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The Source Roadshow is Somerset’s new trade event for food and hospitality suppliers. It’s an ideal chance for operators to build stronger partnerships, connect with suppliers in person, network with industry peers, and find practical solutions that enhance processes, boost efficiency, and support sustainability efforts.

Reliability is at the heart of our service. This applies not just to the delivery of clean textiles, but to how we manage our environmental and social impact. We are therefore pleased to confirm that CLEAN has achieved a Silver rating from EcoVadis, placing us in the top 15% of companies globally.

At CLEAN, the safety of our colleagues and the communities we serve is fundamental to our operations. That is why we are pleased to announce our participation in Brake’s Road Safety Week, running from 16–22 November 2025. This year’s theme, Safe vehicles save lives, aligns perfectly with our core commitment to maintaining the highest standards of safety and dependability on the road.

At CLEAN, we’re proud to share the publication of our first Public Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.

We’re pleased to share that CLEAN is among the first commercial laundries accepted into the Textile Services Association’s (TSA) Infinite Textiles™ Scheme. This is a major step forward in our sustainability journey and a milestone that reflects the hard work our teams put in every day.

We are pleased to announce CLEAN’s first UK sports sponsorship, a new partnership with our local club, Cheltenham Town Football Club, known to its supporters as the ‘Robins’ or ‘Town’. For the 2025/26 season, we will serve as the club's first-ever Official Clean Sheet Sponsor and the Business Player Sponsors for the first-team goalkeepers. This partnership is rooted in our commitment to the local community and our belief in supporting organisations that value teamwork and dedication.

At CLEAN, doing the right thing shapes how we work. Caring for the environment isn't just a part of our job; we take it seriously every day. We've made steady progress over the years and are making another meaningful change in how we handle textiles that have reached the end of their useful life.

It's an exciting time for CLEAN. Monday, 24th March, marked a significant milestone as we officially broke ground at our new, state-of-the-art Nottingham site. This event signifies more than just the start of construction; it's the beginning of a new chapter in our commitment to providing exceptional service and embracing innovation.

At CLEAN, our commitment to sustainability is unwavering. We are excited to announce the launch of our new Greenly Portal for carbon footprinting! This innovative platform will empower us to measure, track, and reduce our carbon emissions with ease and precision, setting a new standard for sustainability in our industry. 🌱

We are thrilled to announce CLEAN's new partnership with Recycle IT 4 Free for our Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collection. This collaboration brings a more sustainable and cost-effective solution to our operations. 🗑️🔋

CLEAN is delighted to unveil our latest innovation in sustainable workwear: our Eco Chefswear Range. This collection aligns perfectly with our dedication to sustainability and environmental responsibility and is the result of years of innovation and a shared belief with our supplier that Uniform Shouldn’t Cost The Earth.

On Sunday, October 6, the prestigious Bournemouth Area Hotel Association (BAHA) Awards took place at The Marsham Court Hotel in Bournemouth.

We are pleased to announce that CLEAN Workwear will be exhibiting at the prestigious Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) “Meet the Buyer” event! Mark your calendars for Thursday, 3rd October at the CBS Arena, Coventry where innovation meets opportunity.

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 linen and towelling 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.

We’re thrilled to announce our participation in the highly anticipated SHW Live South 2024 event, taking place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre on October 2nd and 3rd.

We are pleased to announce that Road Safety Smart Ltd’s Managing Director, Andrew Drewary, FCILT MARRM, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Road Risk Manager of the Year Award at the Brake, the Road Safety charity Global Fleet Champions Awards 2024. This recognition highlights Andrew’s unwavering commitment to road safety and exceptional work managing road risk.

We’re excited to announce the grand reopening of CLEAN’s Banbury facility, a significant leap forward in our mission to provide top-tier workwear and PPE processing services. This transformation is the result of a substantial £1.9 million investment, turning our 24,000 sq ft space into a cutting-edge hub under the prestigious Alsco Uniforms brand.

Visit CLEAN at Health & Safety Matters LIVE – and be part of shaping a safer tomorrow.

CLEAN has once again been honoured with the esteemed RoSPA President’s Award, a testament to its unwavering commitment to excellence in health and safety practices.

CLEAN’s laundries have achieved remarkable success in road safety, winning the RoSPA Fleet Safety Awards. Slough, Camberley, Yeovil, and Ross-on-Wye sites all received accolades.

We are thrilled to announce that CLEAN will be exhibiting at The Health & Safety Event from April 30th to May 2nd, 2024, at NEC, Birmingham.

To better understand the intricacies of local industry and engage with constituents, Tan Dhesi, MP for Slough, recently paid a 2-hour visit to a bustling laundry factory in Buckingham Avenue on the Slough Trading Estate.

CLEAN is proud to announce that it has been added to the bill of sponsors of the prestigious BRCGS Connect Series Conference, formerly the Food Safety Conference, taking place in Coventry on 7-8 February 2024.

The Motor Transport Awards have been the standard of excellence for UK road transport fleet operators, vehicle manufacturers and innovators for over 37 years. During the Motor Transport Awards ceremony in 2023, CLEAN received the Safety in Operation Award at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

It’s that exciting time of the year again when The Taste of the West Awards is set to shine a light on the most esteemed food and drink organisations of the South West.

We're exhibiting at Advanced Engineering, stand number L152 on 1 & 2 November 2023 at the NEC, Birmingham.

CLEAN’s Slough, Camberley and Ross-on-Wye laundries have all won a RoSPA Fleet Safety Award. The RoSPA award scheme champions excellence and improvement in managing occupational road risk.

