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• Triple award win for Principle Cleaning Services

  11-11-2026 12:23 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Principle Cleaning Services was recognised for its sustainability leadership, environmental innovation and client partnerships at the PFM Awards 2026.
  Principle took home two awards alongside Savills: Partners in ESG for its work at 20 Fenchurch Street, and Partners in Net Zero Journey for its work at Ropemaker Place. The third award was for Head of Sustainability Shannon Stewart-Berry, who was was named Young Leader of the Year.
  Partners in ESG: Principle and Savills at 20 Fenchurch Street
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• Keeping recurring cleaning work consistent when the crew changes

  10-11-2026 10:17 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  By John Linn, Founder and CEO, Bella FSM
  Recurring cleaning work depends on repetition, but consistency does not come from repeating a schedule alone. It comes from preserving the details that make one property different from the next. When a regular cleaner is absent, a route is reassigned, or a new supervisor takes over, the incoming team needs more than an address and a checklist. It needs a clear account of what the customer expects, what changed during the last visit, and who owns any unres
  
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• Peartree rolls out AI-powered multilingual training for frontline cleaning teams

  09-11-2026 15:03 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Peartree Cleaning, one of the UK’s leading providers of commercial cleaning and facilities solutions, is rolling out an AI-powered multilingual training programme designed to improve how frontline cleaning teams access and engage with essential information, from health and safety to technical knowledge and company values.
  Using AI technology, Peartree is converting its existing toolbox talks into short briefings led by an AI-generated presenter, which colleagues can watch in their preferred la
  
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• FMs urged to tackle odour as 47% judge clean-looking washrooms unclean

  09-11-2026 14:52 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  More than half of UK adults (58.2 per cent) believe the air in a typical public washroom is unclean, compared with 16.7 per cent who think it is clean, new research shows. Perceptions of hygiene extend beyond visible cleanliness to smells and concerns about the air.
  The Handy Dryers survey of 2,000 UK adults found that visible dirt, overflowing bins or waste most influence perceived cleanliness (24.8 per cent), followed by poorly maintained facilities (22.5 per cent). Unpleasant smells and missi
  
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• The Clean Space strengthens its operational and central teams with new appointments

  05-11-2026 13:51 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Wes Smith, Sales and Marketing Director at The Clean Space
  Specialist commercial cleaning company The Clean Space has made four new appointments and one internal promotion across its operational and central teams.
  The appointments follow a period of significant expansion for The Clean Space. Through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, it now employs around 1,600 people and has annual revenues of approximately £40 million.
  Patricio Paredes and Bryan Cadena join as Contract Managers
  
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• Glasgow city centre’s Clean Team is here to stay, and it’s getting bigger

  05-11-2026 12:19 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Let’s Go Glasgow Business Improvement District (BID) has appointed ABM to deliver its Clean Team across Glasgow city centre from 1 December 2026, when the service will add a second team, extend its working day and introduce a full-time contact for businesses.
  The appointment follows an open tender which attracted five bids and builds on a pilot that has been out on the streets of the BID area seven days a week since April. In that time, a single team of two has completed more than 900 jobs, de
  
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• The Cleaning Show 2027 registration is now open

  04-11-2026 13:59 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Registration is now live for The Cleaning Show 2027, which returns to Excel London from 16–18 March 2027.
  Co-produced by the British Cleaning Council (BCC), trade visitors can secure their free place today for the UK’s largest cleaning and hygiene event, where suppliers, buyers and operational leaders will come together to see the products, technology and ideas shaping the sector’s next stage.
  The UK cleaning and hygiene industry is worth an estimated £72 billion to the economy and is ma
  
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• Green Loop delivers at top London music festival

  04-11-2026 13:49 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  The Green Loop closed loop end of life recycling solution from paper hygiene products manufacturer Northwood was used at a key UK music event this summer. Green Loop successfully collected over 500,000 used paper hand towels that would otherwise not have been recovered for recycling.
  Northwood collaborated with cleaning service supplier and contractor Nu Group, waste collection provider B-Sure Recycling and end user BST to recycle over 790kg of hand towels at American Express presents BST Hyde P
  
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• Biffa agrees to acquire Enva’s general recycling businesses in Scotland and England

  03-11-2026 12:46 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Biffa and Enva have entered into an agreement for Biffa to acquire Enva’s general recycling businesses in Scotland and England, which provide commercial, industrial, and construction & demolition waste services.
  The agreement for an undisclosed sum covers operations at Linwood, Newbridge, Glenrothes and Irvine in Scotland, and Colwick, Wesley Street, Sunningdale and Whetstone in England, together with the associated collection and transport activities.
  The acquired businesses handle 800,00
  
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• Harrisons unveils refreshed brand, website and strapline: “Set the standard with every wipe”

  03-11-2026 12:35 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Harrisons, a leading UK manufacturer of nonwoven wipes, has today unveiled a new brand identity, strapline and website.
  The change marks the next chapter in the company’s 135-year history while staying true to the values that have carried the business through several generations.
  The refreshed identity brings an updated colour palette and a cleaner, more modern look across the Harrisons family of brands, including Harrisons Hygiene and Harrisons Industrial. The visual change is deliberately ev
  
