Tag Archives: British Cleaning Council (BCC)

Newly-published research by the British Cleaning Council (BCC)  shows how the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector is “in recovery” after the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, and remains one of the 10 biggest sectors in the UK. Published today (13 ...

Thousands of lives could potentially be saved by making cleaning and hygiene – one of the UK’s biggest industries- a national priority, says British Cleaning Council (BCC) Chair, Delia Cannings. Cannings has accused the Government of being “dismissive, arrogant and ...

Sector companies are being urged to gift unused Levy funds as the launch date for the Level 2 Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship is confirmed as 1 January 2024. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced that the ...

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has announced proposals for an Apprenticeship Standard for the cleaning and hygiene industry have been approved. The decision by approving body The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) to give the greenlight to the ...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s speech on Tuesday at the National Conservatism conference which called for the training of British fruit pickers, lorry drivers and butchers in a bid to bring down the reliance on migrant workers, has been slammed by ...

The cleaning, hygiene and waste industry has come together to issue a call for sector staff to ‘speak up’ for their industry and help lobby MPs and sign a petition to make cleaning and hygiene a national priority. The British ...

Final proposals for an Apprenticeship Levy funded industry-wide Apprenticeship for the cleaning and hygiene sector have been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (iATE). The approving body will give the final agreement and confirmation for the Apprenticeship ...

Blog from Jim Melvin, Chairman British Cleaning Council The recent shocking findings of the Sue Gray report into Downing Street parties showed that we still have some way to go until we achieve the recognition the cleaning sector and staff ...

Business leaders from across the the £58.9 billion cleaning, hygiene and waste industry have accused the Government of “ignoring and overlooking” one of the top 10 biggest industries in the UK. Over two years, the British Cleaning Council (BCC), which ...

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has urgently called on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Cleaning and Hygiene Industry to drive progress on key issues affecting the sector. Senior figures at the BCC are concerned that there has been a ...