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Saying hello then waving goodbye Paul Thrupp, the new chair of the British Cleaning Council, reports. IF any of you read Stan Atkins piece on this
facing the cleaning industry which I intend to
page in the previous edition of Cleaning &
pursue in my chairman’s role. This doesn’t
more innovative projects can now be supported without the need for match-funding.
Maintenance, you will know that it
just include important issues like skills
talked about his time as BCC chair
and training, improving working
itself, in both London and Manchester, is another
conditions, promoting the
target, again building on the fantastic job the BCC
drawing to a close. He also
Boosting the reputation of The Cleaning Show
said that the practise of this
Living Wage, better operative
has done over recent years (alongside Quartz who
page being given over to BCC
health and wellbeing, fairer
publish this magazine) to boost footfall and grow
members - and occasionally our
procurement, raising standards
the exhibitor base.
industry partners - to talk about
- it also includes things like how
their work or specific initiatives
do we innovate more, maximise
would not be down to him, but
new technologies, address our
down to the new chair. I am pleased
environmental impact, and present a
But of course, any BCC chair, no matter how ambitious or driven, can’t do all of this on their own, and I am looking forward to working closely with the newly elected BCC deputy
to say that this column will again very shortly
more positive image of the commercial cleaning
chair, Jim Melvin from the CSSA, as well as the
revert to being authored by others from within the
sector to the outside world.
whole of the council membership, to take the
council’s membership, but I did want to use it to
To help do that I want to work closely with
this month to outline some of my thoughts as the
the existing BCC membership - which has now
newly elected chair.
grown to over 20 organisations - and other
future Cleaning & Maintenance columns so you
industry partners, influencers and policy
can get a sense of what’s important to him and
work as BCC chair over the last two years and it
makers. That could see the BCC reaching out
what his perspective is on key BCC matters. But to
has been a pleasure to be his deputy during that
to other trade associations where we have
reiterate what I said at the beginning of this piece,
time. His vast industry experience - combined
similar goals, and engaging more directly with
the plan is for this space to be given over to the BCC
with a pragmatic approach and a disarming sense
government on specific issues which have a
membership each month to talk in more detail about
of humour - helped the council to overcome a
significant impact on cleaning.
their specific sector and what matters to them.
First off, I would like to thank Stan for all of his
number of challenges with a minimum of drama,
organisation forward. You’ll hopefully also be hearing from Jim in
I also want to see how the money we make from
Finally, as someone who has worked in the
which is just the kind of quality you look for in a
The Cleaning Show, which is the BCC’s sole source
sector for over 40 years, I am proud to be the new
chair of an organisation as complex as the BCC.
of revenue, can be made to work even harder to
chair of the BCC and I look forward to working
support the efforts of the council. This will look to
with BCC members and our partners to make the
effective way is yet to be seen, but both myself
build on Stan’s work to help streamline the BCC’s
industry better for everyone.
and Stan did agree on a number of priorities
grant giving programme meaning that smaller and
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