There is no doubt that attitudes and behaviours will have changed after the Covid-19 pandemic, we have all become more aware of our own hygiene practices and we have adopted  frequent washing and sanitising of our hands and have an increased focus on hygiene.

We have all been affected by the Covid pandemic, none less so than the hospitality sector, it was knocked for six when restauranteurs and hoteliers were forced to shut their doors, this in turn affected so many other suppliers that support the industry and our brand Cleaner Products was left very exposed as over 85% of our turnover was in this sector.

Cleaner Product have been inundated with calls from construction companies looking for PPE for their workers as they plan to reopen sites on the 11th May. Redrow is the latest house-builder to announce ‘back to work’ after Taylor Wimpey, Vistry, Lovell and Persimmon all said they were reopening sites. The construction companies have developed rigorous social-distancing protocols that will be supported by strict arrangements to ensure they are consistently applied.

Over the last couple of weeks the demand for hand sanitiser has hit an all time high, the demand has really tested all chemical suppliers and has also seen price hikes from raw material suppliers who are using increase demands to make an extra buck. A number of janitorial suppliers are saying that there is a national shortage, but that simply is not true.