CLEAN has been shortlisted for the ‘Safety in Operation’ Award at the 2023 Motor Transport Awards.

Laundry is life! We invite you to take a moment and consider how textiles and laundry services are with you throughout your life. Each year 9th of August is International Linen & Uniform Service Day #ILUD celebrates professionals across the globe that provide workwear, linen, and textile services.

We are excited to announce our participation in the highly anticipated SHW Live South 2023 event at Farnborough International on the 27th and 28th of September. The SHW Live series aims to reconnect and empower Occupational Safety & Health professionals throughout the UK.

CLEAN wins the internationally recognised Health and Safety Presidents Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

As a vital service provider to the automotive industry, CLEAN has reaffirmed its commitment by becoming an Associate Member of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Cardiff City Transport Services provides reliable public transport to the people of Cardiff. Their primary goal is to encourage the public to use their services to reduce the level of pollution in the city centre. David Sanders (Engineering Shift Manager) explains how the company is leading the way to improve public transport by providing a dependable bus service for the capital of Wales. CLEAN proudly supply Cardiff City Transport Services with the correct workwear uniforms that are comfortable and durable.

At CLEAN, we believe that our full service rental offering is the best option for businesses.

CLEAN has been added to the bill of exhibitors at The Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Show, stand 6 on Tuesday 11th July 2023 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, MK Dons Stadium.

Our high quality floor protection and dust control mat rental service will get rid of the dirt without the fuss.

Choosing your hotel linen is a huge decision. After all, it can change the look and feel of your guestrooms and is probably one of your biggest costs, so requires careful consideration. When you are in the process of choosing the right linen and towelling for your property, it’s vital to understand more about the products you are choosing and consider the different options available before agreeing the range you will use. From thread count, to weave, here we demystify the top fourlinen myths.

CLEAN has been shortlisted for prestigious Safety & Health Excellence (SHE) Award. The SHE Awards celebrate innovation and achievements in health and safety, CLEAN is a finalist in the Best Driver Risk Management Performance category with the winners set to be announced on 26 April 2023.

CLEAN is delighted to be supporting the BH Area Hospitality Association Recognition Awards 2023.

We're exhibiting at The Health & Safety Event, stand number 3/H30 on 25-27 April 2023 at the NEC, Birmingham. Our workwear team will be on hand at this must-attend event for health and safety professionals to come together, share best practices and explore the latest innovations and trends in the sector.

With increased costs across a range of products and services, it is more important than ever for hotel housekeeping teams optimise their linen and towelling service. Ensuring linen and towelling stock levels at the hotel are correct is vital, and the most efficient way and to keep costs under control.

Foodex the biennial exhibition that showcases the latest products, innovations, and trends in the food and beverage industry return to the NEC in Birmingham from 24th to 26th April 2023. This year, CLEAN will be exhiting on stand C150,among the more than 1,500 companies showcase the latest products and services across 3 days. Foodex Manufacturing Solutions will run alongside Farm Shop & Deli Show, Food & Drink Expo and National Convenience Show as part of the UK Food & Drink Shows – the show is expected to attract over 25,000 visitors with one entry badge providing access to all four shows. For a full list of exhibitors and to plan your visit

This year we’re exhibiting at The Source Trade Show, stand number H2 on 8 & 9 February at the Westpoint, Exeter.

Established in 1989 to meet the growing demand for their top-quality, hand-shaped artisan breads, Sally Clarke Bakery produces a full range of traditionally baked products and artisan breads. Although traditional baking remains their primary focus, they now also produce a wider range of baked goods, including a seasonally changing range of cakes, sweet and savoury tarts, muffins and cookies.

Hayward Tyler design, manufacture, and service performance-critical electric motors and pumps to meet the most demanding of applications for the global energy and chemical industries. CLEAN’s services to Hayward Tyler include: Workwear Rental, Locker Distribution and Floor Protection.

Congratulations to Elisabeth Appelmelk from Bottlegreen Drinks Co.

CLEAN's workwear service provides fresh, clean uniforms to food manufacturers, producers and commercial kitchens every day. Learn more about Just Love Food Company - one of our longstanding customers, founded by Mike Woods in 2010. Mike started the company with one goal in mind: to be the most inclusive celebration cake brand on the shelf.

We're exhibiting at Advanced Engineering, stand number S101 on 2 & 3 November at the NEC, Birmingham.

Sean joined CLEAN as a Van Delivery Driver in 2016. After joining CLEAN he qualified firstly as a Category 2 HGV driver and then passed his C+E test allowing him to drive any large goods vehicle with a trailer up to a combined weight of 44 tonnes. Since then, Sean has progressed to become a Senior Driver and Driving Assessor. Here Sean tells his story, he explains what is involved day-to-day in his role at CLEAN and how the company have helped him realise his potential.Start your journey with CLEAN today by applying at cleanservices.co.uk/driver-jobs or email recruitment@cleanservices.co.uk

CLEAN has been presented with the prestigious RoSPA Presidents Award for maintaining high standards in all aspects of health and safety. The President’s Award is presented only to a select few organisations that have achieved 10 or more consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal Awards.

CLEAN has been shortlisted for two prestigious transport industry accolades at the Motor Transport Awards, with the winners set to be announced on 7 September.

CLEAN’s Slough and Camberley laundries have been awarded a RoSPA Gold Fleet Safety Award, which champions excellence and improvement in the key area of managing occupational road risk.

Congratulations to Lindsay Greenwood from Balmer Lawn Hotel in Brockenhurst.

