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Ideal committed to Living Wage
National Living Wage Week 9-15 November 2020 Ideal Manufacturing Ltd has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer meaning that everyone working there receives a minimum hourly wage of £9.50 in the UK or £10.85 in London – the rates just increased this week to coincide [...]
Stuart Rigby hangs up his jacket
Stuart Rigby hangs up his jacket after 41 years After more than 40 years working within the laundry industry, Kannegiesser’s well-respected colleague, Stuart Rigby, has retired. Rigby started his very first job in 1979 at Bentley’s in Hull, a well-known garment and flat work [...]
JET Expo becomes Texcare France
JET Expo becomes Texcare France At the end of 2018, JET Expo, the French Expo for laundries, drycleaners and launderettes, was taken over by the Messe Frankfurt Group via its French subsidiary. The Messe Frankfurt Group already operate Texcare International (Germany), the "Clean Show" (USA) and [...]
Global Best Practices Awards 2020 winners announced
Global Best Practices Awards 2020 winners announced CINET’s Global Best Practices Awards 2020 was held on 4 and 5 November with over 1,000 professionals from the industry taking part in an extensive programme held over a total of seven hours. Originally this third edition [...]
Managing the second wave
Managing the second wave: The importance of laundry hygiene in the fight against COVID-19 Though the first wave of the pandemic was entirely unprecedented and to some extent unpredictable, leading scientists made one thing clear very early on. With all evidence pointing to the [...]
Oxwash launches in London
Oxwash launches in London Oxwash has opened for business in London for the first time, following the brand’s success in Oxford and Cambridge. Part of a larger scale up plan - which sees the company eye global expansion - the London launch marks the first [...]
Laundry and Drycleaning Awards goes virtual
The registration for the Laundry and Drycleaning Awards 2020 has now opened - and it's all virtual. The Laundry and Drycleaning Awards, The LADAs 2020, is going virtual this year. In the October edition of Laundry and Cleaning Today, it was announced that the [...]
Oxwash announce new e-bike partnership
Oxwash announce new e-bike partnership Oxwash today announced a brand new partnership with EAV Solutions, adding the revolutionary EAV bikes to their existing fleet of electric cargo bikes.The EAV 2Cubed bike is a zero-emissions cargo bike with a capacity of 2.0m³ to enable the Oxwash riders [...]
LADAs registration now open
The Laundry and Drycleaning Awards, The LADAs 2020, is going virtual this year. The Laundry and Drycleaning Awards, The LADAs 2020, is going virtual this year. In the October edition of Laundry and Cleaning Today, it was announced that the awards will have to go virtual. [...]
Laundryheap launches eco-friendly bike service
Laundryheap launches eco-friendly bike service Laundryheap - the on-demand laundry and drycleaning service - is adding green e-bike deliveries to its fleet, to provide customers with a faster and more eco-friendly service. The new offering aims to address the issue of delays caused by traffic in [...]
Nicholls welcomes Sunak’s support
Nicholls welcomes Sunak’s support Chancellor Rishi Sunak new support schemes designed to help businesses and their staff in England under COVID-19 tier restrictions have been welcomed by UKHospitality’s chief executive Kate Nicholls. However, in Scotland, worries are increasing. Nicholls, who met with him before [...]
Electrolux’s new flat work ironer
Electrolux Professional completes range with new flat work ironer Electrolux Professional has unveiled a new range of flat work ironers, which completes its Line 6000 range of ergonomic, efficient and hygienic professional laundry solutions.The Line 6000 flat work ironer range includes front delivery, rear delivery [...]
Pandemic causes outbreak of innovation
Pandemic causes outbreak of innovation In recent issues we’ve brought you the stories and first-hand accounts of those within our industry and their battles to keep businesses ticking. Trade association leaders, laundries, drycleaners, equipment suppliers and engineers have revealed their experiences. Now we turn [...]
Aquatherm launch energy saving system
Aquatherm launch energy saving system Aquatherm launch energy saving system. Aquatherm recently announced their latest development, the all new Micro, Midi, Maxi and Monster range of laundry wastewater heat recovery systems. This is a new generation of integrated heat and water systems, fully equipped, [...]
Hospitality laundry industry on its knees
Government inaction leaves commercial hospitality laundry industry on its knees Rishi Sunak has forgotten the hospitality laundry industry yet again. Still no support.Despite determined lobbying by the Textile Services Association (TSA) including, most recently, an open letter asking – pleading – the chancellor to think again. [...]
Christeyns plays key role in Bradford Manufacturing Weeks
Christeyns plays key role in Bradford Manufacturing Weeks Bradford based chemicals manufacturer Christeyns joins other local and regional manufacturers for the third Bradford Manufacturing Weeks event, this year hosted entirely online. Led by West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and with primary sponsorship [...]
The state of our hospitality industry
The state of our hospitality industry In an update in early September the TSA shared their thoughts on how the hospitality industry was faring as lockdown began to ease.CEO David Stevens was on a call with the other national associations at the end of August [...]
Vision in strong recovery position
Vision in strong recovery position following COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 crisis caught many organisations off guard, challenged established ways of working, and put recovery plans to the test. The extraordinary nature of this crisis has caused uncertainty and posed challenges to recovery. Vision, the textile company [...]
Seaweed study makes washing environmentally friendly
Seaweed study helps make washing clothes environmentally friendly An enzyme made by bacteria living on seaweed is being used to make environmentally-friendly laundry detergents. Scientists from Newcastle University studied how bacteria release themselves from seaweed by using the novel phosphodiesterase enzyme, which breaks down [...]
LADA finalists revealed…
LADA 2020 finalists revealed… The judges have reviewed all the entries for the Laundry and Drycleaning Awards 2020 and we’re delighted to announce the full shortlist of finalists in this issue. In the line up are industry businesses of all sizes from across the [...]
Super laundry expansion
Super charged and ready for expansion Super Laundry Limited recently announced that, despite the ongoing pandemic, they had taken a new lease on their sixth laundry unit – their third premises in London’s King’s Cross. The business was initially formed in 2008 out of [...]
A virtual coffee break with…
A virtual coffee break with... Julian Stone from ADCC Normally the team at Laundry & Cleaning Today would be out and about meeting with industry businesses of all sizes, across the country to find out all about what they do. Instead we’re picking up [...]
Giving it large
Giving it large We’ve often heard that ‘big is best’. Of course, how that is interpreted depends on your standpoint, but one thing is certain, large commercial washing machines are still around and there’s a reason for that; they’ve become much better in recent [...]
Regenex reports upturn in laundry activity
Regenex reports ‘green shoots’ upturn in post-lockdown laundry sector activity Commercial linen stain removal specialist, Regenex, is back in action following lockdown – winning a prestigious award that puts the company among the UK’s greenest businesses and organisations.Regenex, based in Buttershaw, Bradford, is the proud [...]
Ozone washing removes all traces of COVID
University study shows JLA’s ozone washing system removes all traces of coronavirus Treating coronavirus-infected laundry with a professional ozone washing system could have major implications for the future of infection control, according to new research.The in-depth study carried out at De Montfort University in Leicester [...]
