Cleaning Excellence Awards shortlist announced

BEST USE OF DATA AND ANALYTICS IN CLEANING

• Ask Alfred - ecosense
• Caretaking Team at Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
• Mitie Amazon Contract
• Norfolk & Norwich University Healthcare Cleaning Team and Serco
• Synbiotix XClean
• Total Clean

CATERING AND HOSPITALITY HYGIENE AWARD

• ABBA Arena - Mitie Cleaning Team
• CleanEvent Services & 1711 by Ascot (Ascot Racecourse)
• BioVate Hygienics
• Top Mops Event Services

CLEANING & HYGIENE TEAM OF THE YEAR

• ABBA Arena - Mitie Cleaning Team
• Brent cross Town cleaning team - Principle Cleaning Services
• Central endocopy decontamination (Darlington) - Synchronicity Care Ltd
• CleanEvent Services Team at AXA Training Ground and Academy, Liverpool Football Club
• Cleaning and Domestic Services team at Goldsmiths University of London
• CleanTEC Team at Queen Alexandra College
• Discovery Centre – Brilliant Basics Team - Sodexo
• EMCOR UK Account Cleaning Team
• Excellerate Services' Hygiene Team at Selfridges, Oxford Street
• Great Western Hospital Theatre Cleaning Team
• Housekeeping Team - Rainbows Childrens Hospice
• OCS Primark Birmingham High Street

CLEANING OPERATIVE OF THE YEAR

• Alberto Salazar Omonte
• Angelica Collazos Diez
• Mattison Sowah
• Daniela Georghe Savills Workforce+ Cleaning
• Deepa Kurian - University Hospital Southampton
• Emannuel Opara
• Ivy Smith
• Julian Holland - Great Western Hospital
• Marie Robinson
• Michael Downes
• Viv Nairn
• Yrwin Nima Bastidas

CLIENT COLLABORATION AWARD

• Atlas Education and Royal High School Bath
• CleanEvent Services and 1711 by Ascot (Ascot Racecourse)
• CleanTEC Team and E-ACT
• WTW Soft Services Team and OCS
• ISS Facilities cleaning team and VMO2 Property team
• James Cook University Hospital Healthcare Cleaning Team and Serco
• London Designer Outlet and ABM
• Mitie and Community Health Partnerships (CHP)
• OCS and British Land
• HSG UK

CONTRACT CLEANING AWARD

• Louise Allsop - ESS - Compass Group
• Abby Burton - Clearwater Kent
• Christophe Lutundula - Frontline Cleaners Express 
• Donna Shears - DLS contract cleaning Ltd
• Joanna Szymanska - Cleaning Manager - OCS
• Charlotte Trevelyan - Trevelyan Cleaning Services 
• Matthew Wheeldon-Trigg - We Clean Ltd

EXCELLENCE IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• BioVate Hygienics
• Cleaning and Domestic Services team at Goldsmiths University of London
• Cleaning Service, Dussmann Facility Management
• Deborah Gardiner - University of Birmingham
• EMCOR UK - Cleaning Services
• OCS Manchester Arndale Housekeeping Team
• Pure Space Healthcare & Mental Health Setting - ISS
• London Designer Outlet, ABM
• STRATTOS Academy

FACILITY MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR

• Clearwater Kent
• Great Western Hospital Infection Control Team and Serco Cleaning Team
• London Designer Outlet and AMB
• Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and Serco

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

• Atlas Education
• Bogdan Sojka - Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital - Serco
• Breathe Out - Proceed Solutions
• CleanEvent Services at Kia Oval
• Critical Cleans LTD
• Sarah Gray, OCS
• Jane Vella and Andrew Atkins - University of Birmingham
• Lindsey Allport - Excellerate Services
• Mitie - NFUM - Anna Kilmke
• Patrick Edova - Excellerate Services
• Ropemaker Place waste team - Principle Cleaning Services

HEALTHCARE HYGIENE AWARD

• Central endocopy decontamination (Darlington) - Synchronicity Care Ltd
• Cockermouth Health Centre Cleaning Team - Mitie
• ISS UK
• Great Western Hospital Theatre Cleaning Team - Serco
• Housekeeping Team - Rainbows Childrens Hospice
• ISS Cleaning Team at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire
• Norfolk & Norwich University Healthcare Cleaning Team - Serco

INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

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• DRYFT by MotorScrubber
• KIRA CV 50, Karcher
• neuroSense, ecosense
• Origin Secured Digital Cleaning Licence
• P-Wave Slant6 NHS Partnership Urinal Mat
• Phoenix Max (PUDU MT1 Max) - ICE
• Pudu MT1 Robotic Sweeper - University Of Birmingham
• Satino GreenGrow - from Satino by WEPA
• Synbiotix
• Tork OptiServe Toilet Paper System
• V-Air Flow - Vectair Systems

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

• Great Western Hospital Infection Control Team and Serco Cleaning Team
• ISS Facilities cleaning team and VMO2 (Virgin Media / O2) Property Team
• James Cook University Hospital Healthcare Cleaning Team - Serco
• V-Air Flow - Vectair

OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Brenda Blake - Excellerate Services
• Broughton Shopping Park
• Clearwater Kent
• Top Mops Event Services
• Jon Harrison and Jade Harris from 3Beee’z Domestic Cleaning & Gardening Services
• June Robison - Excellerate Services
• Midlands carpet cleaners ltd
• Przemyslaw Nowacki - Emcor
• Team 3-University of Birmingham
• Thorn Baker Facilities Management
• Fresh Kleen
• WinVerse LTD

RISING STAR IN THE CLEANING INDUSTRY

• Corey Watts - CleanEvent Services
• Daisy Hunter and Dan Henstock, Cleaning & Support Services Association
• Dane Chambers Asst Soft Services Manager - Great Western Hospital
• Duncan Holdsworth, Technical Director, GV Health
• Giacomo Pala, OCS
• Hayley Shelmerdine, NIC Group
• Ismael Herrera, Anchor Group Services
• Kamila Kalinowska - Mitie
• Muritala Jimoh, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council
• Olape Ogunadele, University of Birmingham
• Suzi Coe, Cleaning Services
• Tayla Simms, Excellerate Services

SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR

• Danielle Merrishaw, Excellerate Services
• David Stickland, University Hospital Southampton
• Demi Townsley, Capital Service Solutions
• Elena Pearce, OCS
• John Rodrigues, EMCOR UK
• Hazel Mendes, St Albans High School for Girls
• Julie Middleton, Rainbows Children's Hospice
• Jane Storr, Excellerate Services
• Kerry Hanvey, Savills
• Melanie Hutter, Mitie
• Ruth Oladotun, University of Birmingham
• Samantha Wilton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council

SUSTAINABLE COMPANY OF THE YEAR

• BioVate Hygienics
• EC H2O NanoClean - Tennant
• EMCOR UK - Cleaning Services
• Top Mops Event Services
• Lime Sustainable Supplies
• Tennant UK Bolton Warehouse Team - Internal Recycling Initiative
• Northwood Hygiene Products Ltd
• The Vegan Cleaning Co Ltd
• Tork, an Essity brand
• University of Birmingham

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• This will be announced at the CBS Arena, Coventry on 3 December 2025.

Congratulations to everyone who made the final shortlist!

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