Josh first started working for CLEAN in 2013 as a Production Operator, feeding linen into the ironer. Through hard work and determination, he was moved to the towel folder and trained to work in the wash house. After a year of working for CLEAN, he was promoted to Production Supervisor where his role was to supervise production, help wherever he could, report any accidents or machinery malfunctions to the engineers. After three years of being production supervisor, he was promoted to Production Manager.

CLEAN is proud to officially become an ‘exemplar’ transport operator having been accredited on the DVSA’s highly prestigious Earned Recognition Scheme.

CLEAN are delighted to announce that we have entered a preferred partnership with National Craft Butchers. Its members will receive preferential prices and discounts as well as benefiting from our expert laundry advice, helping butchers throughout England and Wales them choose the best workwear solution and butchers’ uniforms.

In this video we guide you through our ISO 9001 Quality Management Certified laundry process at our Cheltenham laundry where the uniforms are scanned and tracked throughout the process. Firstly, all the uniforms returned by our customers are scanned to register that they have been returned to the laundry at this stage they are also sorted, checked for any damage that might need repair and any foreign objects are removed. The next stage is washing where full thermal disinfection is carried out to remove any dirt, bacteria or viruses that could be present, before transferal to our high care facility. This is where a second scan and quality check takes place before the finishing process where drying and further thermal disinfection take place. Any damage that has been reported, either by customers before being returned to the laundry or identified at the laundry, undergoes stringent inspection. Depending upon the findings of the inspection, garments are either repaired, damaged labels replaced or garments are removed and replaced with new garments.

In this video we guide you through our ISO 9001 Quality Management Certified laundry process at our Cheltenham laundry where the uniforms are scanned and tracked throughout the process. Firstly, all the uniforms returned by our customers are scanned to register that they have been returned to the laundry at this stage they are also sorted, checked for any damage that might need repair and any foreign objects are removed. The next stage is washing where full thermal disinfection is carried out to remove any dirt, bacteria or viruses that could be present, before transferal to our high care facility. This is where a second scan and quality check takes place before the finishing process where drying and further thermal disinfection take place. Any damage that has been reported, either by customers before being returned to the laundry or identified at the laundry, undergoes stringent inspection. Depending upon the findings of the inspection, garments are either repaired, damaged labels replaced or garments are removed and replaced with new garments.

Claire started working for CLEAN in as a Site Administrator in 2014. Her first role was to support the management team and provide admin support to ensure the smooth running of the laundry site. In this role Claire assisted with payroll administration, ensuring people got paid correctly and on time, supporting the human resources and being a point of contact for customer service queries, liaising with the operations and transport teams and the laundry and the customer service centre. A health and safety culture and ensuring colleagues, customers and contractors return home safely to their families at the end of every working day is part of the company ethos at CLEAN.

In this video you will learn how CLEAN help to support Somerset Larder produce up to 7000 meals a day to a network of 10 restaurants and food outlets as well as catering for over 4000 events so far from their kitchens in Bridgwater, Somerset. Therefore, having fresh, clean workwear garments available for their team members each and every day is essential. The company and their employees need the right workwear garments that are comfortable, robust and adhere to all the necessary safety standards.

On 2nd May 2022 a fire broke out at our laundry site in Netherton Road, Ross-on-Wye. Firstly, and most importantly, nobody was injured in the fire, and it has since been extinguished by the Hereford and Worcester Fire Service, helped by crews from the south Wales fire authorities. Currently the cause and origin investigation related to the fire is ongoing. CLEAN will be working with all the appropriate authorities to ensure that any lessons are learned, and any risks further reduced in the future.

Leanna joined CLEAN as a Newly Qualified Driver HGV Driver just over two years ago. In this video Leanna explains what it's like to work as a delivery driver, what to expect in the role and how CLEAN helped her become an experienced HGV Driver. Start your journey with CLEAN today by applying at cleanservices.co.uk/driver-jobs or email recruitment@cleanservices.co.uk A career on the road with us is about more than driving. CLEAN offers advancement whether it’s within the same division or specialism such as here transport, or another like production, engineering, finance, customer service, IT or sales and marketing. There are also opportunities for our people to transfer between different functions and departments. No matter what your background is, we are committed to providing a challenging and stimulating working environment, where people enjoy their jobs, fulfil their potential, and are recognised for their efforts.

Leigh joined CLEAN as a Delivery Driver in 2015. Since then, his career has gone from strength to strength his first managerial role was as Transport Team Leader at our Yeovil Laundry. Since that appointment Leigh has progressed to Interim Transport Manager. Here Leigh tells his story explaining what his role involves day-to-day, what it is like to work for CLEAN and how his career has progressed so far. Start your journey with CLEAN today by applying at cleanservices.co.uk/driver-jobs or email recruitment@cleanservices.co.uk

Train with us to become a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driverFully funded LGV C (Class 2) licence training for new and existing drivers to become a delivery driver with CLEAN.Our Driver Academy has been carefully designed to equip new and existing drivers with all the skills they need to ensure safe and aware driving practices in line with guidelines set out by the DVSA and Company H&S policies and training. Successful applicants can gain a LGV C (Class 2) licence and employment as a professional LGV driver delivering laundry to hotels, holiday parks and industrial businesses throughout England and Wales.Start your journey with CLEAN today by applying at cleanservices.co.uk/driver-jobs or email recruitment@cleanservices.co.ukA career on the road with us is about more than driving. CLEAN offers advancement whether it’s within the same division or specialism such as here transport, or another like production, engineering, finance, customer service, IT or sales and marketing. There are also opportunities for our people to transfer between different functions and departments. No matter what your background is, we are committed to providing a challenging and stimulating working environment, where people enjoy their jobs, fulfil their potential, and are recognised for their efforts. A career with us means being part of a global organisation with a clear vision and strong, shared values. We offer people everything they need to do a great job, and their contributions are properly recognised, highly valued and well rewarded. The greatest aspect of working at CLEAN is the opportunity we offer our people to learn, grow and contribute. We enable our people to learn and develop through both formal training and informal mentoring. You’ll be part of a team that will support your progress and encourage you to think in new ways. In turn, our colleagues help the people around them discover their talents and abilities.

