Cleaning is the cornerstone of Health & Safety and ensures customer satisfaction and business success but with rising costs you may be tempted to opt for the cheaper options, however this would be a false economy. Reducing your cleaning schedule or what you’re prepared to pay will almost always lead to inadequate cleaning, poor infection…
The academic school year is fast approaching its end and the summer break is the perfect time to schedule deep cleaning and prepare for the forthcoming academic year starting in September. USS have been helping keep nurseries, schools, colleges and universities clean for over 30 years and July and August are always two of our…
Across food service and hospitality venues, the next couple of months could be busier than normal with Christmas nearly upon us and ensuring the venue is hygenic and cleaned to the highest standards is paramount to the customer’s experience. From lobbies to lavatories, the pandemic heightened hygiene measures and customer expectations. Regular cleaning schedules should…
Washrooms are often an afterthought when the cleaning is being considered for premises used by staff or members of the public, but did you know clean, hygienic washrooms can have a positive impact on employees in the workplace and repeat business. Washrooms are not always the most hygienic of places, they are as a norm,…
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…
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…
Rising rates of COVID, records levels of Scarlet Fever / Strep A and the winter flu season means that infections can spread more easily at this time of year in the workplace. Surfaces should be cleaned and disinfected regularly as part of a normal cleaning routine with close attention being paid to high touch surfaces…
The cleaning industry has been thrown into the spotlight over the last two years and has proudly and professionally taken a frontline position in combatting COVID and demonstrating best practice in cleaning and sanitation. Appreciation grew from consumers and business owners alike in the industry’s role in keeping people and places safe, requests for anti-viral…
A leading figure in the Cleaning Industry, Kim Phillips has been awarded an MBE at Buckingham Palace for her dedication to public service, in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kim is a Director at the British Cleaning Council and also Head of Facilities at Rotherham Council. Everyone here at USS would like to congratulate Kim…