Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 11th April 2024 Issue no. 1109

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MPs and Peers to be briefed by leading cleaning & hygiene sector figures

Some of the most prominent figures from the cleaning & hygiene sector will brief MPs and Peers next Tuesday, 20th April about how to restore people's confidence in using work and public spaces following the pandemic.

The key session is being run by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the UK Cleaning & Hygiene industry and is entitled 'Cleaning & Hygiene's Role in Restoring the Public's Confidence Post-Covid in Using Work and Public Spaces'.

It is the first major public meeting for the APPG since its formation earlier this year and could be an important step in helping raise the profile of the industry. The discussion will explore the vital role of the sector in helping the UK recover from the pandemic and into the future.

A range of industry heavy-hitters will be taking part in the panel discussion, including:

- Deborah Bland, global marketing manager BSC and Retail, Diversey
- Delia Cannings (pictured), British Cleaning Council director and national lead for Education & Training, the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals
- Dave Fuller, account director, Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene
- Dr John Hines, director of Research & Development at SC Johnson Professional
- Darren Marston, executive chairman, Industrial Cleaning Equipment
- Jim Melvin, deputy chair of the British Cleaning Council, Cleaning & Support Services Association (CSSA) director and Group CEO, Exclusive Contract Services
- Jason Towse, managing director People Services, Mitie.

They will discuss a range of topics including:

- Restoring public confidence
- Business readiness
- Health and wellbeing
- And what happens beyond the pandemic

Says Jim Melvin: "I'm hugely looking forward to our first major discussion with APPG members about the vital role our sector has in restoring public confidence during and after the pandemic. It promises to be an informative, valuable and very important discussion.

"We think the key areas include what businesses need to do to reassure their workforce and visitors and whether they ready and able to do that.

"We believe that cleaning & hygiene needs to be prioritised and highly-visible, and delivered by professional staff in a sustainable way in our work and public spaces order to restore confidence.

"But this is not just about what we do during the pandemic. We think this presents an outstanding and much-needed opportunity to change the UK's culture for good in order that health and wellbeing are always at the top of the agenda and there is recognition of the important role of the cleaning & hygiene sector in achieving that."

If you wish to watch the Zoom conference live, please email: [email protected] in advance. The recording of the briefing session will also be hosted on the Cleaning & Maintenance website after the event has taken place.

The APPG has the support of a sizeable number of MPs from all the major political parties and members of The House of Lords.

The group exists to promote the critical importance of the cleaning & hygiene industry to the people of the UK.

The BCC acts in the role of secretariat and is organising a significant number of steering groups in seeking to carry out the industry's clear, focused and much needed strategic aims.

www.britishcleaningcouncil.org

15th April 2021