British Toilet Association: Archived News from the British Toilet Association
We have archived our press releases for your convenience in reverse date order.
2012 Press Releases
- Dr Hilary Jones supports Healthy Bowels - 1 February 2012
- Hudson’s Heritage and Tourism For All present OpenBritain - 30 January 2012
- Baby Changing Facilities for Surrey Mums “Appalling” - 24 January 2012
- BTA gives evidence at Welsh Assembly Committee meeting - 19 January 2012
2011 Press Releases
- BTA 2011 Innovation Award results - 13 December 2011
- Poop Rewards: Cell phone minutes for sanitation - 11 December 2011
- Toilet gaming technology targets urinal boredom - 28 November 2011
- Baristas Lock Restrooms, but the Revolt Doesn’t Last - 22 November 2011
- Urinary Incontinence health centre - 10 November 2011
- Playgrounds scrapped and children to share unisex toilets - 4 November 2011
- Paignton Zoo is the Place to Go - Wins Loo of the Year Award - 31 October 2011
- Age Cymru Day of Action - Wednesday 16th November 2011 - 17 October 2011
- BTA Conference had solutions - 26 September 2011
- Public Toilet Petition - 26 September 2011
- GZ Toiletexpo 2012 - 23 September 2011
- The Golden Poo Awards 2011 - 8 September 2011
- There are now 314 Changing Places Toilets - 31 August 2011
- Email to BTA from Manchester resident - 30 August 2011
- Cafe quits loo scheme - 18 August 2011
- New campaign sets out to make Britain a proud place to bring the baby - 2 August 2011
- BTA welcomes Boanasysytems as a new Commercial Company Member - 26 July 2011
- Gates Foundation launches effort to reinvent the toilet - 21 July 2011
- Westminster to save money and toilets under innovative proposals - 17 July 2011
- Wallgate develops new sanitaryware control package - 7 July 2011
- London Assembly calls on the Mayor to help map out public toilets in London - 5 July 2011
- London Assembly calls for toilets at Crossrail stations - 5 July 2011
- Shocking results for workplace hygiene - 5 July 2011
- The Golden Poo Awards 2011 - 4 July 2011
- BTA welcomes new commercial company member – Sage Sanitizing Systems - 4 July 2011
- 2011 BTA Toilet Innovation Awards launched - 27 June 2011
- Age UK Pride of Place campaign launched - 11 June 2011
- No more four-mile trips to spend a penny - 10 June 2011
- BTA members toilets praised by French visitors - 10 June 2011
- The classics never go out of style - 12 May 2011
- Introducing a new BTA member - 4 May 2011
- Charging for Toilets - 12 Apr 2011
- Golden celebration in toileting - 4 Apr 2011
- Public conveniences Court Case – Wet floor - 4 Apr 2011
- Declining Loos of London - 28 Mar 2011
- New loo for Polesworth - 3 Mar 2011
- Welsh Assembly Member public toilet campaign supporter to become a peer - 28 Jan 2011
- Stop taking the p… ? - 25 Jan 2011
- Toilet attendants meet the Mayor - 17 Jan 2011
- Composting Toilet conserves energy and water, and is friendly to the environment - 11 Jan 2011
- Age Cymru Report critical of public toilets in Wales - 7 Jan 2011
- Bring your own toilets to the ‘Isle of Tight’ - 7 Jan 2011
2010 Press Releases
- Toilets at Dawn - 16 December 2010
- Standards in the toilet - 11 December 2010
- Seymour Pierce flushes away any toilet humour - 10 December 2010
- New British Standard for Public Toilets - 29 November 2010
- New 5p and 10p coins, are you ready? - 15 November 2010
- Access All Areas with the N&C Phlexicare RADAR Key Scheme - 5 November 2010
- School toilet campaign launched - 21 October 2010
- The £55 billion question - Are the Government right to axe the school refurbishment project? - September 2010
- BTA welcome new Commercial Company member - 27 September 2010
- BTA 2010 Innovation Award results - 21 September 2010
- Clean Energy (Yorkshire) Gives Public Loos Green Makeover - 16 September 2010
- Consumers give thumbs down to public toilets - 13 September 2010
- Praise for toilet Tom! - 7 September 2010
- Toilet scheme does not work - 7 September 2010
- Weymouth church passage becomes a latrine - 4 September 2010
- Chairman is slammed over future of Hubbards Hills loos - 3 September 2010
- The car that runs on human waste - 2 September 2010
- CHINGFORD: Toilet campaigners to meet with councillors - 1 September 2010
- REDBRIDGE: More details of proposed toilet cuts - 31 August 2010
- Spending a penny at BHS… - 25 August 2010
- Albany’s growth brings change of name - 24 August 2010
- BTA Summer Newsletter ready for download now (Adobe PDF format 5MB)...
