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British Cleaning Council announces details of 2012 Conference on London’s South Bank (2nd May 2012)
The British Cleaning Council has announced plans for its 2012 annual conference, which will take place at the Coin Street Conference Centre on London’s South Bank on 23rd October.
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British Cleaning Council backs London 2012 cleaning jobs pledge (30th January 2012)
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Hand hygiene is ruling our lives (26th October 2011)
A report released to coincide with Global Handwashing Day held on October 15 has revealed that almost two thirds of people avoid gatherings or cancel plans due to concerns over poor hygiene levels in public places...
C diff deaths down by 31% (1st September 2011)
The national office of statistics (ONS) has announced that the number of death certificates mentioning Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection in England and Wales decreased by 31 per cent in 2010, down to 2,704 from 3,933 in 2009...
Final sponsorship for Sustainability Conference confirmed (23rd August 2011)
The BCC has announced that Talley Environmental Care are the final organisation to confirm sponsorship for the BCC Conference 2011: Social Responsibility...
BCC announces keynote environmental speaker at Conference 2011 (27th July 2011)
The British Cleaning Council has announced that Dr. Peter Redfern of Nottingham Trent University will be addressing the BCC Conference 2011 on how businesses and other institutions can implement large-scale sustainability projects...
Pushing for a culture change in Britain's economy (6th July 2011)
Vince Cable has announced that Britain's economy must undergo a culture change in order to stop manufacturing losing young people to other industries...
Leaked document raises prospect of unclean streets in London (10th November 2010)
Documents leaked to www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23895573-war-on-drivers-as-army-of-traffic-wardens-hired-to-boost-revenue.do London’s Evening Standard newspaper have indicated that Westminster Council is considering a number of drastic cutbacks to their service provision, including reducing its workforce by up to two-thirds...
Toilets no go area for pupils (1st November 2010)
Bad reputations for school toilets deter frightened pupils, a new survey has found.....
The spray that helps reduce HAIs (26th October 2010)
Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool is pioneering a new spray-form of "liquid glass" that has proven in trials to reduce the number of disease-causing bacteria living on the surface of objects...
Reported arrests for illegal immigrants cleaning Houses of Parliament raises questions over government policy (26th October 2010)
Recent reports in the media have suggested that Illegal immigrants have been discovered working as cleaners at the House of Commons...
London 2012 hygiene under spotlight following Commonwealth Games troubles (1st October 2010)
Amid concerns that poor hygiene may have put the health of the competing athletes at Delhi’s Commonwealth Games at risk,the British Cleaning Council (BCC) has asked LOCOG to demonstrate its regard for adequate hygiene in the preparations during the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The spray that helps reduce HAIs (1st October 2010)
Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool is pioneering a new spray-form of "liquid glass" that has proven in trials to reduce the number of disease-causing bacteria living on the surface of objects.
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Role of hygiene emphasised in light of asian superbug (11th August 2010)
The cleaning industry has responded to news that a new drug-resistant bacteria, NDM-1,has emerged...
Cleaning Conference: Last few tickets remaining (3rd August 2010)
The British Cleaning Council has announced that there are limited numbers of tickets remain available for its Cleaning Conference, which is taking place on October 5th 2010...
Cleaning industry likely to be affected by NHS cuts (1st August 2010)
The Royal College of Nursing has revealed that the NHS’s ancillary staff are most at risk from government cuts.The union fired the warning as Health trusts cut thousands of jobs as they try to deliver £20bn of savings,despite the government's earlier guarantees to ring-fence frontline services.
Copycats outlawed in landmark ruling (1st August 2010)
Following a two year legal battle,Numatic announced last month that it has won a high court ruling blocking Qualtex from making copy products.
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'Pay as you throw' ruled out (30th July 2010)
Plans to let English councils charge or reward people according to their refuse have been thrown out by Eric Pickles, the new Communities Secretary. The plans, aimed at cutting landfill, were described by Mr Pickles as “insulting".
