With further job losses being announced this week through the collapse of Carillion taking the number of redundancies to in excess of 1300, the British Cleaning Council highlights that cut-throat contracting affects the cleaning industry too and is costing everyone, clients, suppliers and staff. The impact of the collapse of Carillion, having provided so many services either…
Window cleaning might sound like a straightforward job with limited risks and not a lot of excitement but actually window cleaning is a heritage job, with a long history and lots of interesting facts. Sometimes, window cleaners have to get a bit adventurous in order to access hard to reach windows and provide the best…
Just for fun, here’s some things you might not already know about cleaning. If you clean for two hours, you burn 200 calories. 70% of dust particles are comprised of dead skin flakes The average person spends 87% of their time indoors – make cleaning your home / office a priority Most people say that…
2017 was a busy year for us all here at USS and one of our longstanding members of staff, Miguel Pedro contributed to the great success we had. Miguel works nights as a Supervisor at one of London’s 5* hotel’s and can always be relied upon to ensure he and his team deliver above and…
In 2017, some of the headlines that hit the national press were ‘Window Cleaner Seriously Hurt After Fall From Building’ and ‘The Window Cleaner Who Fell From A Skyscraper and Lives’. The issue of health and safety when working at height is close to our hearts here at USS because of the industry we are…