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• British AI trainer to show world’s cleaning and FM leaders how to stack the AI odds in Las Vegas

  03-11-2026 12:20 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Ceris Burns, one of the UK cleaning industry’s best-known voices on AI, is heading to Las Vegas this month to help contractors from around the world get more out of AI and waste less money on it.
  Burns will deliver a speaker session on the final morning of Contracting Success 2026 (CS26). The annual event of the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI) runs from 17 to 19 November at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. This year, BSCAI is hosting the Wor
  
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• Amplify Goods brings refill-first thinking to the workplace kitchenette 

  02-11-2026 12:50 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Certified social enterprise Amplify Goods has launched a refill-first kitchenette system, making a lower-waste choice the easy choice in shared office kitchens.
  The system brings together a 5L Unscented Washing Up Liquid refill, a reusable Forever Glass Bottle filled on-site from the bulk refill, and expanding compostable sponges in handy packs of 3 or bulk bags of 40.
  The washing-up liquid is made with 97 per cent naturally derived ingredients and is free from artificial perfumes and synthetic
  
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• Pubs urged to clean up their act on beer and cellar standards

  02-11-2026 12:37 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  From warm cellars to greasy glassware, pubs are being urged to ensure their hygiene is up to scratch ahead of a major consumer beer quality awareness campaign launching in early 2027.
  Around 7,000 UK pubs currently have a 4* or 5* Beer & Cellar Hygiene rating, which measures 11 key markers from the cellar to the beer glass, awarding one to five stars, similarly to food hygiene ratings. Industry accreditation body Cask Marque, which oversees the scheme, aims to have at least 30,000 4* or 5* r
  
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• ASSIST FM joins the BCC

  30-10-2026 12:45 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  The British Cleaning Council has welcomed ASSIST FM as its latest member, saying the addition will strengthen the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector’s voice.
  There is considerable synergy between the BCC and ASSIST FM and the move will support the BCC’s role as the voice of the UK’s £72 billion cleaning, hygiene and waste sector.
  ASSIST FM is a non-profit association representing facilities management services across all 32 Scottish local authorities, so it has an extensive Scottish netwo
  
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• ISS celebrates 60 years in the UK

  30-10-2026 12:38 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  On Saturday 31 October, ISS is marking 60 years of operating in the UK, a milestone that forms part of the company’s 125th anniversary as a global business in 2026.
  Since the beginning, it’s always been about peopleISS began life in Copenhagen in 1901 as a night watch company, before pioneering contract cleaning in the 1930s. From its earliest days, the business grew by investing in its people, with training, professional standards and employee welfare at its heart.
  That approach travelled w
  
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• Small changes, big impact: ideas into action at the TSA Autumn Conference

  30-10-2026 12:27 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  The TSA’s Autumn Conference explored how relatively small changes can make a significant difference to commercial laundries. Sustainability, safety, communication and culture were recurring themes and, as with previous years, practical advice was given through various research updates and industry debate.
  The Cotswolds venue hosted two days of workshops, presentations and networking. The packed programme included personal subjects like self-promotion and neurodiversity as well as broader indus
  
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• All change at industry-leading Council

  30-10-2026 12:11 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) has announced a number of key council changes including its new Chair who has been joined by new council members.
  At the recent BICSc AGM it was all change, as Soo Bartholomew stood down as Chair following her three-year tenure and she was joined by Frank Veneman who also departed after his triple-year service as an individual council member.
  Bartholomew passed on the baton to Yvonne Taylor who has gone from joining the profession as a cleaning
  
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• Churchill Group awarded Menopause Friendly Workplace Accreditation

  27-10-2026 12:55 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Churchill Group has been awarded Menopause Friendly Workplace Accreditation by Henpicked, the menopause in the workplace training provider. The accreditation recognises the organisation’s efforts to raise awareness, build understanding, and provide practical support for colleagues experiencing menopause.
  Churchill Group was assessed independently across five key areas: culture, policies and processes, training, engagement and workplace environment. The accreditation reflects Churchill Group’
  
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• Three industry bodies launch global AI Readiness Toolkit to guide Cleaning and FM’s AI journey

  26-10-2026 15:11 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Three leading industry bodies representing the cleaning and facilities management sectors have launched a new global AI Readiness Toolkit to help businesses navigate the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI).
  The European Cleaning and Facility Services Industry (EFCI) has partnered with the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) and the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI) on this new international collection of resources, which
  
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• BICSc host successful sessions at leading lifestyle show

  26-10-2026 15:00 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Experts from BICSc hosted knowledge sharing sessions and industry-leading discussions disclosing top tips, trends, home hacks and more at this year’s Home, Life & You Show.
  The team from the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) hosted the Home Stage at the event which welcomed a diverse range of expert speakers, authors, practitioners and inspirational presenters, all offering practical advice and real-life experiences to attendees. During the two-day event BICSc led sessions and
  
