Winners of the Golden Service Awards 2013 announced

1.    Best Cleaned Premises – Central and Local Government In-House Cleaning Teams – Bradford District Care Trust for the Airedale Centre for Mental Health

2.    Best Cleaned Premises – Small Education Establishment -  VINCI Facilities for Sinfin Primary School, Derby

3.    Best Cleaned Premises – Large Education Establishment -  MITIE for Liverpool Community College

4.    Best Cleaned Premises – Public Service Buildings -  Eurest Services for the Northern Ireland Assembly

5.    Best Cleaned Premises – Healthcare Establishment With Fewer Than 250 Beds – Derrycourt Cleaning Company for LauraLynn Children’s Hospice, Dublin

6.    Best Cleaned Premises – Healthcare Establishment With More Than 250 Beds -  Serco for the NHS Forth Valley Hospital, Larbert

7.    Best Cleaned Premises – External Pedestrian Areas and Street Furniture – Interserve FM for Paternoster Square, London

8.    Best Cleaned Premises – Individual Retail Establishment -  Exclusive Contract Services for Sainsbury’s Superstore, Hayes

9.    Best Cleaned Premises – Shopping Mall -  LCC Support Services for the Grand Arcade Shopping Centre, Cambridge

10.  Best Cleaned Premises – Manufacturing -  OCS Group UK for Mercedes AMG – High Performance Powertrains, Brixworth

11.  Best Cleaned Premises – Transport Terminal -  MITIE for Birmingham Airport

12.  Best Cleaned Premises – Mode of Transport -  Dynamiq Cleaning for Go-Ahead (buses), London

13.  Best Cleaned Premises – Hospitality -  OCS Group UK for the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham

14.  Best Cleaned Premises – Office Areas Below 250,000 sq. ft. -  OCS Group UK for BUPA, Staines

15.  C&M BEST CLEANED PREMISES – Office Areas Above 250,000 sq. ft. -  Principle Cleaning Services for the Lloyd’s Building, London

16.  The Best Specialist Cleaning Company Award -  Eden Professional Cleaning Services for Lonza Biologics PLC, Slough

17.  The CSSA’s Award for Excellence in a Small Cleaning Business – Enhance Office Cleaning

18.  The Healthy Workplace Award – Sponsored by KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* -  Julius Rutherfoord

19.  The Diversey Environmental Awareness Award -  Turner Facilities Management for Newsprinters, Knowsley

20.  The BICSc Industry Training Award -  Turner Facilities Management for Rugeley Power Station, Staffordshire

 21.  Service Delivery Innovation of the Year -  OCS Group UK for the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham

and Cape Environmental Services for innovation in North Sea Offshore operations

22.  The BCC Site Supervisor of the Year -  Angelica Martinez from Principle Cleaning Services for the Lloyd’s Building, London

23.  The KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* Cleaning Operative of the Year – Joanna Wajda from Derrycourt Cleaning Company for Laura Lynn Children’s Hospice, Dublin

"It was particularly gratifying to see Joanna Wajda from Derrycourt Cleaning Company win the Cleaning Operative of the Year award and Angela Martinez from Principle Cleaning Services win the Site Supervisor of the Year award,” said Robert J. Lowe, Marketing Manager UK & Ireland, at KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL. 

 

"Both Joanna and Angela are a credit to the cleaning industry for the hard work and dedication they put into their jobs each and every day.  We were also excited to see Julius Rutherfoord win our new Healthy Workplace award for their company-wide efforts to increase employee wellness,” he added.

"Even though the overall winners were announced at the awards ceremony, every finalist in the room deserved tremendous recognition as well,” said Stan Atkins, Chief Executive Officer at the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc).  "Making it to the finals is something to shout about, whether the outright winner or not,” Stan added.

Over 500 professionals from small, medium and large contract cleaning firms and in-house teams as well as local authorities and hospitals attended the awards ceremony event.  Guests wined and dined and enjoyed breath-taking acts by Brazilian samba dancers, drummers and capoeira performers in the build-up to the awards ceremony itself.

Also in attendance was Gold sponsor Diversey Care, part of Sealed Air, as well as the Ambassador sponsors Cleaning & Maintenance (C&M) magazine, The British Cleaning Council (BCC), and The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc).