Laundry and Drycleaning News
Stay up to date with the latest laundry and cleaning industry updates, we cover everything from technology, drycleaning, events to the environmental issues, management and industry trends.
About Charlie Betteridge
About Charlie Betteridge About Charlie Betteridge Born in North London and brought up in Watford, Charlie Betteridge studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University before joining Procter & Gamble in 1979. After four years in sales covering the South of England, he transferred [...]
Polygiene Group hires new CFO
Polygiene Group hires new CFO Polygiene Group hires new CFO Niklas Blomstedt starts as the new chief financial officer in September for Polygiene Group and succeeds current CFO Nina Forsvall. He comes with a solid experience in finance from Ericsson and Haldex, among others. [...]
A royal team effort
Company update: Royal Jersey One year after a fire ripped through Royal Jersey’s premises and the laundry has been completely rebuilt. Now they’re back ‘home’ and very much back to business Jan Raycroft takes the opportunity to visit the site and meet the team The [...]
Sustainability firm secures £120k funding
Award winning sustainability firm secures £120k growth funding Award winning sustainability firm secures £120k growth funding A Queen’s Award-winning laundry efficiency specialist which helps businesses implement more eco-friendly washing systems is expanding after it secured a £120,000 funding package. Clear Three, based on Ranton [...]
Girbau presents GENIUS
Girbau presents GENIUS, its new range of intelligent, sustainable washing machines Girbau presents GENIUS, its new range of intelligent, sustainable washing machines Girbau has debuted its new range of intelligent, sustainable washing machines, GENIUS, which represents a revolution in the professional laundry sector. The new line [...]
WASHCO acquires Goodman Sparks
WASHCO expand national coverage by acquiring Goodman Sparks WASHCO expand national coverage by acquiring Goodman Sparks Three years on from the launch of WASHCO, the commercial laundry specialist has expanded its presence in the UK by acquiring Goodman Sparks Commercial Laundry based in Sheffield. WASHCO aim [...]
A return to the fold for account manager at Christeyns
A return to the fold for latest account manager at Christeyns Jake Jones has re-joined Christeyns UK as technical services account manager Midlands. With seven years of chemical industry experience, Jones has worked in just about every stage of the supply chain in a [...]
Regenex expands in Wales
Regenex expands in Wales with quartet of laundry customers Healthcare and hospitality linen stain removal specialist RegeneX has doubled its presence in Wales within a year, onboarding two new laundry customers. West Coast Cleaning and Linen and Solo Laundry and Linen Services are the [...]
Promotions and appointments at Brewer & Bunney
Raft of promotions and appointments at Brewer & Bunney Brewer & Bunney, the South West based commercial and industrial laundry equipment distributor, has strengthened its market position with two promotions and five appointments at its Redruth office. Lee Harris has been promoted to general [...]
Fishers re-opens Perth laundry
Fishers re-opens Perth laundry Fishers, Scotland’s largest commercial laundry and textile rental company, is re-opening its Perth laundry which was closed in May 2020 as a result of the impact on the hospitality sector of the first Covid 19 lockdown. With the re-opening of [...]
Solving the possible
Solving the possible: Chemicals and solvents Adam Bernstein reports Laundries and cleaning operations need chemicals and solvents to operate, whether wet or drycleaning. And with rising prices and demand for more ecological products laundry consumables are under the spotlight like never [...]
Girbau equips laundry for Street Soccer
Girbau UK equips new laundry for Street Soccer Scotland Girbau UK equips new laundry for Street Soccer Scotland Girbau UK is supporting the work of Street Soccer Scotland by providing laundry equipment for the charity’s new training centre in Dundee. Girbau has given the charity one [...]
Christeyns launches enzyme technology
Christeyns launches enzyme technology to reduce wastewater costs Christeyns launches enzyme technology to reduce wastewater costs Christeyns, manufacturer of detergents and disinfectants for industrial laundries in Europe and across the world, launches EPIC, an innovative detergent system. EPIC, Enzymatic Process Innovation by Christeyns, is based [...]
British Steel renews contract with Micronclean
British Steel renews contract with Lincolnshire company Micronclean British Steel renews contract with Lincolnshire company Micronclean. British Steel have renewed a major contract with Micronclean, which has one of its main laundry sites in Grantham. A report by the Grantham Journal reports that the [...]
The TSA are on the road again
The TSA are on the road again – next stop London! Tuesday 21 June, 6.30pm, voco Grand Central, Glasgow. Scott Inglis, commercial director of Fishers Services Ltd will lead the conversation on ‘Doing laundry in Scotland’. Tuesday 19 July, 6.30pm, One Kew Road, London. Joseph [...]
Ideal partners with Green Shoots
Ideal partners with Green Shoots to deliver products sustainably Ideal has started working with Green Shoots Midlands to deliver professional laundry products with zero emissions and zero waste. Delivering to selected laundry customers in a closed loop within a 60mile radius of Ideal HQ. Ideal’s MD, [...]
Aquatherm appoints operations director
Aquatherm appoints operations director Aquatherm appoints operations director Laundry water and energy specialist Aquatherm announces the appointment of Byron Windt to the role of operations director. Born and brought up in South Africa, Windt obtained an engineering degree from Durban University and gained several years’ experience [...]
Shah honoured to represent the Queen
Shah honoured to represent Her Majesty The Queen at Jubilee events Shah honoured to represent Her Majesty The Queen at Jubilee events Vikas Shah is the CEO of Swiscot Group, the parent company of Linen Connect. He received an MBE for Services to Business and the [...]
Report: TSA Spring Conference
Report: TSA Spring Conference Report: TSA Spring Conference The TSA’s Spring Conference 2022 was held at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel in Birmingham There was a definite spring in the steps from start to finish of many delegates attending the Textile Services Association’s [...]
On the right track
On the right track Jan Raycroft reports on her visit to Kannegiesser’s Supertrack operation in Banbury It would have been the easiest – and soon revealed as pointless – question to ask during a visit to Kannegiesser’s highly successful Supertrack operation in Banbury: ‘Can [...]
A greener future
A greener future in laundry Jan Raycroft reports on how some of industry’s leading businesses are adapting and innovating to achieve their sustainability goals When operations director Steve Pearce and finance chief Ed Eckhard returned to Jackson Workwear Rental in Lincoln [...]
Making the link
Making the link Linen Connect is no stranger to the complications and disruptions affecting the global supply and cost of linen right now. Richard Yates and Vikas Shah of Linen Connect Their global knowledge and experience working closely across the whole supply [...]
Kann they do it … yes, they Kann!
Kann they do it … yes, they Kann! Jan Raycroft goes out and about to meet the team at Kannegiesser UK at their HQ in Banbury Kannegiesser’s impressive premises in Banbury In more ways than one, Kannegiesser UK is in exactly the right [...]
Johnson Service Group AGM statement
Johnson Service Group AGM statement UK textile services provider, Johnson Service Group (JSG), made the following statement at their AGM in May: “Workwear volumes are remaining stable leading to like-for-like revenue growth in excess of 3 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2021. In [...]
Miele equipment launched exclusively at WASHCO
New Miele equipment launched exclusively At WASHCO New Miele equipment launched exclusively At WASHCO Miele Professional has appointed commercial laundry equipment supplier, WASHCO, as the sole distributor in the UK of their new economical laundry equipment. The latest partnership between WASHCO and Miele will see the [...]
