PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CSSA
Recently elected Chairman of the CSSA, Douglas Cooke is delighted that membership of the Cleaning & Support Services Association has increased by over 20% this year.
This is a significant growth in membership and reflects the concerted effort throughout the first nine months of the year by the CSSA with its alliance partners working together with a newly formed small working party to bring the benefits of association membership to the industry. The results have been positive in recruiting a number of small and medium sized businesses to the association.
In the past, membership has been drawn from a narrow cross section of the industry and with Douglas` appointment, becoming the first Chairman from a smaller company, it has now become a priority to promote the CSSA to businesses of all sizes and sectors within the cleaning and support services industry.
Douglas Cooke, Chairman says, `The CSSA, under the day to day leadership of Andrew Large, has formed a working party of MDs of small and medium sized companies to further reinforce the attractiveness of CSSA membership to other companies in the sector. We will continue to actively promote this and our aim is to have significant membership growth year on year.`
The CSSA, based in London, offers its members a wide range of benefits and expert services and currently represents 70% of the contract cleaning industry throughout the UK. In addition, the Association has also recently held its first quarterly networking lunch with Edward Lonergan, Global Chief Executive of Johnson Diversey being the first speaker and hailed as a resounding success.
These networking events, to encourage new members will continue and venues will be spread across the country with personal invitations sent out to approximately twenty industry leaders. The association is also working on `Best Practice` models for the industry and announcements will be made on these over the next few months.
If you would like to know more about the benefits that the association can bring to your business or are interested in becoming a member of the CSSA, please contact Andrew Large on 020 7920 9632 or email alarge@cleaningassoc.org. Alternatively, further information can be found on the website at www.cleaningindustry.org
