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Voting opens for the Tomorrow's Cleaning Awards 2019

Voting opens for the Tomorrow's Cleaning Awards 2019

The Tomorrow’s Cleaning Awards Guide 2019 has been published, and the public vote is now open. Now in their eighth year, the Tomorrow’s Cleaning Awards celebrate 50 of the cleaning...
Suspected shoplifter caught out by street cleaner

Suspected shoplifter caught out by street cleaner

Birmingham street cleaner Sean Wright has helped police catch a suspected shoplifter on New Year’s Eve. Sean, employed by Westside Business Improvement District (BID), noticed a man parking...
Clean hands help Airedale clean up

Clean hands help Airedale clean up

Yorkshire chemical specialist Airedale Chemical has seen sales of its surfactant range, Airsurf, increase by 45% in just 12 months. Experts at the company are attributing this to the mounting...
Merry Hill's Christmas is elevated

Merry Hill's Christmas is elevated

Star Platforms recently provided several cherry-pickers to Christmas decoration design and installation specialists James Glancy Design at the Intu Merry Hill shopping centre in Dudley,...
Directorship passes on to a new generation

Directorship passes on to a new generation

Charles Coward and Andy Coward have been appointed joint Managing Directors of family-owned specialist brush manufacturer, Hillbrush. This follows the move of current MD Philip Coward, who has...
HydraMaster sold to Bluefin

HydraMaster sold to Bluefin

Bluefin Global LLC has purchased Nilfisk’s US-based carpet and restoration equipment specialist HydraMaster. Bruce Daw, Vice President of Sales for HydraMaster, said: “Having an...
2018 winners announced for ISSA Hygieia Network awards

2018 winners announced for ISSA Hygieia Network awards

The ISSA Hygieia Network, an ISSA Charities non-profit organisation dedicated to the advancement and retention of women in the cleaning industry, recently revealed its 2018 award winners at the ISSA...
Spending a penny now cheaper up North

Spending a penny now cheaper up North

Three of the busiest railway stations in the North of England have had their toilet charges scrapped by Network Rail. The charges will be dropped from 17 December 2018 at Liverpool Lime Street,...
Accredited distributors achieve over 97% compliance

Accredited distributors achieve over 97% compliance

The 2018 audits of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) Accreditation Scheme for Distributors has shown a high level of compliance. An average of 97.5% of relevant...
Yvonne Taylor appointed to BICSc Council

Yvonne Taylor appointed to BICSc Council

OCS UK has announced that Yvonne Taylor, Head of Cleaning for the OCS Group UK, Ireland and Middle East, has been appointed to the Council of the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc). ...

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