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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
European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2025 - you're invited to join us on the night of the year!
13th of August 2025
This year's European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards gala dinner - where the winners of the only pan-European awards for the cleaning sector will be announced - will take place in Edinburgh on October 2. It's the biggest night of the year for the our industry and you're invited to join us there!
"We look forward to welcoming everyone to Edinburgh
Cleanology to host fifth annual fundraiser in aid of The Hygiene Bank
12th of August 2025
In the UK, cleaning services company Cleanology has launched its annual fundraising event - now in its fifth year - in aid of The Hygiene Bank. This year's venue is 113 Chancery Lane, the Grade II listed home to the Law Society in London, on Thursday, October 9.
Earlier this year Cleanology was awarded Gold Partnership status by the charity, in
Amsterdam gym suspends bosses in cleaning staff scandal
11th of August 2025
Managers responsible for cleaning a chain of luxury gyms in Amsterdam have been suspended pending an investigation into the exploitation of cleaners.
Workers from the Philippines and Indonesia were allegedly forced to work up to 17 hours a day and share beds with strangers while cleaning the four branches of the luxury gym chain Saints and
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