The cleaning and FM industry’s elite was recognised at the 2020 Kimberley-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards for their outstanding excellence and commitment to deliver performances that continually raise standards.
Awards were presented to winners across 18 categories at a formal ceremony on 4 March at the London Hilton on Park Lane, hosted by multi award-winning comedian, comedy writer and author Dominic Holland.
The winners were:
Best Cleaned Premises, Healthcare Establishment with fewer than 250 beds
Winner: Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists for Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin
Best Cleaned Premises, Healthcare Establishment with more than 250 beds
Winner: ISS Facility Services – Healthcare for The Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax
Best Cleaned Premises, Office areas below 100,000 sq ft
Winner: Momentum Support for Google Valesco, Dublin
Best Cleaned Premises, Office areas between 100,000-300,000 sq ft
Winner: ABM UK for TfL, 14 Pier Walk, London
Best Cleaned Premises, Office areas above 300,000 sq ft (sponsored by Tomorrow’s Cleaning)
Winner: Principle Cleaning Services in partnership with CBRE at Google UK, London
Best Cleaned Premises, Large Education Establishment
Winner: VINCI Facilities for Bradfield School, Sheffield
Best Cleaned Premises, Small Education Establishment
Winner: FES FM Ltd for Oakley Campus, Dunfermline
Best Cleaned Premises, Shopping Mall under 1m sq ft (sponsored by Truvox)
Winner: County Square Shopping Centre Ashford, Kent
Best Cleaned Premises, Shopping Mall over 1m sq ft (sponsored by Truvox)
Winner: ABM UK for The Centre, Livingston
Best Cleaned Premises, Manufacturing Facilities (sponsored by Kärcher)
Winner: Andron Facilities Management for Technip FMC, Dunfermline
Best Cleaned Premises, Hospitality Award (sponsored by the CHSA)
Winner: Prime Clean Ltd for Spencer House, London
Environmental Awareness Award (sponsored by Facilities Management Journal)
Winner: Cleanology
Industry Training Award (sponsored by BICSc)
Winner: Principle Cleaning Services - SCHOLAR
Small Cleaning Company (sponsored by Cleaning Matters)
Joint Winners: Maxim Facilities Management Ltd; Cleanology
Best Innovation (sponsored by InnuScience)
Winner: Principle Cleaning Services and Google Drop Marking
Diversity Awareness Award
Winner: VINCI Facilities
Site Supervisor of the Year (sponsored by the British Cleaning Council)
Winner: Helena Costa, ABM UK, TfL, 14 Pier Walk, London
Cleaning Operative of the Year (sponsored by Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies)
Winner: John Watson, Momentum Support, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, Dublin
Steve Jones, General Manager (UK and Ireland) at Kimberly-Clark Professional, said: “Congratulations to all the outstanding and worthy winners and also to our well-deserved finalists. This is a year of unrivalled standards for the Golden Service Awards.
“We have seen clear evidence of exceptional achievements and giant steps forward across the industry, including the adoption of new smarter technologies and an increasing focus on environmental responsibility. This reflects our overall objectives for the awards and our vision to create exceptional workplaces through raising industry standards.
“We are very grateful to all our sponsors and contributors, especially our new Gold Sponsor the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers’ Association.”
Kimberly-Clark Professional partnered with the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc), who oversaw the independent judging.
Just under 500 professionals from small, medium and large contract cleaning and facilities management companies, plus in-house cleaning teams, as well as local authorities and hospitals, attended the showcase event this year.
