News & Advice (2026)

In short, workwear rental means a supplier owns, supplies and launders your uniforms for a regular fee. Clean garments are delivered on a fixed schedule; used ones are collected, washed, and inspected; and worn or damaged items are repaired or replaced. Sizing, new starters and leavers are handled as part of the service.

Sunday 9 August is International Linen and Uniform Service Day. It is a day for the people who supply clean linen, workwear and textile services to businesses across the world, most of whom the end customer never meets.

Most contamination risks on a food site are the ones you have already designed out. The controls are written up, the zones are colour coded, the swabs come back clean. The risks worth a second look are the quiet ones that sit inside routines everyone trusts. Workwear is often one of them, because a coat that looks clean and a coat that is hygienically clean are not always the same thing.With BRCGS audits to prepare for and Christmas production about to push everything harder, this is a good moment to walk the garment journey as you would a HACCP flow and ask where a hazard could slip through.

EN standards are the European safety standards against which protective workwear is tested and certified. The pictograms on a garment's label indicate which hazards it protects against, and the numbers and letters alongside them indicate the level of protection it provides. Read together, they tell you exactly what a garment is certified to do.

Monday, 7.40 am. Two new starters need kitting out, and nobody can find medium coveralls. A team leader wants to swap a jacket with a broken zip. Someone on nights has reported his locker empty again. By the time the line starts, the shift supervisor has spent forty minutes on clothing, and it is only Monday.Nobody puts workwear admin on a spreadsheet, which is why it survives. The time it takes is real; it lands on your most experienced people, and on many sites, it adds up to a working day every week.

Sinade Hartley and Simon Wilson explain how a 28-room boutique hotel opposite Leicester Cathedral went from unreliable linen deliveries to a supply it no longer has to think about.

Buying workwear outright feels like the economical choice. You pay a known price per garment, hand it out, and the job appears to be done. The purchase price is visible, easy to approve and easy to compare, which is exactly why it is misleading. Almost everything workwear costs a business happens after the invoice is paid.

Why garment spec, condition and fit deserve a place in your safety conversations, and how managed workwear rental keeps protection consistent shift after shift.

Floor mats rarely make it onto anyone's list of priorities. They sit quietly at entrances, beside workstations and across kitchen floors, doing their job without much attention. Yet they carry a surprising amount of responsibility. They keep dirt and moisture out, reduce the risk of slips, protect your flooring, and often form the first impression a visitor has of your business.

We are pleased to announce that CLEAN Linen & Workwear will continue as the Official Clean Sheet Sponsor of Cheltenham Town Football Club for the 2026/27 season. Known to supporters as the "Robins" or "Town", the Club has been our partner since last season, when we became its first-ever Clean Sheet Sponsor.

CLEAN recently held its second Suppliers Engagement Day at the Premier Inn in Stoke-on-Trent, bringing together our key suppliers for a practical conversation about supply chain sustainability and how we can, as a team, reduce emissions across the supply chain.

As the summer season approaches, hotels and their housekeeping teams face the challenge of managing increased demand. With rising costs across various products and services, optimising hotel linen service becomes more crucial than ever. Accurate stock levels are not just vital for cost control, but they are the key to a successful summer season.

In today's fast-paced business world, who you partner with matters more than ever. You need reliability, a commitment to quality, and a forward-thinking approach. CLEAN Linen and Workwear is proud to be part of Alsco Uniforms, the world's largest family-owned laundry company. 

CLEAN is proud to announce that four of our laundry sites have been honoured with RoSPA Fleet Safety Awards, recognising the exceptional road safety standards upheld by our transport teams across the country. Our Slough, Camberley, Yeovil, and Cheltenham sites all received accolades, reflecting a business-wide commitment to getting our people home safe every single day.

During Learning at Work Week 2026, running from 18 to 24 May, CLEAN is reflecting on the role that sustained investment in people plays in how the business operates and how it serves its customers and partners

We are pleased to publish our second annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, covering our progress through 2025. This year's report offers a deeper, more honest account of where we stand, what we have achieved, and where we still need to focus.

Every service CLEAN delivers is carried out by people. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to share how we look after ours, and why that matters to the teams who rely on us.

Fourteen years of consecutive Gold Awards. Five Presidents’ Awards. One unwavering commitment to bringing everyone home safely.

In today’s fast-paced world, many employees take their technical workwear and personal protective equipment (PPE) home for washing. While this might seem convenient, it poses significant risks to both the effectiveness of the PPE and the safety of those living with the workers. This blog explores the critical reasons why professional laundering, such as the services provided by CLEAN, is essential for maintaining the integrity and safety of workwear.

Should you outsource your linen rental and laundry services, or is it better to have an in-house laundry service?Running a hotel, serviced apartment, restaurant, or industrial operation means juggling countless priorities every day. Laundry might not be at the top of your list, but it is essential to keeping things running smoothly. The question many organisations face is whether to manage laundry in-house through on-premise laundering (OPL) or to partner with a commercial laundry service.This blog explores the key considerations and how working with a trusted linen and workwear rental provider like CLEAN can help your team focus on what matters most: delivering excellent service to your customers.