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• Cleanliness counts: why hotel hygiene can make (or break) the guest experience

  22-10-2026 13:16 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Jamie Woodhall, UK Technical & Innovations Manager at Initial Washroom Hygiene
  In a job interview and when meeting a partner’s parents for the first time, make the right first impression, and you can start to relax.
  But for hotels, a guest’s first impression, and their second, third, and fourth, are just as important. From crossing the threshold of reception on their way to check in, to when they check out, guests will notice the cleanliness of the spaces they encounter.  This will inev
  
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• Cleaning firm supports NEETs through apprenticeships

  22-10-2026 12:50 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  One of the largest commercial cleaning companies in London is harnessing the power of apprenticeships to help people either escape unemployment or climb up the career ladder.
  London-based Regular Cleaning has over 1,300 colleagues across multiple locations and its Service Support Centre in Lewisham.
  The family-owned business has grown significantly in recent years and has a strong belief in offering career progression opportunities, particularly through apprenticeships.
  Working with Realise Trai
  
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• Tennant Company introduces its first autonomous robotic vacuum

  22-10-2026 12:37 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Tennant Company, a world leader in designing, manufacturing, and marketing solutions to reinvent how the world cleans, has announced the launch of the P1 VAC, the company’s first autonomous robotic vacuum.
  Designed to make robotic cleaning approachable and practical for everyday commercial environments, the P1 VAC combines autonomous vacuuming and dust mopping with a side brush that sweeps debris from walls and edges into the machine’s cleaning path. The compact platform, says Tennant, helps
  
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• SBFM appointed to GCA framework

  21-10-2026 12:25 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Soft services cleaning provider SBFM has been named as a supplier on Government Commercial Agency’s (GCA) RM6378 Facilities Management and Security Services framework. This strengthens SBFM’s ability to support public sector organisations in the UK.GCA is the UK’s central commercial and procurement organisation, connecting public and private sectors to achieve the best outcomes for the UK and its citizens. GCA uses its commercial expertise to create a simpler procurement experi
  
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• Trusted partnership protects environment and safety

  21-10-2026 12:15 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  A Northamptonshire-based biohazard remediation company has formed a strategic partnership with a trusted waste management company to complete contaminated land remediation projects safely and efficiently across the UK.
  Desborough-based Specialist Remediation Solutions (SRS) has joined forces with waste management and aggregate firm Aggregate Movements in Bedford to enable both companies to meet rigorous environmental compliance standards while delivering projects involving hazardous waste.
  SRS M
  
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• Minster Cleaning marks 30 years with greener travel and local partnership

  20-10-2026 14:10 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  A Northamptonshire cleaning company is marking 30 years of trading with a fleet investment designed to support customers, strengthen frontline supervision and reduce its environmental impact.
  Minster Cleaning has partnered with leading local vehicle leasing firm, Silverstone Leasing, to add three new cars to their fleet of service vehicles.
  The trio of new Nissan Qashqai e-POWER hybrid vehicles will support Minster’s area supervisors, who visit approximately 350 customer sites across North
  
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• Standardising cleaning supplies can create new exceptions

  20-10-2026 13:39 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  By Ian Adams, Owner of Speciality Wipes
  A contractor decides to reduce the number of cleaning wipes used across a mixed-use building. Several products are removed from the approved list and replaced with one general-purpose wipe. It’s cheaper to order in bulk, takes up less cupboard space and gives supervisors fewer stock lines to manage.
  Then a cleaner takes that same wipe into the building’s server room. It’s on the trolley, it’s approved for the contract, and nobody ha
  
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• London Luton Airport reappoints Cawleys for waste management services

  20-10-2026 13:30 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  Cawleys, a subsidiary of SUEZ in the UK, has been reappointed by LLA to deliver its waste management services for a further five years, building on a successful partnership that supports the airport’s waste management plans and sustainability goals.
  The contract extension follows the original award in 2021 and will see Cawleys continue to manage all airside and landside waste operations, supporting the airport’s environmental targets while introducing new innovations in recycling, di
  
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• CHSA puts members at the heart of new advertising campaign

  16-10-2026 12:39 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) has launched a new advertising campaign that demonstrates the commercial value of membership. With members front and centre, the campaign features manufacturers and suppliers explaining what CHSA membership means to them and, importantly, their customers.
  Focused on the simple proposition – “Our Standards. Your Guarantee” – the campaign showcases the role of the CHSA’s Accreditation Schemes in providing in
  
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• TEA ROUNDS BEWARE! Office kettle hides loo-level bacteria as flu season hits

  16-10-2026 12:27 via Cleaning Hygiene Today
  
  With flu jabs being rolled out across the UK and cases expected to peak over December and January, the annual office cold is about to do the rounds. Windows are shut, the heating is on and the tea round is in full swing. But new research suggests germ risks are not just the colleague sniffling at the next desk. It could be the kettle.
  An experiment, conducted by Banner, swabbed eight of the most touched areas in the workplace and cultivated the samples in agar-filled Petri dishes to compare germ
  
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