Recruiting for the cleaning industry has always been more challenging than for most other industries for reasons we all know well including low wages, unsociable hours, lone working and the image the industry has to name but a few and with the uncertainty that Brexit has caused and is still continuing to cause and the weakness of…
Cleanliness is an indicator of any business professionalism and none more so than within the hospitality sector. In hotel management, first impressions are vitally important as that first glimpse of a hotel reception or lobby sets the stage for the guests experience and great experiences are shared not only with guest friends and family but…
If you were to think about the world’s toughest jobs we’re pretty sure window cleaning would not be one of them however window cleaning can actually be very tough and in the most challenging circumstances it can be of the most extreme jobs in the world. Since 2004, the 15 biggest skyscrapers worldwide have all…
Lux Life Magazine recognises that the hospitality sector is always involving and expanding and with this comes new challenges for companies within the hospitality sector and for those companies like ourselves who work in partnership with hospitality sector clients. To reward and recognise the companies and individuals that have worked tirelessly over the past 12…
The 15th October is Global Handwashing Day and Hilton Worldwide who USS are proud to work in partnership with have set a clean the world challenge to recycle a million bars of soap by this date. By 2030 Hilton aims to cut its environmental footprint in half and send zero soap to landfill. As many…
In the UK alone there are well over half a million outsourced cleaning operatives almost of whom are working outside of normal office hours at client sites and often alone. They may occasionally see area management but as a norm all communication e.g. pay queries, holiday requests etc. is handled by email or telephone so…
Many cleaners within the cleaning industry are treated well, have their employment rights withheld and enjoy their job but there are unfortunately still some that don’t. It is unfortunate that all too often cleaners are held in low regard despite the vital role they place in business. Remember first impressions count and it is your…
In March of this year, the annual Cleaning Show took place over three days at the ExCel, London and it had a much ‘greener’ feel to it this year with many exhibitors promoting their environmentally-friendly products and services. The commercial cleaning sector as a whole is increasingly embracing green technology and chemicals and Unique Support…
The British Cleaning Council have published the most comprehensive research ever undertaken into the UK’s cleaning industry. The 60 page paper includes data from across the cleaning, waste management, landscaping and FM sectors for the first time ever, Employment was a key point of the research and the paper showed that across all four sectors, 19%…
Schools and colleges may be closed for Easter but that is when USS move into action, our teams of experienced cleaning operatives, all with Enhanced DBS checks are used to cleaning school, college and university buildings and appreciate that the majority of this work needs to be carried out out of term time. Whether it…