Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 9th July 2026 Issue no. 1218
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 International News
Products Cleaning equipment needs vary sharply across high-growth niches, analysis finds
Drainage maintenance services market to reach USD 24.7 billion by 2033
How specialist wipes can help cleaning teams reduce chemical misuse
Chemical misuse often starts with a rushed shift, an unclear label or a spray bottle that has been refilled too many times. For cleaning and hygiene teams, the problem is rarely intent. It is usually the number of steps built into the process. Imperial Dade Canada completes Enterprise Paper acquisition
Vectair expands Memphis operations: new facility fully active
Evonik launches peracetic acid with low carbon footprint for the European market
Idrobase accelerates growth with ITM Italia acquisition
'Bathroom Bootycamp' will whip worst toilet habits into shape
CCS Facility Services accelerates national growth with entry into Ohio
Richard H Zay to become Tennant’s chief operating officer
VLS Environmental Solutions’ John Magee wins top Award
CMS Asia: New cleaning & environmental solutions show set for Singapore
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Welcome to the Cleanzine
I first came across RoSPA - the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - back in the mid 80s when I was training as a journalist with the then publishing giant IPC/Reed Business PG. Part of that involved what was effectively an apprenticeship on magazine 'Industrial Equipment News' - and as you might imagine from the title, health & safety played a big part in our readers' lives. As the team member responsible for the monthly Health & Safety column, I got to know the workings of RoSPA, the Health & Safety Executive and Health & Safety Commission and the British Safety Council pretty well, regularly attending press conferences and presentations and learning how crucial it was to share everything I learnt from these, with my readers. That sentiment hasn't changed over the years. You'll be aware that I often write in these Leaders about cleaners - and their sometimes Churchillian efforts at keeping our surroundings clean and hygienic and thus us, safe and healthy - being ignored and sadly, far too often, abused. As you might well imagine then, I'm thoroughly thrilled at learning that a company which I consider to be our 'very own' Churchill Group has just been honoured with the President's Award at RoSPA's 70th Anniversary Awards for its health & safety performance - this partly in recognition of its fabulous achievement of 10 consecutive Gold Awards. Churchill is the second largest Employee-owned Trust in the UK - an achievement in itself. Its specialist set of businesses - Amulet, Chequers, Churchill, Churchill Environmental, On Verve, Principle, and Price Support Services deliver sector-leading cleaning, security, guest services, water hygiene compliance and FM across the UK. Its clients enjoy the expertise in all sectors throughout the UK including The Instant Group, M&G, Scottish Power, The Institute of Directors, GTR, Eurostar, Network Rail High Speed, LSER, JLL, Port of Dover, Canary Wharf Management, Norton Rose, SCAS, Dorset Fire and Rescue, c2c, Northern Rail, and The GLA. I know that last week I promised, "more of this next week" when giving tips on how to avoid failure in marketing and customer services - and that I try and make a point of not singling out individual organisations in my Leaders unless the circumstances are exceptional. But the fact that a contractor working in our sector has not only managed to overcome the stigma often associated with cleaning by being recognised so highly by such a well-known global player as RoSPA, but that it's managed to win 10 consecutive Gold Awards AND been honoured, this year, with the President's Award, is something that thoroughly deserved to take centre stage in this week's Cleanzine. I'm sure you'll join me in congratulating Churchill Group on achieving this exceptional accolade! What a win!
This Week's News
Essential workers rally in Dublin and Paris for pro-worker procurement reform
The protest in Dublin took place as Ireland took over the presidency of the Council of the EU, which will place it at the helm of the reform negotiations. In Paris, workers rallied in front of the Finance Ministry as France's European Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné, responsible for the reform of EU public procurement, is set to release his draft ‘Public Procurement Act’ after the Summer. Pudu Robotics brings physical AI into everyday life at Davos tech summit's Robot City
Held under the theme ‘Touching Intelligence’, this year's summit focuses on how embodied intelligence is moving beyond technological breakthroughs into real-world deployment. As part of the event's Robot City initiative, robots are deployed across everyday commercial environments throughout Davos, giving industry leaders, customer and the public the opportunity to observe autonomous systems performing practical tasks in live operating environments. 
System reliability has become the defining performance metric for the data centre industry. In 2025, most major data centre outages cost more than $100,000, and high-density AI facilities increasingly target ‘five-nines’ (99.999%) availability, which permits only about 5.26 minutes of unplanned downtime per year. Ramon Hygiene celebrates 75 years with staff past and present
Current employees were joined by former members of staff, many of whom played an important role in the company's journey over several decades. The evening provided an opportunity to reconnect with old friends, share memories and celebrate the people behind one of the UK's longest established manufacturers of professional cleaning products.  Churchill Group wins President's Award at RoSPA's 70th anniversary awards
Churchill Group won the Award for an exemplary health & safety record during the 2025 calendar year, where it demonstrated its long-term commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of its people. TCA secures major public sector procurement framework
The appointments, operated by the Everything Estates frameworks, provide organisations in sectors including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, education, defence, policing and research with a simplified and compliant route to procuring TCA's services without the need for a full tender exercise each time.  SOAPBOX: Food waste starts in the cold chain
As weekly household food waste collections roll out across England under the new Simpler Recycling rules, and businesses face their own food waste separation deadlines, Paragon Logistics is making the case that the country is aiming at the wrong end of the problem.
The London temperature-controlled courier and 3PL (third party logistics) operator argues that most avoidable food waste is decided long before the caddy, in the cold chain that moves and stores it. Livv, by ISS, to deliver integrated facilities services for Jupiter Asset Management's global HQ
Under the new contract, Livv will deliver a comprehensive range of workplace and facilities services, including workplace management, cleaning, engineering, supply chain management and sustainability advisory services. The Cleanzine Archive Search We keep an extensive archive of news stories and product information that have featured in past issues of The Cleanzine. If you would like to run a search of the The Cleanzine web site using the search tool below please just go ahead by entering in the name of the person, product or company or any other key words that you are looking for. How to contact us at The Cleanzine:
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Churchill Group welcomes Principle into its group of specialist businesses...
CHSA Excellence Awards 2026 winners presented: celebrating the industry's best
They are: Chewing Gum Task Force's new £1m-plus grant should help reduce chewing gum scourge
The fifth round of funding from the Chewing Gum Task Force follows an estimated 629,750sq.m of pavements - an area equivalent to more than 2,406 tennis courts - being cleaned last year as a result of the last grant. Jangro network raises £105,000 for Trussell to help tackle hunger and hardship across the UK
Prochem answers holiday parks’ quick-turnaround cleaning and drying needs
FM teams urged to rethink drainage maintenance strategies as pressure on water use intensifies
Fine for waste company that stockpiled skips and put workers at risk
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