Category: Health and safety

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

British Cleaning Council calls for all cleaners to be a Coronavirus testing priority

BCC calls for Coronavirus testing for all cleaners

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is calling for all cleaners to be included in the expanded first wave of testing for Coronavirus for ‘essential workers’. On 23 April, the...

UK Government urged name cleaners as critical and Key Workers

UK Government urged to name cleaners Key Workers

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is urging employers of cleaning staff operating in critical industries to provide their employees with written proof that they should be treated as critical and...

Water Jetting Association suspends training due to Coronavirus

Training suspended by the WJA

The Water Jetting Association (WJA) has suspended all water jetting training to counter the health threat posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The WJA is the largest provider of high pressure and...

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Industry associations team up with CIRI for science-based research sumposium

Industry associations team up for scientific symposium

The Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) has partnered with several industry organisations to promote its full-day life-stream symposium on 31 March 2020. Non-profit CIRI, which develops...

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Christeyns Food Hygiene expands food and beverage safety training offering

Food and beverage safety training expanded

Warrington-based Christeyns Food Hygiene has joined forces with global inspection operators, Control Union, to offer food and beverage manufacturers fully accredited, dedicated safety and hygiene...

FOOD SAFETY

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

BCC works to reduce injuries in the cleaning sector

BCC working to reduce cleaning sector injuries

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is calling for members to share information on musculoskeletal disorders and injuries suffered by cleaning sector colleagues in the workplace. The BCC is...

One dead following toxic mix of cleaning chemicals at Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant

Toxic mix of cleaning chemicals leaves one dead

The Manager of a Buffalo Wild Wings sports bar and restaurant in Massachusetts, USA, has died after exposure to toxic fumes caused by combined cleaning products. Burlington’s Interim Fire...

CLEANING CHEMICALS