From technological innovations and smart solutions, to sustainability and individual commitment, the awards celebrate standards of excellence throughout the professional cleaning and hygiene sector.

The Cleaning Excellence Awards will be broadcast on 17 November 2021 as part of Cleaning Matters Live, an unmissable new interactive digital conference for 2021.

The five categories and finalists are: 

Cleaning and Hygiene Team of the Year

• Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Birkin Cleaning Services
• The Churchill Group
• The Francis Crick Institute
• St. David's Housekeeping Team
• Westgate Shopping Centre
• Scottish Parliament Cleaning Team
• Mitie Cleaning Team at Edinburgh Castle
• Cleaning team at Coherant
• Birmingham New Street Station
• Network Rail
• Mercedes-Benz World

 
Cleaning Operative of the Year

• Carol Dewhurst - Indepth Managed Services
• Pascoal Cabral - Landsec
• Osman Abdi - W12 Shopping Centre
• Tom Mais - Mitie Security Operations Centre
• Konrad Olton - Phoenix
• Jackie Ingham - Trinity Leeds
• Elizabeth Hughes – Co-Op Head Office
• Akosua Nyarko - Deloitte Callaghan Square

COVID-19 Response Award

• Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Atalian Servest
• East Anglia's Children's Hospices
• The Churchill Group
• Cleanology
• Broadgate
• White Rose Shopping Centre
• Indepth Managed Services
• Balmoral Hub
• Essential Hygiene
• STM Group (UK)

Innovative Product of the Year

• The Churchill Group
• Purevo
• Kingdom Cleaning
• Atmos-Clear

 
Sustainable Company of the Year

• Smarttask
• Purevo Hygiene
• The Churchill Group
• Cleanology
• Mitie

In addition to the above, Cleaning Matters will be presenting a Lifetime Achievement Award. This prestigious award will be chosen by the Editor of Cleaning Matters and will be awarded to an outstanding individual who has made a tremendous contribution to their industry during their lifetime.

To view the shortlisted finalists visit: https://cleaningexcellenceawards.com/shortlists

For more information visit: https://cleaningexcellenceawards.com

^{Cleaning & Hygiene Team of the Year Award: This category is designed to recognise cleaning & hygiene teams that are making a significant difference in their workplace. The submission should demonstrate how the activities and initiatives implemented by the team since 1 January 2020 have helped to improve the hygiene standards and performance within either their own or a client organisation. Any accomplishments achieved prior to this date will not be eligible for entry.}

^{Cleaning Operative of the Year Award: This category is designed to recognise an individual who made a significant contribution to the cleaning & hygiene standards within either their own or a client organisation. They must also have made a significant contribution to the introduction and promotion of standards within cleaning & hygiene.}

^{Innovative Product of the Year Award: This category is designed to recognise products or solutions that have been developed for cleaning & hygiene. The products must have been launched since 1 January 2020. Any products or services launched prior to this date are not eligible for entry.} 

^{Sustainable Company of the Year Award: This category is designed to recognise organisations that push the boundaries in an effort to create an environmentally friendly and affordable solution to an existing potentially polluting product. The judges will give credit for evidence of positive, value adding results that make innovative use of otherwise wasted resources, through; for example, the use of a previously regarded waste product into a new useful product. Initiatives will also be rewarded for addressing energy, water and general ecological footprinting as well as wider concerns around food and waste.}

^{COVID-19 Response Award: This category recognises the extraordinary work that cleaning & hygiene professionals have undertaken with pace and professionalism at the frontline of the nation’s effort to combat COVID-19 and protect the public. It celebrates outstanding individuals or teams and the positive impact they have made in responding to unprecedented circumstances. The winning entry will encapsulate all the hallmarks of a high-performance individual or team and be an inspiration in and beyond our profession.}