Having been a delivery driver in the past Kevin wanted to take a break from being on the road. He first joined CLEAN as a Loader in the Transport Department. After helping the transport team overcome a small crisis one Saturday, Head of Transport Peter Cox explains that Kevin was encouraged to progress his career within the company and becoming a Transport Team Leader. Here Kevin tells his own story, describes how his career path opened for him, what he does day-to-day in his role at CLEAN and explains that with the right aptitude the company can help people realise their potential.Start your journey with CLEAN today by applying at cleanservices.co.uk/driver-jobs or email recruitment@cleanservices.co.uk

The Health & Safety Event was held at the NEC Birmingham from 5 – 7 April 2022. This is the UK’s largest gathering of anyone responsible for running a safe and efficient workplace. CLEAN offers a comprehensive workwear rental service providing you with garments that are comfortable, robust and comply with all the appropriate safety standards.

Hospitality Expo, is a new exhibition taking the place of the UKHA Shared Knowledge Day. Traditionally, UKHA Shared Knowledge Day was held in London and for the past few years at the Park Plaza Westminster. The Hospitality Expo event, taking place at the main grandstand at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire from 24-25 April, is aimed at procurement managers, general managers and housekeepers from hotels across the country. Anyone attending will benefit from workshops and seminars created specifically for hotel housekeeping professional and from meeting with exhibitors at Hospitality Expo.

We're exhibiting at the The Health & Safety Event in April Stand 4/J120. Come and chat to Kevin Pain, Gemma Harvey, Laurence Price, Ian Searle, Jaime Harvey and Jason Hughes and find out more about our comprehensive, ISO9001 Quality Management certified, workwear rental services.

Leading laundry supplier CLEAN is proud to support the 28th Annual Hotel General Managers Conference as a Gold Sponsor.

We look at the many benefits your business could enjoy from renting workwear from a leading provider of workwear rental and laundry services.

CLEAN’s Slough Laundry has been awarded a RoSPA Gold Fleet Safety Award, which champions excellence and improvement in the key area of managing occupational road risk.

CLEAN has partnered with TRAILAR, fuel and emission reduction technology experts to reduce the CO2 emissions of its vehicle fleet. The system harnesses free, clean energy from the sun, to power electrical ancillary equipment including the tail-lifts that are in frequent use to load and off load laundry cages. Solar mats fitted to the rooves of our delivery vehicles have significantly reduced the need to create electrical energy by the burning of diesel fuel and are therefore, saving fuel, CO2 and maintenance costs. The adoption of the technology has resulted in a 5.5% reduction in fuel usage that equates to a 1,475kg CO2 saving per vehicle each year.

CLEAN has been awarded its ninth consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal Award for maintaining and improving high standards in health and safety.

CLEAN is proud to announce that it has become an affiliate member of Taste of the West. The organisation promotes and supports fantastic local food and drink from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire

CLEAN are delighted to have been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognised standard that ensures the rental and launder of garments, dust mats and any sundry items meet the needs of customers through an effective quality management system.

Leading laundry supplier CLEAN has secured a PRIM Bronze Award by the Proactive Risk Intervention Management (PRIM) Fleet Standards.

CLEAN’s Slough Laundry has been awarded a RoSPA Silver Fleet Safety Award, which champions excellence and improvement in the key area of managing occupational road risk.

Commercial laundries play an essential part in helping the hospitality industry function, and we need to ensure our industry survives this crisis to be able to support the re-opening phase plus the longer term requirements for our hospitality customers in the post-corona economy, says Kevin Godley, CEO of CLEAN.

CLEAN is awarded its eighth consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal Award for maintaining high standards in health and safety.

Often cited as a bold design choice, naked tables are now popular in many restaurants and cafés all over the world. In recent years, it has become trendy even for expensive and exclusive dining establishments to serve meals on bare tabletops, foregoing crisp and pristine table linen to give the illusion of modern and sleek design.

At CLEAN, we know how hard housekeeping teams work to prepare rooms for guests, which is why we do everything we can to support them by providing high quality, clean linen and towelling.

Whether you have stayed in a modest, city centre hotel or an ultra-luxurious country house, there is one element of your room that will be consistent in both – white bedsheets.

While we have already established that higher thread count doesn’t mean higher quality material and Egyptian cotton isn’t always the stamp of ultimate luxury in our previous myth buster articles, the question about softness and quality of bedlinen also comes down to a choice of two types of weave: percale or sateen.

The laundry sector plays an integral part in allowing many businesses to function. Throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic we have continued to serve both workwear customers that have remained open and those hospitality customers that have remained open to provide accommodation to key workers.

For centuries, Egyptian cotton has been hailed the best and most sought-after bed linen, with retailers, movies and the world’s wealthiest individuals depicting the linen to be the epitome of luxury. The truth is, however, that Egyptian cotton has become an over-used term that now stretches across a range of fabrics and doesn’t necessarily mean you are buying high-quality sheets.

