A massive congratulation to Clare Smyth and her superb team at Core for being awarded three Michelin stars at a virtual ceremony to recognise the winners in the 2021 Michelin guide. Clare has been a valued client of Cleaner Products since she opened the doors of Core nearly three years ago. On being awarded a third star, chef Clare Smyth said: "We worked hard every day to be the best that we can. We try to be better every day than the last. Obviously it's my dream to reach this level but you could never imagine it would happen.

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.