Welcome to the 2018 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards
- the most esteemed event in the cleaning services industry

 The 2018 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards is open for entries 

Leading industry awards return with renewed focus on raising standards in the cleaning industry

The 2018 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards has launched its entry process on Thursday 1^st June.

The biennial awards hosted by Kimberly-Clark Professional have become one of the industry’s most esteemed events, providing the opportunity for contract cleaners and in-house cleaning teams to showcase excellence and set new high benchmarking standards in the cleaning industry.

Kimberly-Clark Professional is launching a new-look Golden Service Awards for 2018. “After 25 years hosting the Golden Service Awards, the event has evolved to play a pivotal role in the industry. To ensure that the Awards continue to meet customer and business needs of tomorrow and drive innovation, we have re-focussed the event on core industry areas,” says Peter Oliver, General Manager UK, Ireland and France, Kimberly-Clark Professional.

The event will take place on 8th March 2018 at The London Hilton Park Lane, and will be attended by hundreds of senior director and management level representatives from the contract cleaning and facilities management industries. Awards in 14 categories will be presented recognising excellence across healthcare, office, education, retail, manufacturing, hospitality, environmental and training sectors.

Kimberly-Clark Professional has also announced the return of Diversey Care as gold sponsor with RPC bpi refuse confirmed as an ambassador sponsor. The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) will independently oversee the judging process which will begin in October with the paper judging stage. Site visits will take place in November and December, again managed by BICSc to ensure uniformity and fairness.

Stan Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSs) said: “To stand out this year, you have to demonstrate quality across all areas but most importantly staff training and development alongside a dedication to the consistent quality and continual raising of standards. As judges, we will be looking for clear achievement of excellence and not just if entry specifications are met. The size of the business is not part of the criteria, but a high quality of standards and service is.”

To enter the Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards and see how you measure up against a prestigious list of winners and earn the opportunity to promote your achievements as a new industry benchmark - simply complete the online form available from 1st June which must be and submitted with all contact information and confirmation of certificates, membership of trade associations, training programmes, Investors in People plus health and safety procedures.

To help entrants get the best possible chance of winning, there is a ‘How to enter’ guide which includes important criteria information, useful hints and tips, FAQs and details about the judging process.

“The 2018 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards are designed to have a stronger focus on raising standards in the industry though innovation, development and investment. We look forward to receiving the entries and wish all entrants best of luck,” adds Peter Oliver.