Towels are definitely hard working. Constantly wet, rubbed, washed and tumble dried until they lose all sense of their original purpose. Having spent money on fluffy, absorbent, colourful towels, it is disappointing when they quickly become faded, thin and worn, with little absorbency, ready for the rag pile.

Thread count has been given a huge importance in the world of bedding. Manufacturers and marketers use high thread counts as an indicator of quality, shouting about 600, 800 or 1000 thread count sheets as if they are the epitome of luxury.

CLEAN’s Yeovil laundry has partnered with Youth Hostel Association (YHA) to donate 6,500 pieces of linen to St. Joseph’s School in Salisbury and HMP Guys Marsh in Shaftesbury to support their efforts to create personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline NHS staff.

The safety of our customers, laundry teams and partners is of paramount importance to CLEAN.

CLEAN has recognised and celebrated the outstanding talent of the team through our annual employee recognition awards.

Congratulations to Julio Marques from London Bridge Hotel.

CLEAN will be closed on the 25th, 26th December and 1st January.

We are delighted to announce that our Slough Laundry has donated 500 towels to charity in partnership with our hotel customers Marriott Marble Arch and Andaz London Liverpool Street.

We are delighted to announce that our Nottingham laundry has achieved a production record – achieving its highest ever Production Pieces per Operator Hour (PPOH) performance in September, exceeding target by 10%.

We have partnered with Master Innholders to offer you the chance to win The Gift of Time when you book your place at the 2020 Hotel Leadership Conference between Friday 25 and Monday 28 October.

CLEAN has announced plans to invest £7m in its Yeovil laundry to increase capacity, boost jobs and help it build on its existing success.

We are thrilled to announce that CLEAN has been shortlisted as Commercial Laundry of the Year at the LADA Awards.

CLEAN’s Banbury Laundry has donated bed linen and towels to a charity that supports families who are struggling financially.

CLEAN has safely returned a child’s stuffed bunny rabbit to East Sussex after the toy was found at its Yeovil laundry.

CLEAN Cheltenham Laundry has supported the local Community Mentoring and Support CiC (CMAS) organisation through the donation of fresh linen for its international youth camp held 1-13 August.

We’re very excited to have been selected as a finalist in the Business of the Year category at the Maidenhead & Windsor Business Awards 2019.

Fewer than 30% of hotel guests have experienced a ‘better-than-expected quality of sleep’, according to a recent study by J.D. Power.

We are delighted to announce CLEAN is to sponsor the ‘Linen Keeper of the Year’ category at the 2020 Housekeeping Today Hotel Housekeeping Honours (HHH).

We’re proud to have been named a Gold Merit Award winner at the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards 2019 at ExCeL London on 18 June 2019.

We are proud to have been recognised for maintaining high standards in health and safety and achieve our Alcumus SafeContractor accreditation for a sixth consecutive year.

Special Occasion Linen, the specialists in event linen hire, has relaunched after a substantial investment of more than £200,000.

Leading laundry supplier CLEAN has appointed Myra Tourick as Chief People Officer.

We are pleased to re-launch our Driver Academy in a bid to encourage more delivery drivers into the industry.

We are pleased to announce a £500k investment into our Banbury Laundry, covering equipment upgrades and workforce expansion.

In a time of technology and efficiency, it can be difficult to understand how everything was done before the introduction of the internet, telephones and even electricity. However, clothing and linen has been laundered, dried and ironed in homes and commercially since the 18th century. In celebration of National Laundry Day, 15 April, we have taken a look back at the history of laundering.

CLEAN has donated over 2,000 pieces of hotel linen to partners of housing and homelessness charity Shelter.

In our pursuit to give back to the industry, we have signed up as a Corporate Member of Hospitality Action, which provides support to all those who work, or have worked, within the industry who may find themselves in crisis.

CLEAN is proud to be sponsoring the UK Housekeeping Association (UKHA) Shared Knowledge day on 29th March 2019. CLEAN will have a trade stall at the event where you will be able to meet representative Gareth Draper to discuss your hotel linen requirements.

Old towels from leading linen laundry supplier CLEAN’s Cheltenham Laundry Site are being put to good use by bee-keeping charity Bees Abroad which has been sending them out to Africa to aid its many projects there.

In celebration of Employee Appreciation Day on 1 March, CLEAN has partnered with Perkbox to offer every employee over 200 exclusive perks.

Leading laundry supplier CLEAN is proud to support the 26th Annual Hotel General Managers Conference as a Gold Sponsor.

The textile and linen rental industry has undergone radical modernisation in recent years and is more technologically-advanced than ever before. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is one of the latest advancements that is revolutionising the sector and the service we here at CLEAN can offer our customers.

We are pleased to announce we have invested a further £200k to increase the efficiency of our Yeovil laundry based on Lufton Trading Estate.

We’re delighted to announce the winner of our origami competition – Kasia Hetmanowic.

Win a luxurious Belgravia Fortnum and Mason hamper by entering our napkin and towel folding competition to celebrate Origami Day. All you have to do is share your creations on social media using the hashtag #CLEANOrigami and tagging @CLEANLinenLtd.

Our Ross-on-Wye laundry is hosting a careers day next month as it is looking for driven and passionate individuals to strengthen its dynamic team.

Used linens processed by commercial laundry CLEAN in Yeovil are taking on a new lease of life after being donated to Dorset’s ape rescue centre Monkey World.

Special Occasion Linen will be bringing a touch of colour to Square Meal’s Venues + Events Live this autumn when we exhibit for the first time.

As part of our drive to be more sustainable and efficient, we are pleased to be saving the equivalent weight of two double-decker buses of plastic per year, after reducing the volume of shrink film used across the seven laundries.

