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Cleaning Industry Stars Shine Bright at 2018 Kimberly-Clark Professional* Golden Service Awards
LONDON (12 March 2018) – The cleaning industry recognised its newest stars at the 2018 Kimberly-Clark Professional* Golden Service Awards for outstanding commitment and passion to deliver performances that raised cleaning standards.
Since 1991, the biennial Golden Service Awards (@GoldenServAward) celebrate innovation, excellence and the continuous improvement of standards across the professional cleaning industry. Awards were presented to winners across 14 categories at a formal ceremony on 8 March at the London Hilton on Park Lane, hosted by British comedy star Sally Phillips.
The following are officially the brightest stars in the UK Cleaning Industry as recipients of a 2018 Kimberly-Clark Professional* Golden Service Award:
Best Cleaned Premises, Healthcare Establishment with fewer than 250 beds
Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin
Best Cleaned Premises, Healthcare Establishment with more than 250 beds sponsored by Tomorrow’s Cleaning
ISS Mediclean Limited, Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough
Best Cleaned Premises, Office areas below 250,000 square feet
VINCI Facilities, Welsh Government, Aberystwyth
Best Cleaned Premises, Office areas above 250,000 square feet sponsored by ThisWeekinFM
Principle Cleaning Services, JSRE 30 St. Mary Axe Management Ltd
Best Cleaned Premises, Large Education Establishment
Julius Rutherfoord & Co. South Thames College, Merton Campus, London
Best Cleaned Premises, Individual Retail Establishment
The Exclusive Services Group Ltd, Sainsbury’s, Exeter
Best Cleaned Premises, Shopping Mall over 1 million square feet
intu Eldon Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Best Cleaned Premises, Shopping Mall under 1 million square feet
Principle Cleaning Services, Landsec, One New Change, London
Best Cleaned Premises, Manufacturing
Sodexo, Seagate Springtown, Derry
Best Cleaned Premises, Hospitality Award sponsored by RPC bpi refuse
Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists, Crosscare, Dublin
Environmental Awareness Award sponsored by Diversey
Cleanology
Industry Training Award sponsored by BICSc
Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists, Derrycourt Training Centre, Dublin
Site Supervisor of the Year sponsored by Cleaning Matters
Ray Browne, Sodexo
Cleaning Operative of the Year sponsored by Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies
Alberto Del Rosario, Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
“Congratulations to all the worthy winners and our new industry stars,” says Stephen Jones, General Manager (UK and Ireland), Kimberly-Clark Professional*. “All winners should be acknowledged as the very best in our industry. This reflects our overall objectives for the awards and our vision to create exceptional workplaces through raising industry standards. We are very grateful to all our sponsors and contributors, especially Diversey, who once again supported the awards as Gold Sponsor.”
Returning as an Ambassador Sponsor of the awards is RPC bpi refuse. The awards also welcomed three new media partners: Tomorrow’s Cleaning, Cleaning Matters and ThisWeekinFM.
Kimberly-Clark Professional* partnered with The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) who oversaw the independent judging.
Stan Atkins, chief executive officer at The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) adds,
“Whilst we congratulate our winners, all finalists must be applauded for the highest standard of entries to date. In some categories judging was very close, and so for the first time we have also presented some well-deserved highly commended awards. What stood out to the judges this year is that those companies who are helping to raise standards in the industry are those that are most committed to investment and training.”
Over 500 professionals from small, medium and large contract cleaning and facilities management companies, plus in-house cleaning teams, as well as local authorities and hospitals, attended the showcase event this year.