Cleaning conference finalises sponsorship partners and speakers (30th June 2010)
The British Cleaning Council has now finalised the speaker line-up and sponsorship partnerships for the Cleaning Conference, which takes place on October 5th 2010.
Cleaning Conference (1st June 2010)
The British Cleaning Council is delighted to announce that its Cleaning Conference has formed sponsorship partnerships with ISS, Selden Research,Asset Skills, Diversey and the British Toilet Association
And it’s good night from him... (1st June 2010)
The following is an extract from Steve Wright’s departure speech at the British Cleaning Council AGM.
Please sir,may I be excused? (1st June 2010)
The BCC's Peter Carrol gives the lowdown on schools' responses to student toilet satisfactionIn the glossy induction brochures schools use to attract the parents of potential pupils, one would typically find photos of a new
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BCC’s Cleaning Conference announces sponsorship partners (28th May 2010)
The British Cleaning Council is delighted to announce that its Cleaning Conference has formed sponsorship partnerships with ISS, Selden Research, Asset Skills, Diversey and the British Toilet Association.
Equal pay for Birmingham's female cleaners (29th April 2010)
More than 4,000 female public sector at Birmingham city council have won the right to be paid the same as their male counterparts, in a watershed for British equality law.
UK Manufacturing growth exceeds expectations (23rd April 2010)
UK manufacturing bounced back in February, after cold weather and the withdrawal of government stimulus measures hit output during January. Production surged by over 1 per cent, well above the 0.5 per cent forecast by economists, the Office for National Statistics reported.
British Cleaning Council manifesto launched (26th March 2010)
The British Cleaning Council has launched its first ever manifesto at the Houses of Parliament. The council chairman, Steve Wright, was accompanied by Neil Turner MP, as they marked the occasion underneath the capital's landmarks in Westminster.
BCC to hold Cleaning Conference (23rd February 2010)
The British Cleaning Council has released details of its Cleaning Conference, due to take place on 5 October 2010 at the CBI Centre in London’s West End.
BCC's tendering tips for the 2012 Games (29th January 2010)
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games will use a mixture of new, existing and temporary venues, with their cleaning, facilities management and waste disposal having a broad requirement across the disparate venues. Over 50,000 contracts will be procured through the London 2012 supply chain and related work. The cleaning budget for the games is expected to be approximately £20 million - the largest peacetime cleaning and catering operation in history.
Taking a trip around your area can be a toiletless nightmare (1st October 2009)
Peter Carrol, media liaison officer and librarian at the British Cleaning Council, reports on a personal experience of the decline of public toilets within the UK
We must face recession ‘head on’ says BCC (1st April 2009)
“Last year was a difficult year for the cleaning industry in general, due to the approaching recession,” says Steve Wright chairman of The British Cleaning Council (BCC).“It was a year that even the best of us couldn’t plan for.Who could have known that the banks were about to collapse?”
Clean Britain Awards are go! (28th May 2008)
The British Cleaning Council is now accepting entries for the 2008/2009 Clean Britain Awards. Entries are being accepted until July 31st.
Clean Britain Awards are go (1st February 2008)
The British Cleaning Council, which represents nineteen separate bodies involved in the UK cleaning industry, is pleased to announce the launch of the Clean Britain Awards.
BCC calls for cleaning industry chiefs to help reform hospital cleaning regimes (25th September 2007)
Cleaning industry chiefs should be brought in to to help solve inadequacies in the hospital cleaning system, the British Cleaning Council has said...
Who's the cleanest of them all? (1st February 2007)
The Clean Britain Awards Finale has arrived. For the past 12
Cleaning still a dirty word? (20th December 2005)
A British Cleaning Council survey published earlier this month suggested much of the UK public considers cleaning beneath them – with 83% stating they would never become a cleaner.
Street cleaners suffer abuse (5th September 2005)
Over two thirds of the UK’s street cleaners have been physically and verbally abused while on the job – including attacks with guns, knives and drug needles
BCC sponsors summit and awards (1st August 2005)
As a corporate sponsor of the World Toilet Summit and Loo of the Year Awards, the BCC is excited to be taking part in the Belfast Summit.