CLEAN has made its laundry in Canterbury Road, Radford more efficient, following a £490k investment in new equipment.

CLEAN has made its laundry in Hatherley Road, Cheltenham, more efficient following a further £500k investment in new and repurposed equipment.

CLEAN has launched three white linen collections designed to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the hospitality sector.

CLEAN is offering its hospitality linen customers the opportunity to access and manage account information through a new Customer Service Portal.

CLEAN’s expert table linen service Special Occasion Linen is again supporting Levy UK, official caterers of The Championships, Wimbledon 2018 by supplying sparkling table linens to its on-site restaurants.

Leading laundry provider CLEAN has been revealed as a Gold Medal award winner at the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards 2018.

Our Camberley laundry has been awarded a prestigious 2018 Toast of Surrey business award.

We’re proud to be sponsoring the ‘Laundry Manager/Linen Keeper of the Year’ category at Housekeeping Today’s Hotel Housekeeping Honours (HHH).

We are pleased to continue our commitment to sustainability by securing membership with Considerate Hoteliers.

We are delighted to announce CLEAN has been shortlisted for ‘Business of the Year’ in the prestigious 2018 Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.

CLEAN is delighted to announce a new partnership with PPHE Hotel Group, which will see one of the largest implementations of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology between a hotel brand and a laundry service provider in the UK.

CLEAN linen services’ Camberley laundry has been short-listed for a prestigious 2018 Toast of Surrey Business Award.

Statements by CLEAN; Kevin Steiner, co-CEO, Alsco; and Robert Steiner, co-CEO, Alsco

CLEAN has honoured nine members of staff through its first ‘Employee of the Year Awards’, which form part of the leading linen and laundry service supplier’s employee recognition scheme.

CLEAN is delighted to announce it is now supplying Shiva Hotel Group after successfully solving an urgent laundry service issue within 24 hours.

Since our establishment in 1886, we’ve strived to be the best textile services provider to the hospitality industry. To do this, we know we must offer nothing less than an efficient, quality service to all our customers and work with like-minded suppliers while looking after each of our employees in every corner of the business.

When it comes to linen management for the hospitality industry there are usually three main objectives: Experience - to give your guests a great experience, whether that be high-quality, crisp and sumptuous bed-linen or elegant, professional and dazzling tableware. Price - to keep costs under control Ease - to make the process of providing fresh linen and towelling to your establishment as easy, efficient and effortless as possible.

CLEAN got between the sheets with 1,000 UK hotel guests to discover what they desire from a luxury hotel room. From bouncy pillows to a perfectly soundproof room, we list the key must-haves for a perfect night’s sleep. A comfy, well-made bed

CLEAN is delighted to have been named the fastest and most creative company at the launch of The Estate Trail App, sponsored by SEGRO, Slough Trading Estate, Home Slough, Slough Aspire, Slough Council & Arts Council England. The first of its kind the App is a digital treasure trail using mobile app technology to gain a unique insight into the history and heritage of Slough Trading Estate.

Leading hospitality laundry and linen supplier CLEAN has appointed Kevin Godley as Chief Financial Officer.

CLEAN is delighted to be supporting the UK Housekeeping Association (UKHA) Shared Knowledge day on 2nd March 2018. CLEAN will have a trade stall at the event where you will be able to meet representative Gareth Draper to discuss your hotel linen requirements.

We are proud to be supporting the 25th Annual Hotel General Managers’ Conference as a Gold sponsor.

The relationship between the Union Jack Club and CLEAN began in March 2012 following the Union Jack Club’s rigorous assessment of several linen providers. As a charity and therefore a not-for-profit organisation, the concept of value is the foundation of the Union Jack Club’s operations and CLEAN’s premium yet affordable service and stock management ticks all the boxes.

The CLEAN plaudits continue at Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards.

CLEAN has been named ‘Most Innovative Company’ at this year’s LADA’s, the prestigious awards from leading publication Laundry and Cleaning Today.

Leading hospitality laundry CLEAN has scooped a prestigious industry accolades at the LCN Awards, held on 19 October.

Our laundry staff reveal the strange items hotel guests lose in bed linen A side of salmon, an oil radiator and a police laptop are some of the more unusual items that our staff have found among dirty hotel bedsheets at our laundries in the last year.

CLEAN has been shortlisted for three LADA Awards, which recognise and celebrate the best companies, skills and role models in the laundry and dry-cleaning market. We have been shortlisted in both the ‘Most Innovative Company’ and ‘Most Environmental and Sustainable Company’ categories, thanks to our success in reducing our environmental impact across all of our laundry sites following the launch of our £15m state-of-the-art super-laundry in Slough earlier this year.

Record-breaking CLEAN is creating 25 new jobs after it’s Nottingham-based laundry achieved its highest ever production levels last month.

CLEAN has secured a coveted Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice from one of the world’s most respected recognition schemes for environmental endeavour.

CLEAN has been shortlisted for two awards in this year’s LCN Awards organised by Laundry and Cleaning News. These awards aim to recognise and celebrate the best of the best in the laundry and dry-cleaning market.

With the commercial cleaning sector continuing to evolve in line with innovative market trends and growing business capabilities, commercial laundries today must continue to adapt their operations to add value to their service offering and remain competitive.

As part of CLEAN’s growth plans and to focus on our core commercial textile rental service, we have made the decision to sell the site of our Maidenhead Laundry and Dry Cleaning Shop on Furze Platt Road.

We are delighted to reveal that we have invested more than £2.5million into our Yeovil site as part of the latest developments in our dedicated investment programme – creating 90 additional jobs as part of our ongoing growth plans.

