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.
JSG see increase in business
JSG start to see increase in business as restrictions ease JSG start to see increase in business as restrictions ease Johnson Service Group PLC (JSG) issued a statement at their AGM in May stating that trading in the first four months of the year [...]
Regenex challenges industries
Regenex challenges industries to use textile dyeing to help lower carbon Commercial linen revival specialists Regenex has developed new systems in textile coloration, designed to help laundries get the most out of every piece of stock. The company is expanding its unique dyeing service [...]
A fresh look at chemicals and solvents
A fresh look at chemicals and solvents As laundry and drycleaning operations emerge, alongside their clients, from the Covid crisis everyone is re-evaluating what they do and how they do it. Consumables such as chemicals and solvents are high on that list and the [...]
American Dry Cleaning Company announce acquisition
American Dry Cleaning Company announce latest acquisition American Dry Cleaning Company announce latest acquisition American Dry Cleaning Company (ADCC) has recently announced their acquisition of Perkins Dry Cleaners in Holland Park, London - a 45 year old established business with a great old school [...]
Kick-start for Belfast laundry business
Kick-start for Belfast laundry business Kick-start for Belfast laundry business Belfast laundry businesses, CN Hygiene and the Kit Cleaning Company, have celebrated a ‘kick-start’ return to business activity with the cleaning and preparation of the Northern Ireland Ladies football team kits. The family-run businesses [...]
New general manager at JENSEN
David Winter takes over from Ian Stubbs as general manager JENSEN UK David Winter takes over from Ian Stubbs as general manager JENSEN UK Ian Stubbs has been very successfully managing JENSEN UK for the past 15 years. He has now been promoted to [...]
In focus: James Timpson
In focus: James Timpson About James Timpson James has been chief executive of the Timpson Group since 2002, helping the business grow to over 2,100 shops, and developing several innovative ways to run the business at a time when traditional High Street retailing has [...]
Water saving equipment for Eton College
Christeyns UK supplies water saving equipment for Eton College The prestigious boarding school has over 1,300 pupils Laundry chemical and engineering specialist Christeyns UK has helped Eton College in Windsor meet its environmental goals with a new water filtering system. Eton College, [...]
Boosting business with dairy farms
Laundry specialist boosts business with dairy farm focus A Cornish business boosted turnover by £75,000 in just a month - by adding one extra page on its website. Redruth-based commercial laundry specialist Brewer & Bunney wanted to reach out to more dairy farms, as they help [...]
No sign of Rush slowing down
No sign of Rush slowing down Jan Raycroft talks to Ian Rush, owner of Installation Machinery Services, about acquiring Unit Steam Engineering and the plans for the newly-expanded business It’s a family affair: Ian Rush with sons Dean and Josh Expanding your [...]
Hygienically Clean
Hygienically Clean: TSA and UKHospitality campaign to help hospitality re-open safely As the hospitality industry comes to terms with the latest advice on hygiene and Covid, the TSA (Textile Service Association) has updated its Hygienically Clean Linen campaign.The TSA represents commercial laundries serving hospitality and the [...]
Vikas Shah appointed to BEIS board
Vikas Shah appointed to BEIS board New appointment The business secretary has appointed textile industry expert and entrepreneur Vikas Shah MBE, along with Stephen Hill OBE, as non-executive members of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) board, following an open competition [...]
Government hangs laundries out to dry
Government hangs hospitality laundries out to dry. Again. Government hangs hospitality laundries out to dry. Again. “Everyone agrees that we should get support, but we still get nothing,” pleads TSA in a recent press release. The restart grants are great news for hospitality and [...]
Barker Laundry ‘Grow Some Sunshine’
Barker Laundry ‘Grow Some Sunshine’ to support hospice care campaign 'Grow some sunshine' Barker Dry Cleaning and Laundry has shown incredible support for Lewis-Manning Hospice Care and has purchased 3,000 seed packets to join in the hospice’s ‘Grow Some Sunshine’ campaign and give them to the [...]
Christeyns celebrates milestone
Christeyns celebrates 10 years of engineering expertise Specialist hygiene chemicals manufacturer Christeyns is celebrating 10 years since it first began designing and producing dosing equipment to support its range of laundry and hygiene products. Today the company has a brand new engineering facility in Budapest, Hungary [...]
Laundry Efficiency win Queen’s Award
Laundry Efficiency win prestigious Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development Since 2016, Laundry Efficiency have been on a mission to make the textile care industry greener and more sustainable.Their progressive business model of encouraging the industry to reduce excessive waste, pollution and misuse of natural resources is [...]
Help Howard get his mobility back
Help Howard get his mobility back We’re reaching out to readers on behalf of Howard Bradley who has worked in the industry all his life, but illness has now taken its toll and he’s asking for help. He says: “Firstly, I am extremely embarrassed to ask [...]
Regency Laundry announces expansion
Regency Laundry of Bath announces their expansion to a new facility in Corsham ready for the Summer Regency Laundry of Bath announces their expansion to a new facility in Corsham ready for the Summer of 2021 The investment, made to support the recent commercial [...]
Time to cotton on
Special Feature: Time to cotton on With everything going on in our industry, there’s been a lot to think about and plan for within businesses as we head out of lockdown. If you haven’t added it to your list, get ready for [...]
Solving the solvent problem
Solving the solvent problem Just because wetcleaning seems to be in vogue doesn’t mean that traditional drycleaning should be ignored. Far from it. The technology and quality of drycleaning equipment has moved on with the advent of time; perc together with alternative [...]
Ecolab launches laundry hospitality programme
Ecolab launches new laundry hospitality programme Ecolab Textile Care has introduced MultiCare™ PRO, a programme that helps commercial laundries to run laundry operations with high sustainable and effective washing solutions for hospitality market sector and mixed laundries. Ecolab’s Textile Care team of R&D specialists [...]
Jensen-Group weathers the storm
The Jensen-Group weathers the storm in a troubling year The Jensen-Group report a revenue of 245.2 million Euro for 2020. In their press release they say that this ‘respectable business performance results from the strong market position of the Jensen-Group and its products’ and they estimate [...]
When creativity defeats the Covid challenges
When creativity defeats the Covid challenges LHLSI, London Hospital Linen Service Inc, based in Canada, is a private, not-for-profit cooperative laundry that has “always a step ahead” strongly anchored in its DNA. It was the first laundry in Canada to provide sterile linen packs [...]
Electrolux reopens Center of Excellence
Electrolux Professional reopens its Center of Excellence Electrolux Professional has reopened its Center of Excellence in Luton, incorporating a number of measures to ensure customers can take advantage of the space in a Covid secure way. A one-way system has been integrated to ensure [...]
Energy for the future
Energy for the future - sustainability in laundry Janice Raycroft reports. "We expect all commercial deliveries within a decade will be by electric vehicles unless hydrogen-powered vehicles become economically viable. The days of polluting diesels are numbered." - [...]
