Blog2021 – Blink and You Could Have Missed It!12/01/2021From our own perspective at DOC Cleaning, I think the best way I can describe it is to say that…Read More
BlogLet’s Not Undermine Our Industry’s New-Found Reputation11/01/2021Their businesses may not have fared so well – high street retail, hospitality and managed offices where tenants have left…Read More
ReportOur Gender Pay Gap Report – 202009/30/2021From April 2017, under The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, employers in Great Britain with 250…Read More
BlogSustainability – It’s Addictive09/01/2021To lend weight to our efforts, we have just created our first senior Sustainability post in the company with the…Read More
BlogSupporting ‘Build Back Better’09/01/2021Over the last fifteen years, the terms CSR, the environment, and sustainability have featured prominently, and often interchangeably, in the…Read More
BlogThree Cheers for Careers in the Cleaning Industry08/01/2021These guys are loyal and valued members of the DOC family and it made me stop to think: ‘How many…Read More
BlogTechnology – The New Reason to Join The Cleaning Industry07/01/2021I ask, because whenever you quiz someone as to how they ended up in cleaning, they almost always say it…Read More
BlogTechnology & Training – Let’s Not Waste The Opportunity06/01/2021If there was ever an industry suited to online training, it is cleaning, possibly the most labour-intensive industry on the…Read More
BlogHelping The Arts Sector Reopen With Confidence05/01/2021At DOC, we have a strong involvement in this sector and have witnessed the frustration of clients trying to balance…Read More
BlogHow Will Working From Home Affect Our Industry?04/01/2021Okay, so his company might be one that drives its staff pretty hard, but I have also heard that Barclays…Read More
BlogCongratulations Are in Order!03/01/2021Congratulations to Paul Thrupp and the BCC who have led this initiative. It really does herald a brighter future for…Read More
BlogReasons to Be Cheerful01/03/2021The number one priority this year for DOC and the wider cleaning industry must surely be the protection of jobs…Read More
BlogThe Human Challenge of Cleaning In a Pandemic12/01/2020The pride in delivering a service across hundreds of locations, day after day, through hundreds of committed staff. If you…Read More
BlogHere to Stay?09/01/2020During 40 years of working in the cleaning industry, neither I, nor the 1500 staff who make up our family…Read More
BlogHow Will Clients Respond to Our Heroic Effort09/01/2020Prior to lockdown we donned spacesuits to decontaminate buildings. During lockdown we maintained a hygienic workplace for organisations whose buildings…Read More
BlogIn Praise of Contract Cleaning05/01/2020Number one, we are on the front line, the fourth emergency service as I heard another colleague put it. For…Read More
BlogReturning Staff to Work in Private Sector Buildings05/01/2020The City of London is still eerily quiet. I hear office-based workers interviewed in the media saying, ‘We’re not returning…Read More
BlogHigh Level Representation For Our Industry – Coming Soon?02/01/2020The aim is to give the industry a voice in Parliament, allow it to influence discussions, debate and pose questions,…Read More
BlogThe ‘Good Work Plan’ – Should We Be Alarmed?01/01/2020In April 2020, this legislation comes into force, and it contains one requirement that may pose a significant challenge for…Read More
BlogThe Apprenticeship Levy – How Do We Turn It Into a Positive For Cleaning12/01/2019As reported in the press, did anyone see the recent article about the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development’s report on…Read More
BlogHow Do You Spread Best Practice in Commercial Cleaning?11/01/2019I was recently invited to contribute to a publication called The Parliamentary Review on the subject of best practice in…Read More
BlogOne Team Approach10/03/2019Cleaning is often seen as the Cinderella of all support services. Carried out, in the main, when there is no-one…Read More
BlogWhy Not Have Just One Minimum Pay Rate?08/01/2019Pressure continues to rise on pay rates, particularly here in London and the South East. It is becoming virtually impossible…Read More
BlogThe Value of a Good HR Strategy06/01/2019IT has never been easy to retain good staff in cleaning. For reasons we know only too well, cleaning is…Read More