We are pleased to announce that our Banbury laundry has broken a company production and delivery record – a great achievement for the dedicated team delivering laundry and linen services in Oxfordshire and the surrounding areas.

CLEAN has been named as a Gold Medal award winner at last night’s RoSPA Health and Safety Awards 2017.

Congratulations to Dale Hoggett from Travelodge, Burford.

Here at CLEAN we are encouraging all businesses to get behind World Environment Day on Monday 5 June 2017 and put the focus on protecting nature and the planet.

CLEAN has been awarded the coveted ‘Sustainable Supplier’ title, sponsored by innocent drinks, at this year’s Footprint Awards (Thursday 25 May 2017) having beaten tough competition in the category from Nestle Professional UK and Carroll’s Heritage Potatoes, both of which are dedicated to sustainability and best practice in the hospitality and food service sector.

We are pleased to announce a new long-term partnership with the UK's largest hospitality company Whitbread PLC. The new collaboration will see CLEAN provide quality linen to more than 15,000 bedrooms across 150 Premier Inn branded hotels.

CLEAN is delighted to have been shortlisted in the ‘Sustainable Supplier’ category of this year’s Footprint Awards having been named alongside 38 other companies, all of which are dedicated to sustainability and best practice in the hospitality and food service sector.

We’re pleased to have received accreditation and recognition from the UK's fastest growing health & safety assessment scheme Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellent health and safety standards in the workplace.

Here at CLEAN we deliver almost one million pieces of linen to customers located across the UK on a daily basis, with transportation logistics just one of the founding principles that ensures we can provide an excellent service built on quality, efficiency and innovation. In recent years, due to the combined impact of an ageing professional HGV driver workforce and the lack of new entrants coming through to replace those leaving the sector, there has been a 25% decrease in new driver license acquisitions which has led to a shortage of almost 60,000 HGV drivers.

Whether it’s for a restaurant or special event, tableware gives F&B managers and event planners a multitude of options to set the scene and ensure guests feel the way you want them to feel when taking their seat.

The latest edition of estate agent Savills’ report ‘The UK Extended Stay Market’ confirms that 2017 will be a record year for new serviced apartment developments in the UK, with a predicted 13.8 percent increase on the nation’s current offering.

Our new £15m super laundry in Berkshire has been labelled ‘one of the most modern industrial laundries in the UK, if not the World’ by Europe’s largest supplier of high quality laundry machinery Kannegiesser.

This time lapse video shows the construction of CLEANs brand new £15m super laundry in Berkshire. The laundry has been built to provide incremental capacity for the growing hospitality market in London and the South East of England.

CLEAN is delighted to announce the newly formed partnership with Ryder – the innovative logistics and transportation solutions provider.

To build further on our knowledge of the hotel industry, we got under the sheets with 1,000 UK hotel guests to understand what makes them smile in the bedroom and generates a big thumbs up during their stay.

As CLEAN prepares for the opening of its brand new world-class super laundry this autumn, Matt Tate has been appointed as Chief Technical Officer to support the UK’s second largest hospitality flatwork provider as it continues to grow.

On Friday 30th September employees at our Ross-on-Wye laundry site raised £152 for MacMillan the Cancer Support charity. The team did their best to emulate the baking feats of Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood creating a range of sweet treats for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.

The latest in a series of additions to CLEAN’s senior management team sees David Thorley appointed as sales director.

We are here to help people achieve their ambitions in the right way – and that’s what makes CLEAN a great place to work. We employ all sorts of people in all sorts of jobs, and everything they do matters.

CLEAN’s Christmas top tips for maintaining optimum linen levels

CLEAN has joined the list of inspirational British companies to feature in Amazon Growing Business Awards 2016 shortlist in the Company of the Year – Larger Firm category.

More than five million Britons took a staycation over the August bank holiday weekend this year. Here at CLEAN we provide a vital service supporting customers throughout the country. After all, without clean linen many of our customers wouldn’t be able to make up bedrooms for guests.

Quality, professionalism and service. That is the CLEAN imperative as we embark on the next steps of our world-class manufacturing journey which will see our new super laundry open later this year.

CLEAN would like to extend gratitude and appreciation to Anna Woods for 45 years of service at our Cheltenham laundry site.

CLEAN has been awarded a Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). Rob Peters, general manager at our flagship site in Camberley received the award from Ian Bucknell, RoSPA Trustee on 14 July at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham.

CLEAN would like to extend gratitude and appreciation to Martin Hale at our Yeovil laundry site for 40 years of service.

In this video Edwardian Hotels London explain how our Streamline linen managment system has revolutionised hotel linen management.

Are you a hotel operator considering a linen rental service? If yes, then you’ve come to the right place. Here, I want to tell you how hotels can benefit from leasing their linen.

CLEAN is proud to have received a Gold Health and Safety Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for a fourth year running.

CLEAN's Chief People Officer, Sarah Cooper is well respected in the industry and knows how to drive people, along with others in the CLEAN Director Team, to achieve results.

CLEAN is set for a corporate head office move, marking the latest phase in its rapid growth and development plans.

CLEAN is delighted to announce the opening of another world class super commercial laundry facility based in Slough.

Following on from CLEAN’s most recent acquisition of Paragon Laundry which takes the company to a total of nine UK plants and an annual revenue of £67m, Mike Hill, previously commercial director for Paragon, has been appointed to the newly created role of Managing Director (channel markets) within the CLEAN organisation.

Following on from our recent acquisition of Paragon Laundry, we are delighted to announce Steve Clarke has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer for CLEAN. Steve also continues to serve as Managing Director at The Brilliant Laundry Group a position he has held since 2011.

