Commercial Cleaning Blog

When I was a teenager, my first job was as a cleaner in an abattoir. It wasn’t glamorous, but I loved it. There was something deeply satisfying about walking into a space that was dirty, doing the work, and leaving it clean. Something had changed because I showed up.

"Does it really matter if my commercial cleaner uses contractors?"

When organisations such as yours consider psychosocial hazards (things that make workers feel stressed, unsafe, or undervalued), if you discuss them at all, you likely think about them within the context of your own employees—your office staff, your frontline workers, your management teams. As a result, you’ve probably got policies in place, maybe even a dedicated HR team, who is tasked with making sure your people feel supported, respected, and safe at work.

Let me tell you a story that still makes my blood boil.

If your organisation has environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals—whether that’s a full-scale sustainability strategy with detailed reporting or simply a push to improve your overall environmental and social impact—you’re probably tracking every detail. You’re measuring emissions, cutting down on single-use plastics, and putting serious thought into waste management.

When Green Cleaning comes up, you may think about "hocus pocus", and to be honest when Green Cleaning was first talked about, you would have been right.

Germs can spread like wildfire in any work environment as a result of unhygienic employee habits. Whether it be sneezing without using a tissue, leaving dirty dishes in the communal kitchen sink or not wiping away food crumbs on desks. But exactly how germy is your place of business? And how important is it to ensure good workplace hygiene?