When the pandemic began, everyone around the world had to adjust their behaviours. The landscape of work changed overnight, with countless people suddenly having to work from home. For CCS, one of the major challenges was the fact that cleaning is a business that must take place on the ground. When our clients closed their… Read more »
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Taking Care of our Teams During the Pandemic
One thing CCS has always been good at is adapting; the COVID-19 crisis meant we had no choice but to make changes and make them quickly. Our ultimate goal was to retain our people and do our best to look after them in this, hopefully once in a lifetime crisis. This was a stressful time… Read more »
Teamwork and Finding Strength in Our Differences
Success in business begins by creating a positive company culture that encapsulates your shared values and goals. Teamwork is one of our shared values and an essential part of the culture of CCS. To see teamwork in all its glory, we like to take inspiration from sports. Watching a football or rugby game, you can… Read more »
Tersano – A New Era in Sustainable Cleaning
CCS think it’s crucial to prioritise the use of sustainable cleaning products, which is why we’re so passionate about Tersano. For too long, the cleaning industry has relied on harmful cleaning chemicals. The time to change is now. Now there are practical, sustainable solutions readily available, so it begs the question why wouldn’t you choose… Read more »
The Importance of Regularly Cleaning ‘Touchpoints’
One of the many lessons that will stay with us long after Covid-19 has passed is the importance of meticulous hygiene. This, of course, applies both in your personal life with hand-washing and proper sneeze and cough etiquette and in the public sphere with regular cleaning and surface disinfection. Where CCS can make a difference… Read more »
Advancement and Progression in CCS: Meet Brygida Szeliga
CCS promotes from within and nurture a culture of advancement and continuous learning. This allows people to move up the career ladder if they want to. Brygida is one of our team members who quickly progressed within CCS. Brygida began working for CCS at the end of 2016 as a cleaning operative on one of… Read more »
The Circular Economy and the Cleaning Industry
Lately, there has been a lot of talk about the circular economy. But what is it and how does this have implications for the cleaning industry? Currently, we are in the midst of climate crisis and every day we hear a new frightening statistic about the fate of our planet. We are told that we… Read more »
Louise Cullen: ‘From Cleaning Teams to a Greener Planet’
Invisible Armies The cleaning industry plays a part in nearly every aspect of our lives. Think about it whether you’re doing your weekly shop, going out for a bite to eat, hitting the gym, attending a hospital appointment or working on a project in your office; I guarantee that a cleaner has been there or… Read more »
Cleaning to the Core Podcast Ep 1: Peter Van den Boom, Comac
We’re thrilled to finally able to share something we’ve been working on for the past several months. CCS have launched our very own ‘Cleaning to the Core’ podcast! This is our first foray into podcasting, and we’re excited to have somewhere to discuss industry trends and innovations. We’ll also be interviewing some very interesting industry… Read more »
Making Diversity a Winning Ingredient
CCS are an Irish company of over 3000 people across 8 European countries, with four main operating languages and no fewer than 88 different nationalities on our team! So, it’s fair to say we’re quite a diverse organisation. At CCS, diversity is our way of life and not something to be managed or tokenised. The… Read more »