CLEAN – a leading independent laundry company providing linen and workwear rental services – has announced the acquisition of Paragon Laundry (Stevens Hatherley Holdings) to become the second largest hospitality flatwork provider in the UK.

CLEAN is delighted to announce the acquisition of the entire share capital of Stevens Hatherley Holdings Limited trading as Paragon Laundry. Paragon is one of the UK’s largest independent linen and garment rental providers and a shareholder of the Brilliant Laundry Group. Paragon service many of the UK’s leading hospitality and workwear customers across a large geographical region of the UK.

CLEAN is delighted to announce it has been recognised by The Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice for its Environmental Improvement project 'Eco-friendly laundry services focused on creating sustainability'.

CLEAN is holding a recruitment open day for a number of Production Operatives vacancies at its Watford Plant.

With less than a week to go, the Independent Hotel Show presented by Rate Gain, have announced TV presenter, leading chef and restaurateur Rick Stein and South Lodge’s General Manager David Connell will lead the debate on a seminar panel focusing on dining in hotels chaired by TV personality, chef and restaurateur Brian Turner.

CLEAN is holding a recruitment open day for a number of Production Operatives and HGV Class 2 Drivers vacancies at its Camberly Plant

CLEAN is delighted to announce the acquisition of the trade and assets of Watford Launderers and Cleaners Ltd, a specialist laundry service provider to London’s 5 Star premier hotel market.

The UKHA the largest Housekeepers Association in Europe and CLEAN a UK market leader in laundry services are pleased to announce their sponsorship of the Innovation Stage at the Independent Hotel Show to be held at the Olympia Exhibition Centre from October 20-21 2015.

In June this year we were delighted to welcome our trans-atlantic visitors from the TRSA. TRSA is an international organization representing companies that supply laundered garments, uniforms, linens, floor mats, towels and other products necessary for businesses to operate safe, clean facilities, serve their customers and provide a clean, attractive environment and image. The visit provided an opportunity to showcase the technology and innovations, our purpose built Camberley plant provides and a time to discuss important issues and ideas within the laundry sector. The visit was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Our Group Health & Safety and Environmental Manager Stewart MacDonnell and our Chief Operating Officer Sarah Cooper were presented with the gold award at the prestigious ceremony held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, on Tuesday, July 15th. Dating back to 1956, the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards scheme is the largest and longest-running programme of its kind in the UK. It recognises commitment to accident and ill health prevention and is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes from across the UK and overseas. The scheme does not just look at accident records, but also entrants' overarching health and safety management systems, including important practices such as strong leadership and workforce involvement. This key fixture in the health and safety calendar offers organisations a prime opportunity to prove their ongoing commitment to raising health and safety standards and to be a part of the longest running and most highly respected occupational safety awards programme.

On Wednesday 10th June, local laundry CLEAN held a “bring a dish to work” event where staff created a variety of culinary delights.

We are delighted to announce CLEAN is among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015. The Gold award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre, on July 14, 2015. As the UK’s family safety charity, RoSPA’s mission to save lives and reduce injuries covers all ages and stages of life. In support of this mission, the RoSPA Awards, which date back 59 years, recognise commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill health prevention at work. Through the scheme, which is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes from across the UK and overseas, judges consider entrants’ overarching occupational health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement. David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “The RoSPA Awards encourage improvement in occupational health and safety management. Organisations that gain recognition for their health and safety management systems, such as CLEAN, contribute to raising standards overall and we congratulate them.”

CLEAN is delighted to announce we have recently been informed by the British Safety Council that they have awarded us with an International Safety Award with Merit for the third consecutive year. This award, from one of the most respected Health and Safety organisations in the world, reflects our improving results in health and safety over the previous twelve months and confirms that our safety systems, policies and procedures are considered world-class.

The Textile Service Association (TSA) research has confirmed that the quality of linen provided actually influences the choice of hotel, and that guests are prepared to pay more for quality. Bed linen plays a vital role in the impression a hotel makes on it guests and there is no doubt that laundry is an important function for hotels. Unfortunately however this service is not always given the priority and focus it deserves. Laundry quality shapes the guest’s impression, and laundry costs and laundry management impact a hotel’s bottom line and its operational efficiencies. Striking the correct balance between the two is crucial, and a pool linen service is a major factor in achieving this balance.

In 2012 CLEAN Linen Services were appointed linen service provider to the London Olympics. In order to overcome the restrictions of daytime delivery slots during the Olympics, the company started early morning and late night deliveries. Peter Cox Group CLEAN Transport Manager stated “The company’s trail of night-time deliveries proved very beneficial; we found that the vehicles used less fuel because there was less traffic. They also benefited from easier parking and reduction in congestion charges” Natalie Chapman the Freight Transport Association head of policy for London supports Peter’s view “The benefits of night-time deliveries are proven and irresistible; why waste time and money sitting in traffic when you don’t need to?”

On Saturday 8th November CLEAN sponsored the Worshipful Company of Launderers’ float at the Lord Mayor’s Show. London streets were showered in bubbles to the delight of spectators, while the CLEAN team of chefs handed out bubble blowers to expectant children in the crowd. The day was full of pomp and pageantry and record donations were made to Scope & Mencap, the Lord Mayor’s chosen charities

As an innovative UK special needs school, Manor Green School (MGS) in conjunction with the borough’s award winning Ways into Work Service has introduced an extensive Job Coaching programme to develop the employment knowledge and skills for young people with learning difficulties. As part of this programme MGS School organises visits with local businesses.