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From tea spillages to ink splashes, office spaces are prone to unexpected incidents that result in stains. If not dealt…

The council have known about this problem for years, but their repeated, reactive patch-up jobs have never solved the problem…

Many companies will go under this Autumn and Winter because of crippling fuels bills and yet, for once, you could…

The current set of circumstances – inflation, a chronic labour shortage, economic gloom, and concerns about social value and environmental…

Of course, it is not just cleaning, it is any number of industries, but that does not diminish the sense…

No doubt like many other contractors, we have been drafting our own ESG strategy – christened at DOC as ‘Beyond…

As you may know, DOC is very much a family firm and it started me thinking about family businesses and…

Compliments for the PFM Partnership Awards 2021 were continuing to be received as this article was posted online, with exemplary…

I was, therefore, interested recently when looking at the agenda for certain presentations to note that the balance of questioning…

It cannot have escaped anyone’s attention that environmental and social governance (ESG) has moved right up the agenda since COP26.…

In April last year, the World Health Organisation updated its guidance on COVID-19, placing far greater emphasis on inhaling airborne…

For me, the number one priority for our industry this year is to build on the fantastic progress made in…

From our own perspective at DOC Cleaning, I think the best way I can describe it is to say that…

Their businesses may not have fared so well – high street retail, hospitality and managed offices where tenants have left…

To lend weight to our efforts, we have just created our first senior Sustainability post in the company with the…

Over the last fifteen years, the terms CSR, the environment, and sustainability have featured prominently, and often interchangeably, in the…

These guys are loyal and valued members of the DOC family and it made me stop to think: ‘How many…

I ask, because whenever you quiz someone as to how they ended up in cleaning, they almost always say it…

If there was ever an industry suited to online training, it is cleaning, possibly the most labour-intensive industry on the…

At DOC, we have a strong involvement in this sector and have witnessed the frustration of clients trying to balance…

Okay, so his company might be one that drives its staff pretty hard, but I have also heard that Barclays…

Congratulations to Paul Thrupp and the BCC who have led this initiative. It really does herald a brighter future for…

The number one priority this year for DOC and the wider cleaning industry must surely be the protection of jobs…

The pride in delivering a service across hundreds of locations, day after day, through hundreds of committed staff. If you…

Heritage cleaning goes far beyond appearance. Every day, our teams operate in some of the UK’s most iconic and culturally…

Event planning requires a strategic and detailed planning process. This process needs to include pre-event planning, on-site coordination, continuous maintenance…

Digital monitoring and IoT technology are transforming the way buildings are maintained — and heritage sites are no exception. When…