LONDON CLEANING SHOW 2023 PUI VI


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A highlight of theindustry’s calendar


Jim Melvin, Chairman of the British Cleaning Council (BCC), looks to the biggest event on the UK cleaning industry’s calendar.


March is an important and exciting month for the cleaning and hygiene sector, featuring the highlight of the industry’s year – The Cleaning Show.


The BCC are co-producers of the UK’s biggest and best trade show, and I am proud to welcome attendees. There will be lots to see and do at the UK’s leading event for the industry, which runs from 14-16 March at the ExCeL, London. It will be a rewarding


and interesting few days.


The show features some of the industry’s leading suppliers and manufacturers, the ever-popular conference programme, and an invaluable opportunity for thousands of attendees to connect and network.


Over 100 suppliers will exhibit, including some of Europe’s leading and most innovative firms such as Jangro, Numatic, Makita UK, Kärcher UK, Nilfisk and SC Johnson Professional. Sustainability and cleaning technology will be key themes. I’m also looking forward to hearing some of the industry’s leading experts discuss the big issues affecting the sector as part of the conference programme.


After the event is opened by the Chairman of the All- Party Parliamentary Group for the Cleaning and Hygiene Industry, Nigel Mills MP, I will discuss the post-pandemic cleaning and hygiene sector with BCC Deputy Chair Delia Cannings, speaking the next day about education opportunities for the industry.


Other speakers representing BCC members include Paul Ashton of the Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA), Lorcan Mekitarian of the Cleaning and Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) and Neil Spencer-Cook and Denise Hanson of the British Institute for Cleaning Science (BICSc).


You’ll also be able to hear finalists in the CSSA Innovation Showcase discuss their innovations, and why not visit the Innovation Show’s pavilion to find out more about the industry’s most innovative cleaning products, services and initiatives. Another event not to miss will be the Window Cleaning World Cup.


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From our perspective, an important aspect of the show will be my appeal on behalf of the cleaning and hygiene industry for your help. During my talk, I’ll be asking you as colleagues to speak up for your industry and lobby MPs on your industry’s behalf.


The BCC and member associations are understandably frustrated by the lack of interest from MPs –with the exception of Chairman Nigel Mills MP – and all political parties in the report by the APPG for the Cleaning and Hygiene Industry, entitled Embedding Effective Hygiene for a Resilient UK. Since the APPG inquiry was first established last autumn, the BCC has sought extensively to engage MPs and the Government about the report with little response so far. It is a very credible document and deserves to be taken seriously.


The report’s recommendations, if implemented, would put cleaning and hygiene at the heart of the national agenda and help change UK culture to make the industry more socially accepted as well as making the nation much more resilient to current common infections and also much better prepared for future public health emergencies, like the COVID-19 pandemic.


The campaign will be launched under our We Clean, We Care slogan, which aims to reflect the vital, frontline role cleaning staff perform keeping others safe, well and healthy. So the question I’ll be asking is: we clean, but do we care enough to get involved?


I hope attendees will download and adapt a pre-written letter highlighting this issue from the BCC website and send it to their MPs as well as signing our petition, both of which you can access via a QR code. Look out for more information about this at the Cleaning Show.


You can also find out more and pick up a free We Clean, We Care badge by visiting the BCC at stand number C26, or find out more via the QR code on this page.


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