Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 18th April 2024 Issue no. 1110
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BCC publishes survey into UK cleaning industry
The British Cleaning Council has published a survey examining changes in the UK cleaning industry over a 6 year period up to 2014. The study looks in detail at a number of key industry areas like; employment, wages, demographics and company turnover.
The Council was asked to collect the UK data by the European Federation of Cleaning Industries, and the figures will be added to EFCI stats over the next few months to provide a Europe-wide picture.
"Up until 2012, gathering statistics like this was usually done by the now defunct Asset Skills Sector Council, using Government funding," notes BCC Chairman, Simon Hollingbery (pictured). "That's no longer an option, so this survey shows that the BCC can step up to the plate when asked, and fulfil these important functions on behalf of the UK cleaning industry."
The full report is 16 pages long and contains many statistical tables and detailed information across facilities services, cleaning and landscape services, and makes a comparison with economic performance in the UK as a whole.
For instance, the total UK turnover in 2014 was £3.6 trillion, and the 'Services to Buildings and Landscape Activities' sector turnover was £23bn - or 0.64% of UK total. Further breakdown by industry reveals that 49% of the sector's turnover was from the 'Combined Facilities Support Activities' industry, while 'Cleaning Activities' makes up just over a third of the sector turnover.
The report also highlights that the UK cleaning industry relies on migrant labour more heavily than other economic sectors, with 24% of workers having a non-UK nationality, compared to the average of 18% across other industries.
There's also detailed information about the market leaders, with Interserve, OCS Group and MITIE being the three biggest players in the UK.
Andreas Lil, Director General of EFCI, says: "This survey is hugely important to the work we're carrying out, looking at data from across Europe. The UK stats will be used to elaborate the EFCI European survey on the cleaning industry 2016 (data 2014) that will be published in the second half of the year".
The full survey will be made available free of charge to all BCC members. Other interested parties can purchase the survey from the BCC Secretariat for £100, via:
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