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ISSA scholarships open for 2022-23


to help deserving students achieve their dreams of higher education and introduce future leaders to career opportunities in the cleaning industry. We’re looking forward to seeing another impressive applicant pool and providing more scholarships to support the future of the industry.”


ISSA Scholars, an ISSA Charities signature program, has opened its scholarship applications for the 2022-2023 academic year.


Employees of all ISSA member companies and their families are encouraged to apply now through April 30 2022. Opportunities for member companies to donate to a scholarship fund or develop a new fund are available now.


Sandy Wolfrum, ISSA Charities Director of Development, said: “Each year, ISSA Scholars award scholarships


Report from TSA highlights the


importance of laundries Research conducted by Hatch Regeneris has concluded that the textile services industry is ‘core to the operation of many businesses in vital and important sectors of the UK economy’.


It highlights three markets of particular significance – hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing – concluding that without the support of the textile services industry they would face insurmountable problems. Yet the long- term sustainability of textiles services in the UK is under considerable threat, and action is needed if it is to survive.


The research was commissioned by the Textile Services Association (TSA), and was carried out in 2020. The key problems it highlights are dramatically rising costs, downward pressure on prices, and severe staff shortages. However, since then, the industry has suffered even more setbacks and its position is even more precarious.


David Stevens, CEO of the TSA, said: “Brexit, the pandemic, and escalating fuel costs have amplified the issues to a catastrophic extent. Without serious price rises for customers and government support – at the very least in terms of access to the EU labour market – there is a real risk that many textile services companies will go out of business.”


Textile services encompass the supply, rental, laundering and maintenance of textiles. It ranges from bedding and towelling in hotels, to PPE and workwear in factories, to surgical, pharmaceutical and high-care food workwear; to mats, roller towels and washroom services in a wide range of sectors. Each week the industry processes 53m textile items to end users in the UK.


The report estimates that the textiles services industry contributes a total of £1.3bn in GVA to the UK economy and


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£190m to the Exchequer, while supporting 28,000 FTE jobs. It notes that hospitality is dependent on the industry, since the provision of clean, fresh linen is fundamental to their business. Just one hotel with 100 bedrooms will get through 750 pieces of linen per day.


Similarly in manufacturing, the report says production lines would come to a standstill within three days of not receiving new workwear. Meanwhile, healthcare and social care can’t function safely without bedlinens, surgical gowns and patient wear washed to very high specifications. As the report points out: ‘the textiles services industry sits behind practically every sector in the UK economy’.


Stevens continued: “If commercial textiles services ceased to operate, many UK businesses, industries and sectors would grind to a halt. We continue to press the Government for help, but so far they continue to ignore us, despite organisations like UKHospitality and NHSI supporting our arguments.”


The Hatch Regeneris research, ‘The Economic Value of the Textile Services Sector to the UK Economy,’ is available at the website below.


www.tsa-uk.org twitter.com/TomoCleaning


ISSA Scholars awards annual scholarships to students demonstrating academic excellence and leadership ability. These scholarships relieve the burden of tuition for ISSA member company employees and immediate family members pursuing degrees at accredited four-year colleges and universities.


With the support of generous ISSA member companies, ISSA Scholars awarded $110,000 in financial aid to 35 students in 2021. Member companies looking to provide support can donate to existing funds or develop their own scholarship award. ISSA announces the full list of scholarship recipients and company sponsors each year.


www.issacharities.org/issa-scholars/


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