Cleaning

The finalists of the 2022 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards have been announced. Tipped by many as the ‘Oscars’ of the cleaning industry, these awards recognise excellence, performance and commitment through unprecedented…

FM provider 14forty, via its leisure arm LSS Facilities Management (both part of Compass Group UK & Ireland), was the cleaning contractor at COP26 – The UN Climate Change Conference 2021. This year, the event took place at at Glasgow’s…

As 2021 draws to a close, Lee Fox, Director of Global Business Development and Key Accounts for Kleen-Tex, discusses the impact the pandemic has had on the facilities management industry, whilst looking ahead to the trends and opportunities…

The facilities management sector is facing huge challenges in filling soft services roles, but the contribution it made in maintaining front line services during the pandemic has raised the sector’s profile, giving FMs the opportunity to…

Mitie has won a new contract to provide cleaning, portering services, and catering for patients and staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Worth £92.5 million over a five-year term, the contract has the option to extend for up to…

A trailblazer group for the cleaning and hygiene industry has been given the greenlight to develop detailed proposals for an accredited industry-wide training programme and apprenticeship for the sector. Earlier this year, the British…

The cleaning and hygiene industry is suffering “severe” staff shortages with the rate of vacancies having increased dramatically, according to a new survey carried out by the British Cleaning Council (BCC). As one of the…

Sodexo’s Full Year Group Results for FY21 show organic growth has been better than expected in both halves. By the fourth quarter, the Group reached 87 per cent of Fiscal 2019 activity, with Healthcare, Schools and Benefits &…