Integral Joins British Institute of Cleaning Science

Britain's fastest-growing national maintenance company backs its cleaning division

Integral UK, Britain's largest independent provider of nationwide property maintenance services, is the latest member of the British Institute of Cleaning Science.

Integral's Cleaning Division is now a corporate member of the BICSC, with 5,000 members in all areas of the cleaning industry, including local authorities, contract cleaners, manufacturers, suppliers, and trainers.

The Institute's committees on Membership Services, Training & Education, and Finance & General Purposes, set the standards and develop the skills programmes necessary for the Institute's range of cleaning qualifications.

According to Integral UK's Managing Director, Bryan Glastonbury:  "Our business is among the country's fastest-growing companies, based on our commitment to delivering best-practice in our expanding range of property maintenance services.  We employ over 600 cleaning staff and are growing all the time.  

"Many of those services, like energy-management, security-systems, fire-systems, and mechanical & electrical services, are recognised for their high level of technical expertise; and our cleaning services are equally committed to delivering best-practice.  That means far more than having cleaners who turn up on time and flick a duster", said Mr Glastonbury.

"Joining the BICSC gives us a chance to contribute to the debate about how professional cleaning services can make a real contribution to whole life property efficiency and the effectiveness of the working environment", said Mr Glastonbury.

Dyan Hall, Business Development Manager for Integral's Cleaning Division, said:  "The Institute is the largest independent professional and educational body within the cleaning industry. Founded in 1961, its mission is 'the raising the status and standards of the cleaning industry, through education'.

"Integral espouses those aims, because we see our cleaning services, just like all our other services, as a professional delivery to boost the cost-efficiency and productivity of our customers' properties", said Dyan Hall.