The voice of the
cleaning and hygiene industry will be heard more loudly
The
Textile Services Association (TSA) has joined the British Cleaning Council
(BCC) as an associate member.
The
TSA represents commercial laundries in several sectors and textile rental
businesses serving the hotel and hospitality, healthcare and workwear markets. The textile care services industry
contributes over £1.3 billion in GVA and supports some 28,000 jobs in the UK
economy. It has become the 22nd member of the BCC, in a
move which benefits and strengthens both organisations.
BCC
chair Paul Thrupp said, “I am delighted that the TSA has joined the BCC and I
very warmly welcome them. Working together with the TSA makes the BCC and
the whole cleaning and hygiene sector that much stronger. It is important that the cleaning and hygiene
sector pulls together to present a unified front if we are to make our
collective voice heard as loudly as possible.
“Textile
services is a significant sector of the economy. There are also considerable
synergies with the cleaning and hygiene sector as represented by our members,
particularly in the health and hospitality sectors. The TSA’s work lobbying the Government to
move towards multi-use gowns for healthcare is something that dovetails well
with the work of our members on the environmental agenda and their work on
skills also supports our drive to create an accredited training and
apprenticeship.
“We
have many issues of mutual interest and I look forward to collaborating in the
future. “
The
TSA represents commercial laundries in several sectors and textile rental
businesses serving the hotel and hospitality, healthcare and workwear markets.
TSA
CEO David Stevens said, “We are delighted to join the BCC and work collectively
with so many like-minded organisations. We have so many
harmonised agenda points I think the collective power of the BCC can really
help drive these topics to some of the key decision makers in Government. I see real benefits for our membership and
improved momentum on some of our key project areas such as training, linen
recycling and energy efficiency incentives, including the climate change
agreement.
"An
individual trade association can find it difficult to get space on the lobbying
platform. Working with the BCC will be a
great way of sharing and supporting a single message, benefitting all
members.”
Visit www.tsa-uk.org
for more information
Notes
for editors
The
BCC now has 22 members from across the cleaning and hygiene sector. Research it
published early this year shows that the sector is a UK top ten industry,
employing 1.63 million people and contributing over £54bn to the economy.
The TSA is the trade association for the textile care
services industry. The TSA represent commercial laundry and textile rental
businesses. Membership ranges from family-run operations through to large,
multi-national companies. Visit www.tsa-uk.org
for more information.
TSA Press Enquiries:
The
Publicity Works: 01263 761000; tim@publicityworks.biz
David Stevens, CEO, Textile Services Association,
T: +44 (0)20 3151 5600 M:
+44 (0)7966 531954 E:
david.stevens@tsa-uk.org