Why Staff Get Sick More in City Centre Offices

If your team works in a Lincoln City Centre office, you’ve probably noticed something: staff illness spreads fast. Much faster than in out-of-town workplaces. Even a simple cold can move through a team in days — and productivity drops with it.

City centre offices experience completely different hygiene pressures, driven by footfall, shared spaces, touchpoint contamination, and building design. All these factors combine to create the perfect environment for sickness to spread if cleaning isn’t done correctly.

Understanding why illness spreads faster is the first step to reducing it.

Visit our dedicated page for Office Cleaning in Lincoln City Centre to see how we support high-footfall workplaces across Brayford Wharf, Cornhill Quarter, Silver Street and beyond.

The Real Reason Staff Get Sick More in City Centre Offices

City centre offices deal with challenges most businesses don’t notice:

• Higher footfall
• Public access or shared building entry points
• Frequent visitors, contractors, and deliveries
• Shared lifts, stair rails, and reception areas
• Greater germ transfer from public spaces

All of this increases the amount of bacteria, viruses, and dirt entering the workplace every day.

More people = more germs, and more germs = more sickness.

High Footfall = High Germ Transmission

Lincoln City Centre hotspots such as Brayford Wharf, High Street North, Cornhill, and Waterside South naturally attract foot traffic. Your staff, clients, and visitors move directly from busy public areas into your office, bringing:

• contamination from door handles
• germs from public transport
• bacteria from high-traffic pavements
• viruses circulating seasonally

These particles settle on:

• keyboards
• chair arms
• shared meeting rooms
• kitchen appliances
• toilet flush handles
• lift buttons

Without frequent touchpoint cleaning, germs build up quickly.

 Every surface becomes a high-risk area if not properly disinfected.

Shared Buildings Spread Illness Faster

Many city centre offices are part of multi-tenant buildings, meaning your team shares:

• entrances
• receptions
• stairwells
• toilets
• lifts
• corridors

Even if your own office is well-maintained, shared zones are major infection highways.

Your cleaning provider is only responsible for your demised area — unless the building specifically contracts shared-area cleaning.

 

One poorly maintained shared toilet can undo an entire day of good cleaning inside your office.

Poor Touchpoint Cleaning Makes Everything Worse

The top four drivers of staff sickness in Lincoln City Centre offices:

1.) Infrequent touchpoint sanitisation

This includes door handles, printer buttons, meeting tables, fridge handles, kettle switches — all high-transfer points.

2.) Rushed or incomplete cleaning cycles

City centre buildings often require longer shifts than cheaper providers allow.

3.) Incorrect products

Household sprays do little against workplace-level contamination.

4.) No audit trail or accountability

If no one checks the cleaning, consistency always drops.

Touchpoints cause 80% of workplace sickness transfer — yet most offices still clean them as an afterthought.

How Sentinel™ Digital Audits Reduce Illness

This is where Clean Sweep gains a serious advantage.

Your Sentinel™ system gives:

• photographic proof of completed tasks
• time-stamped records of every clean
• touchpoint checklists completed daily
• supervisor oversight for high-risk areas
• accountability built into every shift

Managers can see exactly what has been done — and what hasn’t — in real time.

Consistency prevents sickness. Accountability ensures consistency.

Want to reduce staff sickness and increase productivity?

Book a no-pressure walkthrough, and we’ll show you how to avoid germ spread across your building.

What Clean Sweep Does Differently to Protect Staff Health

Here’s why your approach outperforms typical city-centre cleaners:

* Never missed a clean since 2005

Absences and no-shows are a significant cause of workplace contamination. You eliminate that risk entirely.

* DBS-vetted, uniformed staff

Trusted, monitored and trained to clean high-risk areas correctly.

* Touchpoint-first cleaning strategy

Your teams follow a structured order designed to reduce germ transfer.

* Products designed for commercial environments

Not supermarket sprays — but EN-rated, professional sanitation solutions.

* Correct frequencies for city-centre footfall

More people require more cleaning, not a “one-size-fits-all” schedule.

* Full visibility through Sentinel™

Managers can view audits, scores and images anytime.

Our systems protect staff's health by ensuring the right areas are cleaned properly, at the right frequency.

Want a Healthier, More Productive Office?

Book your walkthrough today, and we’ll show you exactly where illness spreads in your building — and how our structured cleaning programs reduce sickness across city-centre offices.