11 Questions for a Sustainable Cleaning Supplier If your current supplier can’t answer at least eight of these questions, you probably don’t have a sustainable janitorial product supplier. Instead, you have a supplier who put the word “sustainable” on their marketing. That distinction matters more than it used to. Since 2026, UK packaging rules under… Read more »
Why washroom blockages keep happening, and why they don’t have to Somewhere in almost every facility’s budget, there’s a line item that nobody questions, not due to it being small, but because it’s always been there. Plumbing call-outs and reactive maintenance – the same problem, every few weeks, in the same building. It doesn’t get… Read more »
The Cleaning Industry Had Its Moment at The Workplace Event 2026. The Question Is What We Do With It. A lot changed at The Workplace Event this year. Cleaning had a seat at the table, not just on the floor, but in the conversation. It had more presence, more recognition, and a genuine acknowledgement that… Read more »
Interclean Amsterdam 2026: What the World’s Biggest Cleaning Show Is Really Telling Us Interclean Amsterdam is the largest professional cleaning trade show in the world. Four days. Thousands of exhibitors. The full breadth of the global cleaning and hygiene industry under one roof. We were there. And there’s a lot to take in. The pace… Read more »
Why Output-Based Cleaning Is Replacing Hours (And Exposing the Gap Between Operators) Most cleaning tenders still begin with the same question: “How many hours do you recommend?” It sounds practical, but it isn’t. Because the moment you answer it, you’ve framed the entire contract around a number the buyer can compare, compress, and challenge. From… Read more »
Surviving the 2026 Cost Squeeze: How Cleaning Companies Protect Margin When Wages Rise Again Everyone can feel it again this year. Wages go up, and almost straight away there’s that same pressure – contracts not quite stretching far enough, conversations getting harder, and that quiet sense that margin is slipping if you’re not careful. It’s… Read more »
The Future of Cleaning Depends on Who We Recruit Today The commercial cleaning industry is changing. Technology is becoming more embedded in operations. Sustainability expectations are rising. Clients want better reporting, better service consistency, and clearer value. But while the sector is rightly focused on innovation, digital tools and smarter processes, there is another question… Read more »
TUPE Done Well vs TUPE Done Badly: The Difference Between Transition and Turbulence In the commercial cleaning industry, contracts change hands all the time. Retenders are part of the landscape. But every time a contract transfers, something much bigger moves with it: people. That’s where TUPE comes in. The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)… Read more »
Commercial Cleaning Tenders: How Inconsistent Language Erodes Margin and Creates Operational Risk For many ambitious cleaning companies, commercial cleaning tenders are viewed as a route to growth. They promise scale, profile, and recurring revenue. Yet too often, they also introduce risk that quietly erodes margin, distorts operational planning, and constrains innovation. The root cause is… Read more »
The Cleaning Show Manchester 2026: Growth Is Getting Harder – And That’s Exactly the Point A few weeks on from The Cleaning Show Manchester and the conversations haven’t stopped. Across dozens of discussions with cleaning business owners, operations directors, and industry leaders, one theme stood out: the gap between those who are growing confidently and… Read more »
