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Safety Alert: HSE issue KN95 facemask warning

HSE issues KN95 facemask warning

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning against the use of KN95 facemasks as personal protective equipment (PPE). A safety alert was issued on 11 June 2020, urging all employers and...
Polyteck launches brand new deep cleaning division

Deep cleaning division launched by Polyteck

Polyteck Group has launched a new deep cleaning and sanitation division aimed at servicing the residential and commercial sectors it operates in. The move aims to tackle the increasing need for...
Comprehensive collaborative cleaning programme 'A breath of fresh care' launched

New collaborative cleaning programme launched

etc.venues has developed a new programme, ‘A Breath of Fresh Care’. to deliver cleanliness and disinfection in its venues. The programme is part of its comprehensive preparations and...
CHSA calls on the Government to prioritise testing for cleaning and hygiene product makers

CHSA calls for priority testing

The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) has written to the Health Secretary, the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, asking for employees of manufacturers and distributors of cleaning and hygiene...
CHSA warns buyers to beware of profiteers capitalising on unprecedented demand

Buyers beware of profiteers, says CHSA

The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) is warning all buyers of cleaning and hygiene products to be aware of unscrupulous profiteers capitalising on unprecedented demand for product. ...
'Working safely' advice for UK employers issued by the Government

Government issues 'working safely' advice for UK employers

The UK Government has published its ‘Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)’ guidance for employers, to help them get their businesses back up and running. As lockdown measures...
Hygiene specialist re-opens production unit in double-quick time

Production re-opens at hygiene specialist

Warrington-based Christeyns Food Hygiene has taken its specialist flammables unit out of mothballs and prepared it for operation in just three days. Unit 2 at the company’s Winwick Quay,...
British Cleaning Council calls for all cleaners to be a Coronavirus testing priority

BCC calls for Coronavirus testing for all cleaners

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is calling for all cleaners to be included in the expanded first wave of testing for Coronavirus for ‘essential workers’. On 23 April, the...
UK Government urged name cleaners as critical and Key Workers

UK Government urged to name cleaners Key Workers

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is urging employers of cleaning staff operating in critical industries to provide their employees with written proof that they should be treated as critical and...
Water Jetting Association suspends training due to Coronavirus

Training suspended by the WJA

The Water Jetting Association (WJA) has suspended all water jetting training to counter the health threat posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The WJA is the largest provider of high pressure and...

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