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The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) announced the winners of its 2022 Annual Awards in a special presentation ceremony held at The Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club, which was hosted by TV presenter and former England international rugby player Martin Bayfield.
The awards celebrate brilliance in training and accreditation throughout the cleaning industry and are now recognised as one of the most prestigious accolades throughout the sector.
Neil Spencer-Cook, Chief Operating Office at BICSc, said: “We were delighted to once again be able to recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of those operating within the professional cleaning industry.
“Our annual awards provide the perfect opportunity to shine a spotlight on the deserving winners and honour industry excellence. The standard of entries this year was exceptional and we congratulate those who received accolades for their excellent work within the sector. The evening was a great success and we look forward to next year’s event!”
Amongst the award winners was the University of Northampton, which was presented with the Outstanding Corporate Member of the Year award with the judges acknowledging: “The University of Northampton holds everything that BICSc stands for at the heart of its practice. It is clear the service is run with staff safety and fulfilment as the biggest priorities.”
For the second successive year the Excellence in Training & Assessment (International) accolade was presented to Emrill Services LLC with judges’ comments highlighting how “Emrill shout about the importance of training, the achievement of their team and creating a safer working environment for everyone”.
New for 2022 was the inaugural award of Outstanding Client Commitment by a cleaning operative which was won by Donna Harris of the University of Northampton. Judges comments highlighted how “Donna’s commitment to the client underpins everything that she does. Donna is a fantastic advocate of this amazing industry… the standard of her work was incredible”.
Other winners of the night included Rhys Goodard of VINCI Facilities who received the Outstanding Candidate of the Year accolade with judges paying tribute to how “Rhys has come over many personal difficulties and a time of adversity managing to gain invaluable qualifications, increase his working hours and just recently has used his learned skills and qualifications to be promoted”.
The 2022 BICSc Annual Award Winners are as follows:
- The Chairman’s Award – Mike Fletcher
- The Eric Hill Award – Colm McGrath
- The BICSc International Award – Andrea Yoko
- Commitment to BICSc Training within Healthcare – 2gether Support Solutions Limited
- Commitment to BICSc Training within Education – University of York
- Commitment to BICSc Training within Daily Commercial Cleaning – Principle Cleaning Services Limited
- Outstanding Corporate Member of the Year – University of Northampton
- Excellence in Training & Assessment UK – VINCI Facilities
- Excellence in Training & Assessment (International) – Emrill Services LLC
- Assessor of the Year – Tina Memory, London Borough of Hounslow
- Outstanding Client Commitment by a Cleaning Operative – Donna Harris, University of Northampton
- Outstanding Candidate of the Year – Rhys Goodard, VINCI Facilities
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