Keep standards not seats up
December 1st 2009 This year’s Loo of the Year Awards (LOYA) received 1548 separate entries from all over the UK.“Standards in our entrant’s toilets continue to improve, helping us to achieve the LOYA objective of encouraging the highest possible standards in all types of ‘away from home’ or public toilets,” says Mike Bone, LOYA director, who was resplendent in a pink bow tie at the ceremony, held in the National Motorcycle Museum on December 4th.
Standards in awards entrant's toilets are also improving – 58% of the total entries achieved the top 5 Star grading (42% in 2008).Winners include;McDonalds which won the Overall Winners Trophy,TC Contractors for individual category entries, Brighton and Hove City Council for public toilet entries, J D Wetherspoon for corporate provider entries for the second year running, East Lothian Council for accessible facilities, South Lanarkshire Council for adult/child changing facilities, ASDA for babychange facilities, and The Camping & Caravanning Club for family friendly facilities.
Trophy winners in the associated Attendant of the Year Awards, for the people who put the sparkle and pride into the UK's toilets,were:
Brighton & Hove City Council (individual attendant team), Butlins (in-house cleaning team) and Healthmatic (external contactor team). For a full list of entries and winners, visit www.loo.co.uk. CM spoke to Raymond Martin, LOYA Inspector who said,“It’s so hard,we want to give everyone a prize.The great thing is that it’s a celebration, a good news campaign – here are the things you can do, and that you can achieve.We want cleaners as well as directors to be proud.”
The attendees were entertained by magician and entertainer Paul Daniels.And for anyone who wants to know the secret of his dazzling celebrity smile, instead of turning to the camera and saying “Cheese,” the lovely Debbie McGee’s husband simply says “Sex.” More articles from Cleaning Matters: | 
