National rules setting minimum standards of cleanliness and hygiene for UK workplaces should be introduced to protect public health and boost the economy, says the British Cleaning Council (BCC). The industry body for the cleaning, hygiene and waste industry states ...
Read More »Cleaning, hygiene and waste sector ‘in recovery’ after Covid-19 pandemic, finds research
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 ...
Read More »BCC chair says Government response to life-saving campaign is ‘disappointing’ and ‘complacent’
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 ...
Read More »Launch date for Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship confirmed
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 ...
Read More »Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship gets green light
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 ...
Read More »Sue Gray report shows lack of respect in government for cleaning staff
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 ...
Read More »Visibly clean
The hygiene of premises remains a top priority with building occupants demanding more visible cleaning procedures. FMs are relying on the cleaning sector to help maintain these high performance standards reports FMJ Visitors and occupants have never been more conscious ...
Read More »Hygiene check
FMJ reports on a range of views from the cleaning industry on the effects the COVID pandemic has had on this most essential of services and how it might have irrevocably changed the way the sector is viewed in the ...
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