Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 31st July 2025 Issue no. 1173
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Products Uni Europa & EFCI issue joint response to EU's Quality Jobs Roadmap and open consultation
Bullen's new national sales manager is perfect for the role
CCS Facility Services expands presence in Silicon Valley
New CI H5 hot water pressure washer: compact, powerful, built for real work
Luxe Cleaning Services wins award for janitorial services in Tampa, Florida
Pudu Robotics’ new AI-powered Pudu MT1 Vac aces sweeping and vacuuming tasks
Stepan appoints new VP and CFO
Professional Hygiene Market Insights Report 2025-2030 now available
The global Professional Hygiene Market, valued at USD 17.80 billion in 2024, is projected to grow at a 5.84% Compound Annual Growth Rate, reaching USD 25.02 billion by 2030, according to the newly published140-page report by Research & Markets. CMS Berlin Purus Innovation Awards: finalists announced
PuroClean recognises Florida franchise owner with Hot Shot Award
AI-powered device that transforms waste into compost in hours, hits Kickstarter
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I sincerely hope you enjoy reading this week’s broadcast, since without access to my Virgin Media emails for 16 days now, (and counting!) it’s been incredibly difficult to put together, as the majority of what I use for the basis of the news Cleanzine brings you each week is emailed to that account. For the foreseeable future – since an ‘emergency repair ticket’ won’t be raised unless I’m still unable to access my account late Monday afternoon – could you please kindly email me via [email protected] , for John Austen to forward to me? Please accept my apologies if you’ve emailed over recent weeks and are disgruntled that I’ve not responded, or that news you’d expected me to share hasn’t been included in our broadcasts… or if you’ve invited me to a launch or event and I’ve not, as you may believe, had the decency to respond. Did I see something from Mitie immediately before everything crashed on 15th, about an event in London for example? And are there others I’ve missed? I’m so sorry. In between scrubbing around for content for Cleanzine and desperately trying to recall which tickets I’ve been emailed that should be scanned for entry into theatre, festival or other event, (some of which are stupidly not logged in my calendar!) and initially enlisting the help of - and later arguing with - staff at Virgin’s noisy overseas call centres, my experiences with Virgin along with others like it have led me to think a great deal about our reliance on the Internet when it comes to just about every aspect of our lives these days, along with the way our service providers value our satisfaction (or not!) as their customers... When we launched Cleanzine 23 years ago John and I were both on ‘dial-up’ Internet, which meant we had to unplug our landlines to be able to use it. Nowadays, as well as our cell phones’ mobile data, WiFi’s accessible throughout our homes and offices as well as being freely offered just about everywhere else and for me the Internet’s become the ‘go to’ for home entertainment such as catch-up TV and reading unbiased global news. Indeed when everything first crashed a couple of weeks back, I decamped to a comfy chair in my local JD Weatherspoon to produce Cleanzine. That it was a worthy several-time Loo of the Year Awards winner, with washrooms dating back to the time of (and possibly used by) Charles II, Nell Gwyn and Samuel Pepys, was the icing on the cake – although the ambience of the large ‘salon’, complete with armchairs and a sofa, was sadly spoiled by painfully noisy warm air hand dryers which thwarted my plans to produce Cleanzine from there. I’ll cover my ‘customer value (or not)’ comment another time, when I’m feeling lots less helpless and angry…
This Week's News
Ivor, along with co-founder and wife Beryl, and their son Paul Hendry-Smith, also went on to become UK and European Master Distributors for US manufacturer of cleaning chemical concentrates Essential Industries, and later, also for US floor cleaning machine manufacturer Nobles Floor Machines. Employers falling short: one in 10 employees have to pay for HSE training themselves
The report, which surveyed 920 workers, also found that nearly a third (31%) of UK workers said that their employer's training budget was insufficient for their role or risk level.  Manual scavenging: a human rights violation
These findings, drawn from eight states and union territories, starkly illustrate the fatal cost of institutional negligence and the hollow claims that manual scavenging has been eradicated in India. 2XL introduces Force ‘no rinse’ food service disinfecting wipes
Formulated to help maintain strict regulations and standards in back-of-the-house environments, these wipes are said to kill 99.9% of germs, viruses and bacteria on food contact surfaces.  Mountain rescue team training turns into litter pick...
“In one of Wales' most beautiful areas, it was heartbreaking to see nature treated as a dumping ground, says a spokesperson. Veolia Westminster displays pride with London's most colourful clean up achieving 56% recycling rate
Veolia's team members not only marched in solidarity with the community for the fourth year in a row, but also orchestrated the clean-up response for Westminster's biggest and most colourful event of the year. Dedicated crews worked shifts before, during and after the parade, collecting just over 26 tonnes of litter from the streets, with 14.7 tonnes being recycled. 
Invoice finance solution helps secure Abbee’s expansion plans
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