TOMORROW’S CLEANING MARCH 10
10 Questions With
Stan Atkins CEO of The British Institute of Cleaning Science
Q3 What was your first job? Q6 What did you want to be when you
I was a butcher’s boy at Archers Butchers
were little?
in Brentwood.
It depends how little. As a small child I remember
Q4
wanting to be a spy. Later on a range of other
If money was you no object,
ideas came to mind from train driver to postman.
what car would you buy?
If I didn’t care about the environment then
Q7 What do you do to unwind?
it would have to be a Range Rover Vogue.
I read, listen to music and cook. I dip in and
out of management and reference books - I like
Q5 How would you improve the
facts and figures. My taste in music is eclectic
cleaning industry?
and ranges from opera to Van Morrison. As far
I would set and maintain industry standards.
as cooking goes it’s mainly European.
Q8 If you could have a dinner party with
Each month we ask a cleaning
any three people, dead or alive, with one
other person cooking and the other person
industry VIP the Tomorrow’s
providing the music, who would they be
Cleaning 10 Questions. This
and why?
The cook would usually be me… but if I have
month, we chatted to Stan Atkins,
to choose someone else then it would be
CEO of The British Institute of Raymond Blanc. As far as music goes I would
Cleaning Science…
look to Julian Bream the Spanish guitar soloist
and to Sir John Harvey Jones for conversation.
Q1 How did you get into the cleaning Q9 What, do you think, is the future of
industry? the cleaning industry?
I was made redundant in 1974, saw an ad for a The future is for the cleaning industry to be
porter/cleaner job and thought, I can do that. recognised as an important industry and for
Q2
cleaning to be seen as a profession.
Who, in any other industry do you
most admire? Q10 Which do you think is more
Richard Branson because he has built a global
important to have many skills or to have
brand, which is recognised and respected.
lots of intelligence?
Definitely many skills, as intelligence does not
provide a means to survival. Over the years I
have worked with some extremely intelligent
individuals - they could have told you
everything about the content and growth cycle
of baked beans but they wouldn’t for the life of
them have been able to open the can!
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