Certified B Corp
B Corp Certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials.
Living Wage
Means we pay our staff the real living wage, is higher than the national living wage. It is independently calculated and it is based on the actual cost of living.
Made In Britain
The Made in Britain campaign supports & promotes British manufacturing, enabling buyers and consumers at home and abroad to identify British-made products.
Royal Society of Chemistry
The world’s leading chemistry community, advancing excellence in the chemical sciences.
ISO 14001
ISO 14001 is the internationally recognised standard for the environmental management of businesses, prescribing controls for those activities that have an effect on the environment.
ISO 9001
ISO 9001 demonstrates a commitment to providing a high level of customer satisfaction and the existence of an externally audited quality management system. Certificate Number 386.
BACS
The British Association for Chemical Specialities is a UK-based trade association which represents companies operating in the speciality chemicals sector of the chemicals supply chain.
Cruelty Free
The gold standard for cruelty free products. The only programme that requires a supplier monitoring system and supply chain checks for animal testing right down to ingredient manufacturer and acceptance of ongoing independent audits.
Vegan
Our products are vegan trademark approved by the vegan society. Accreditation is important as there is still no legal definition of ‘vegan’ when it comes to product labelling and products are therefore open to being mis-labelled.
Ethical Consumer Best Buy
Ethical consumer endorsement as best buy is only awarded to those products and services whose environmental and ethical record warrant it.
Awards
June 2023 The Manufacturer Top 100
Manufacturer Top 100, Young Pioneer, Michael Manktelow
May 2022 Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with University of Northumbria, graded “outstanding”
"To develop a laundry stain identification & removal process using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy with focus on removal of persistent black marks."
Dr Andrew Duckworth
November 2020 Innovate UK
Innovate UK de minimis grant for Business-led innovation in response to global disruption
October 2020 The Manufacturer Top 100
Manufacturer Top 100, Young Pioneer, Vicky Lovegrove
November 2019
The LADAs, Winner Green Impact Award
December 2018
SME National Business Awards, Best Website Runner-Up
November 2018
The LADAs, Trainee Of The Year, MICHAEL MANKTELOW
2017 The Manufacturer Top 100
Driver of Cultural Change & Young Pioneer Phillip Kalli
2017 The Manufacturer Top 100
Top 20 Exemplar, Inspiring Leadership Dr Mike Kalli
2017 National Family Business Awards
Winner Employer of the Year
2017 Midlands Family Business Awards
Winner Manufacturing Excellence
2017 Midlands Family Business Awards
Winner Best Use of Digital
2017 Laundry & Dry Cleaning Awards
Winner Best Trainee / Apprentice, Chris Francis
2017 SME Northamptonshire Business Awards
Winner Green Award
2017 JET Expo Awards
Winner Trophee du Development Durable (Sustainability)
2016 Laundry & Dry Cleaning Awards
Winner Best Product, Professional Plus
2016 Midlands Family Business Awards
Finalist Best Use of Digital
2016 Midlands Family Business Awards
Winner People’s Choice Best Campaign
2016 LCN Awards
Finalist Best Laundry Engineer
2016 Red Ribbon Awards
Winner National Best Small Business
2016 Insider Awards
Winner Innovation Award
2016 Tomorrows Cleaning Awards
Finalist Product of the Year, Professional Plus
2015 Midlands Family Business Awards
Highly Commended Director of the Year, Phillip Kalli
2015 Laundry & Dry Cleaning Awards
Winner Lifetime Contribution, Dr. Mike Kalli
2015 Tomorrow’s Cleaning Awards
Finalist Product of the Year, Mini Roller Spotter Kit
2015 Laundry & Dry Cleaning Awards
Winner Best Apprentice/Trainee
2015 Laundry & Dry Cleaning Awards
Runner up Best New Product, Mini Roller Spotter Kit
2014 Zest Social Media Awards
Winner Social Media Campaign of The Year
2014 Tomorrow’s Cleaning Awards
Finalist Product of the Year, Savvon SA
2013 Citrus Social Media Awards
Winner Social Media Practitioner of The Year
