News & Advice

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.

We recently celebrated 15 years of providing a first-class service and linen at our Ross-on-Wye laundry site

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.

Today is World Mental Health Day. At CLEAN, we don’t think that mental health is something to be focussed on for just one day.

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.

CLEAN is holding a recruitment open day for a number of Production Operatives vacancies at its Slough laundry site

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.