In the UK someone attends A&E every 11 minutes after sustaining an injury involving a ladder. A recent safety report from The Ladder Association also showed that in 2022, over 80% of commercially available telescopic ladders failed safety tests and worse still over half were sold as being compliant despite being unsafe and potentially dangerous.…
Over 150 industry members have already backed the British Cleaning Council in lobbying government to put cleaning and hygiene at the heart of the national agenda as part of their ‘We Clean, We Care’ campaign. It is important that we learn lessons from the pandemic and that as a country we are better prepared for…
After a wet and dismal start to this year, the sun is shining today, and we are all hoping summer is finally on its way. Sunshine can reduce stress and humans need natural light to survive because in addition to being a mood booster it increases mental and physical health as well as productivity. All…
Going green has never been more important and that includes thinking about the cleaning products you and / or your cleaning provider use. Greener, more sustainable cleaning not only has a positive impact on the environment but is also has business benefits too, a hygienically clean space enhances the perception of your company and makes…
Today is International Happiness Day but did you know despite what you might think cleaning can make you happy. Cleaning and tidying could be key to maintaining your mental and physical wellbeing ultimately making you happier and a clean workspace reduces staff sick days and increases staff productivity so it is important that employers ensure…
Preventing cross contamination is key when preparing food for paying customers and that is why it is so important to ensure that a hygienic commercial kitchen is maintained at all times. In order to do this, it is important that in addition to the day-to-day cleaning of all work surfaces, flooring and equipment used, deep…
Just when we thought Spring was just around the corner, another cold spell is predicted for next week which means that winter germs will be in circulation for longer. Each year there are between 600,000 – 1 million cases of Norovirus in the UK and this year it is predicted that the figure could be…
The APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) inquiry’s report titled ‘Embedding Effective Hygiene For A Resilient UK’ due to be released before the end of the month will list recommendations to increase disease resilience in the UK. The aim will be to build lessons on what was learnt during the peak of the pandemic, it also…
A new report by MP’s following the COVID pandemic calls for minimum cleaning standards to be introduced for venues. The standards proposed include frequency guidelines and depth of cleaning and the key message of the report is that cleaning and hygiene is to be given top priority in the future in the hope that it…
Here’s just two testimonials that we’ve recently received: – Kingston University have utilised USS’s services since 2011 including their window cleaning services for both monthly window cleaning and the annual window cleaning to all campuses. I have always found them to be competitively priced, reliable, flexible in their approach and able to work to tight…