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Oxwash partners with Thrift+
Oxwash, eco-laundry and drycleaning start-up, partners with Thrift+ Eco-laundry and drycleaning startup, Oxwash, has announced a partnership with Thrift+, a new, online charity donation service for your best old clothes. In 2020 Oxwash expanded their successful Oxford-born startup into two new cities, Cambridge and [...]
Calls for hospitality minister grow
Calls for hospitality minister grow as the impact hits the laundry industry The hospitality industry is the third-largest UK employer and, as part of the supply chain, it has a large impact on the laundry industry. Pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to create [...]
Christeyns staff support local food bank
Christeyns staff support local food bank Staff at hygiene chemicals manufacturer Christeyns UK helped support the Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank with donations over the festive period. Throughout the month of December, staff at Christeyns donated over 570kg of food items for those in need across [...]
TSA furious with Sunak snub for hospitality
TSA furious with continued Sunak snub for hospitality supply chain Despite growing awareness of the hospitality supply chain (and the laundry sector), and its importance to any future recovery, the Chancellor still hasn’t included it any support packages announced. It’s yet another snub for [...]
UKFT steps back reluctantly from representing drycleaners
UKFT steps back reluctantly from representing drycleaners UKFT has regretfully announced that it will no longer be able to represent the UK’s drycleaners following the loss of its largest member.UKFT took on the independent mediation/arbitration service three years ago when it looked likely to be [...]
Laundry: Order of service
Laundry: Order of service Laundry businesses of all types require the same thing – machinery that is reliable and which is backed up by a supplier with good maintenance protocols for no matter how good a product is, it will need servicing and may [...]
WashCo connect with new laundry installs
WashCo connect with new laundry installs During October WashCo had a big install at Cwm Taf University Hospital. It was quite literally big with the installation of a Primus 80kg, steam, heat tilted washer. “We chose WashCo because they were flexible and could move [...]
Johnson Service Group announce new chairman
Johnson Service Group announce new chairman William (Bill) Shannon, chairman of Johnson Service Group PLC, has advised the JSG Board of his intention to retire from the Board in May 2021. The Group has announced the appointment of John (Jock) Fyfe Lennox to the Board as [...]
Industry insights for students
Industry insights for students from Christeyns Local hygiene chemicals manufacturer Christeyns UK has been giving some first hand advice and support to local students working on their City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma. Commercial director Justin Kerslake, along with Stacey King, Zach Adams and [...]
Laundry – The Staycation Effect
The Staycation Effect This year the Staycation has been top of the list when it came to holiday destinations. Maybe not always a first choice for many but none the less, a chance to check out some of those places that make Britain great.Thankfully this [...]
The new year rings changes at Kannegiesser
The new year rings changes at Kannegiesser The start of 2021 will see a management change at Kannegiesser as Martin Kannegiesser is to step down as chairman. Daughter Tina will take over to lead the company that has 2,000 employees and group turnover of [...]
In focus: Andy Robinson
In focus: Andy Robinson Andy Robinson About Andy … Andy Robinson is managing director of ARMH Ltd, a consultancy and manufacturer of materials handling equipment based in Lancashire. ARMH Ltd has been supplying the laundry industry with all types of British-made equipment [...]
Statement: CleanEx postponed
SEPTEMBER DATE ANNOUNCED FOR CLEANEX AND HOSPITALITY EXPO 2021 We are writing to update all attendees about CleanEx and Hospitality Expo 2021. We, (the organisers) have been on constant watch about the impact of the vaccine programme and how it should result in a [...]
Choosing the right laundry calender
Running smoothly: choosing the right laundry calender Jean Anderson Reports. ‘Dashing away with the smoothing iron’ takes on a whole new meaning when you look into the world of commercial flatwork ironing. The Victorian laundress immortalised in that folk song would look enviously upon [...]
Christeyns UK MD Garthwaite retires
Christeyns UK MD Garthwaite retires, Clover Chemicals MD named as replacement Bradford based Christeyns UK managing director Nick Garthwaite is retiring from his role at the specialist hygiene chemical manufacturer after 10 years at the helm. The company has announced that Neil Jones, currently managing [...]
FTCT: Still supporting industry families
FTCT: Still supporting industry families financially affected by this challenging time After the challenging and disruptive year the industry has experienced, it is definitely worth reminding of the help available from The Fashion & Textile Children’s Trust (FTCT), the charity that supports the children [...]
Reusable PPE gowns get green light
Reusable PPE gowns get government green light – potentially saving NHS £1bn+ a year After months of lobbying by the Textile Services Association (TSA), the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that reusable gowns are now part of its official PPE strategy. [...]
Self-assessments for laundry owners
Self-assessments are dirty work for laundry owners Self-assessment tax returns, which need to be filed by 31 January 2021, are not something small business owners relish tackling. Henry Ejdelbaum, managing director of AIMS Accountants for Business, the largest nationwide network of professionally qualified accountants in the [...]
Effective uniform washing
Effective uniform washing can reduce firefighters’ exposure to harmful toxins In an effort to reduce the build-up of harmful and potentially carcinogenic toxins within a firefighter’s uniform, Electrolux Professional is highlighting the importance of thorough and effective cleaning. Research has shown that firefighters are at a [...]
Laundry’s battle highlighted on TV
Laundry’s battle highlighted on TV The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on laundries and the hospitality businesses they serve was featured in a Sky News report on the day when MPs voted to introduce the new tier system from 2 December. The news channel visited [...]
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 and [...]
‘Clean’ uniforms could be COVID carriers
Could ‘clean’ healthcare uniforms be COVID-19 carriers? The Textile Services Association (TSA) is backing urgent calls for research into the ability of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, to survive on linen and clothing, even after it is washed in a domestic setting. It’s especially concerning because many [...]
Westmorland announces new facility
Westmorland announces new facility with capacity for over 23 million items per year Previously part of Reebok’s UK distribution headquarters, and five minutes from the M6, Westmor land have already commenced work on transforming the expansive Lancaster facility into one of the most modern [...]
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 [...]
