasley, OCS

"This is a year of unrivalled and outstanding standards for the Golden Service Awards," said Craig Bowman, general manager (UK and Ireland), Kimberly-Clark Professional. "We have seen clear evidence of exceptional achievements in the face of unbelievable pressures and challenges.

"We are in an industry that makes a real difference to people's lives and this event was about recognising those people and saying 'thank you'."

www.goldenserviceawards.co.uk