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 »
One Powerhead, Three Ways to Clean: Why ACTIV8 Is Changing How Cleaning Teams Work If you’ve ever watched a cleaning team battle a heavy backpack vac at the end of a long shift, or seen someone switch between three different machines just to cover a mixed-surface site, you’ll get why ACTIV8 is worth talking about.This… Read more »
Five Cleaning Innovations We’re Bringing to Foremost Clients Every year, a few products shine at trade shows; they’re the ones that people keep talking about long after the event. Since Interclean Amsterdam this year, we’ve been watching five of them closely, and we’re now bringing all five into what we offer our clients. ACTIV8: a… 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 escalated;… 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 »
Robotics & Cobotics in UK Cleaning: Where the ROI Is Real Most robotics demos are proving to be less than great. The machines work fine mostly, but the demos are shown in conditions that don’t exist in your contracts. For example, demos are often held on flat floors with no obstacles and nobody pushing a… 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 »
Middle East Conflict – Energy and Material driven pricing updates Where margin is building- and how to stay ahead. If you weren’t able to join our recent webinar, we wanted to share a clear view of what’s changing and what it means for your contracts and margins.We heard directly from Metsä Tissue, Polyco Healthline, Cromwell… Read more »
Cleaning Supply Cost Crisis: Protect Margin Before Prices Hit Most of the pressure building in cleaning and hygiene supplies businesses right now isn’t visible yetThat was the clearest takeaway from the webinar we held last week with Metsä Tissue, Polyco Healthline, Cromwell Polythene Ltd, and Selden Research Ltd.Not because the risks aren’t real; they are, but… 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 »
