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Supporting ‘Hidden Workers’ within FM

A recent report from the Living Wage Foundation found 6.1 million workers experience low pay and insecure hours. The research echoes that of Working Well: Delivering Better Outcomes for Hidden Workers by L&G which found many FM related staff such ...

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Information sessions on the new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship commence next month

Sector employers are being urged to sign up up for one of a series of Zoom information sessions starting in October on the new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship. The Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship (Level 2), which is due to be ...

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BCC elects new chair and deputy

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has elected a new Chair and Deputy Chair at its recent Annual General Meeting. Delia Cannings, who has served as Deputy Chair of the BCC for the past two years, has taken over the Chair ...

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Business leaders criticise Government for ignoring vital cleaning and hygiene report

Business leaders have branded the Government’s lack of interest in adopting the findings of a recent Covid-19 learnings report which called for cleaning and hygiene to be made a national priority ‘arguably reckless’ and ‘inexplicable’. The trade bodies representing one ...

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BCC renews call for real Living Wage to be paid in the cleaning and hygiene sector

To mark Living Wage Week (14-20 November), the British Cleaning Council (BCC) has renewed its call for cleaning and hygiene sector businesses and organisations to consider also becoming real Living Wage Employers. Supporting the real Living Wage means committing to ...

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The Cleaning Show 2023 to highlight the latest trends and technologies transforming the industry

The Cleaning Show 2023 returns to ExCeL, London, from 14-16 March 2023 to demonstrate the very latest advancements in cleaning technologies and provide unmissable learning and sourcing opportunities for the cleaning and hygiene sector, which together with the waste industry ...

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Cleaning industry body says the Home Secretary’s remarks about migrant workers and unskilled labour are ‘divorced from reality’

The Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s comments about reducing migrant workers entering the country have been branded as “ridiculous”, “completely out of touch” and “divorced from reality” by leaders of the cleaning industry. The £59 billion cleaning, hygiene and waste sector ...

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Cleaning industry leaders snubbed after request for meeting with Government

Angry business leaders in the cleaning and hygiene sector have hit out after the Government failed to fully respond and agree to their demands for a meeting to discuss the findings in the Sue Gray report. The industry body representing ...

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