MANCHESTER
The Cleaning Show heads north to Manchester for the Council pick out
The countdown to the second Manchester Cleaning Show, the northern edition of The Cleaning Show (which now alternates annually with Excel in London), has commenced and more details about exhibitors and speakers have been announced.
With an overarching conference theme focused on the future of cleaning, the two-day event, again being hosted at Event City on 11-12 April 2018, will commence with an address from Stan Atkins, the new Chair of the British Cleaning Council (BCC).
Stan will be outlining some of the issues he believes are the most pressing in the sector such as raising professional standards, improving skills provision, the need for more robust and fair procurement practices, and the impending recruitment crisis facing the cleaning industry.
Stan said: “The Manchester Cleaning Show will give the whole of the sector the chance to get together and celebrate what’s really great about our industry. But it also creates a platform where we can debate areas where we are all facing some real issues.
“Having headlines about how cleaning is worth £24bn to UK economy while employing 700,000 people, and needing a further 84,000 operatives over the next seven years to fill new vacancies can give the impression that everything is heading in the right direction.
“However, we need to acknowledge that there are some huge challenges ahead, and I’m pleased that many of these topics are set to be highlighted through the excellent speaker programme the BCC has helped put together for Manchester.
“In addition to the conference element I’m looking forward to seeing all the latest innovations and new thinking from the exhibitors. That includes not only the huge household names, but also the smaller, specialist firms who are developing some remarkable solutions to solve complex cleaning problems.”
Stan will also use his opening address to highlight the recent in-depth research report which was undertaken by the BCC to get a clearer picture of the size, scale and complexity of the UK cleaning market.
This will be followed by a kick-off session called ‘Preparing for the Future’ which will be led by the authors of the BCC’s report, Firedog Research. Firedog’s analysts will be presenting the headline findings from their research, and also be sharing some key insights and conclusions about what the data means for the cleaning sector.
This snapshot of where the cleaning sector is, and where it is potentially heading, will then be followed by a series of themed sessions from a diverse range of speakers and organisations.
Health and safety will be high on the agenda, with a presentation from the Federation of Window Cleaners
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(FWC) about the risks of working at height together with a series of specific workshops facilitated by the HSE. These will include looking at reducing slips and trips, the risks of using long reach poles, respiratory health and preventing musculoskeletal disorders.
Staffing, recruitment and employee wellbeing are other key topics due to be discussed, with presentations from BACHE, BICSc and CERATA all set to be linked to staff recruitment, retainment and development.
The potential impact of Brexit on employment will also be discussed by Bespoke Cleaning Solutions, while the consequences of the UK leaving Europe from a more commercial perspective will be explored by contract cleaning firm Cleanology.
Doing better business and increasing productivity are other areas which will be under the spotlight.
SmartTask will be examining the issue of improved efficiency while sales, marketing and PR experts will be on hand to explain how more integrated communications can boost customer engagement and drive new business.
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