Cleaning Industry news

• Winners celebrate success at BICSc Awards

  29-09-2025 15:15 via chtmag.com
  Leading lights of the professional cleaning and hygiene industry celebrated their success as the winners of the BICSc Awards 2025 were announced at this year’s glittering ceremony.
  The British Institute of Cleaning Science’s annual awards shine a spotlight on the global cleaning community toasting the achievements of individuals and teams, recognising their dedication in multiple roles within the industry.
  The BICSc Awards are industry-leading and every year the Institute is inundate
  
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• One in 10 social rented homes still fail basic standards

  29-09-2025 14:57 via fmj.co.uk
  One in 10 social rented homes in England continue to fall below the government’s Decent Homes Standard – the equivalent of nearly 430,000 properties, according to new analysis from property inspection software platform, Inventory Base.
  This comes as the social housing sector prepares for the enforcement of Awaab’s Law from 27 October. The new legislation will require social landlords to address emergency health and safety hazards, including issues like damp and mould, with
  
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• Tennant expands autonomous cleaning robot production in Europe

  29-09-2025 11:58 via chtmag.com
  Tennant Company, a global leader in professional cleaning technology, has announced the expansion of its Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) manufacturing at its Uden factory in the Netherlands, to meet growing demand across the EMEA region.
  The move includes the start of European production for Tennant’s latest innovation, the X4 ROVR – a compact, AI-powered robotic floor scrubber designed for high-traffic commercial environments such as airports, shopping centres, and hospitals. This fol
  
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• Summer schools scrub up

  29-09-2025 11:47 via chtmag.com
  Asbestos enclosures used during work at the sister nurseries
  The school holidays have resulted in a hectic summer for Northamptonshire-based asbestos removal and cleaning company Specialist Remediation Solutions (SRS).
  Empty schools and nurseries are the perfect environment for the specialist team to deal with any hazardous substances, including asbestos, without having to disrupt day to day teaching.
  The past six weeks have seen the SRS team remove asbestos from school sites in Hatfield and Bu
  
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• MARCH appoints its first Chief People Officer

  29-09-2025 11:33 via fmj.co.uk
  Image credit: HRDIRECTOR / Stu Thomas Photography
  Jo Pick has been appointed to the newly created executive role of Chief People Officer at engineering specialist firm, MARCH.
  The appointment marks a significant step in the company’s commitment to nurturing talent and advancing engineering excellence.
  Pick joins MARCH from Wincanton, where she led a team of more than 300 professionals supporting over 20,000 colleagues across the UK and Ireland. She has over two decades of senior leade
  
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• ISS signs international IFM deal with global engineering and consulting business

  29-09-2025 11:16 via fmj.co.uk
  ISS has signed a seven-year contract with COWI, a global engineering and consulting business headquartered in Denmark, to deliver innovative and sustainable integrated facility services covering 11 countries worldwide.
  The services will be implemented across 44 COWI-offices and include cleaning, catering, space management, waste management, building maintenance and repairs, technical installations, security and access control, and fleet service management.
  The contract takes effect in Europe fro
  
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• New partnership delivers compostable packaging in event management

  29-09-2025 10:34 via fmj.co.uk
  Forest Green Rovers, the world’s greenest football club, has partnered with plant-based compostable food packaging business, Vegware, and Grundon Waste Management, to transform matchday packaging into a closed-loop composting system.
  Introduced this month, fans at Forest Green Rovers are now enjoying their food and drink in Vegware’s award-winning plant-based packaging. Vegware’s in-house waste consultancy team and Grundon’s waste experts are working hand-in-ha
  
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• Morgan Sindall Property Services secures hard FM deal with Thames Valley Police

  29-09-2025 10:00 via fmj.co.uk
  Morgan Sindall Property Services (MSPS) has been awarded a three-year hard facilities management contract, valued at £4.5 million, with Thames Valley Police (TVP).
  Under this new contract, which strengthens a partnership spanning over a decade, the MSPS team will provide planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and responsive repairs to over 350 buildings for TVP, which consist of operational buildings, training centres and administration buildings.
  The renewed contract is scheduled to comme
  
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• Bidvest Noonan expands partnership with Cardiff University

  29-09-2025 09:00 via cleaningmag.com
  Bidvest Noonan has expanded its partnership with Cardiff University, significantly increasing the scope of cleaning services delivered across the institution’s estate. The new agreement doubles the number of university buildings supported, creating cleaner, healthier spaces for thousands of students and staff every day.
  
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• BICSc and CSSA complete Future of Cleaning project

  29-09-2025 01:00
  In the UK, the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) and the Cleaning & Support Services Association (CSSA) have together successfully completed a project exploring the future of cleaning. The aim was to offer insight through independent trials and scientific results.The project aimed to:• Determine the productivity of different types of current machine ranges.
  • Provide clarity on the changes to productivity brought about by robotics.
  • Evidence the effect on the stan
  
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