Economic Recession 2009Due to the current economic climate many businesses are fearful of their future cash flows and job security forcing companies to rein in their spending and with this deflationary circle continually driving the recession and with the world economy still contracting, sadly it seems as if there are difficult times ahead for all businesses.

The cleaning sector is hit as hard as many but the recession is leading to a re-evaluation of the UK’s jobs. Over the last 30 years or so the UK has moved from an economy driven by large industry such as mining, ship building and steel towards consumer services such as retail and cafes, these are amongst some of the businesses hit hardest by a recession. Even with 900,000 employees working within the cleaning sector many cleaning businesses are still carrying vacancies, these cleaning companies add real value to our society and have a great role to play in replacing the traditional industrial jobs that have disappeared over the last few decades.

Cleaning jobs provide great career paths into supervisory roles or entrepreneurship and the average wage in the cleaning sector is also increasing making a job in cleaning a solid career choice. The cleaning sector also has an important part to play in society with a cleaner Britain better for tourism and public health, creating extra revenue and saving the public purse as the spread of viruses such as MRSA are countered. Many workplaces lose workers for extended periods due to illness or injury, the cleaning sector is designed to combat this and investment here can save companies money in the long term.

A clean Britain will be more attractive for tourists, businesses and less wasteful of public money, a cleaner Britain can only be constructive and can have a positive effect in helping to improve the current economic recession.