- At your convenience: the latest in customer service - 22 August 2010
- Four Thousand Years of the Toilet Seat - 19 August 2010
- Loughborough Public Conveniences - 18 August 2010
- Tourists horrified by state of Weymouth's toilets - 16 August
- Why were the toilets closed? - 16 August 2010
- New Public Toilets for Knaresborough - 12 August 2010
- Southend Council does U-turn in Arches cafes loos row - 10 August 2010
- New police toilet scheme is panned - 7 August 2010
- BTA Conference and AGM - 15 Sept 2010 - Stratford on Avon - 20 July 2010
- A loo with a view? - 19 July 2010
- Baby Changing Facilities For Kent Mums “Horrendous” - 16 July 2010
- Card helps people access toilets -12 July 2010
- Bar owner defends toilet CCTV move - 10 July 2010
- UK Schools Call for Minimum Standards for Toilets - 30 June 2010
- Public Toilet Closures - 9 June 2010
- Campaigner cycles length of Wales over lack of loos - 9 June 2010
- Continence experts demand clarity over Ryanair’s toilet proposals - 8 June 2010
- Student gets stuck down toilet - 3 June 2010
- Toto - we're not on normal toilets any more - 25 May 2010
- What students want from college toilets - 24 May 2010
- Plea to re-open city centre toilets - 13 May 2010
- TWIT T-LOO... - 30 Apr 2010
- Poor station toilets to meet their Waterloo - 30 Apr 2010
- Passengers to clean airline toilets - 22 Apr 2010
- The iPad will doom humanity to painful bog-roll horror - 21 April 2010
- Unequal toilet provision - 8 Apr 2010
- Spotting toilet related health problems in children - 8 Apr 2010
- Honesty box to be introduced at Skipton public toilets - 30 Mar 2010
- Love Clean Streets - Report good and bad public toilets! - 22 Mar 2010
- Polite Brits go to ‘the loo’ - 22 Mar 2010
- World Water Day - 22 Mar 2010
- Should the UK fund toilets in Mumbai slums? - 22 Mar 2010
- Cubicle Centre Ltd are the latest new BTA member - 9 Mar 2010
- New £11.6m Aberdeen garden centre has flower urinals - 8 Mar 2010
- Maintain Your Own Toilet - 2 Mar 2010
- What are the toilets like at your child's school? - 26 Feb 2010
- Highland Council Loo of the Year Awards Ceremony - 24 Feb 2010
- Welsh Assembly Government continues its long term commitment to supporting tourism and public toilets - 18 Feb 2010
- "WOW" Guests with This Funky New Toilet - 18 Feb 2010
- Flintshire wheelchair man loses pub toilet claim - 17 Feb 2010
- How to pick the best school for your children, look at the loos - 16 Feb 2010
- £7m station won't have toilets - 16 Feb 2010
- BTA welcome Gillett Morrissey - 29 Jan 2010
- Loo could do with a 'roo or two - 28 Jan 2010
- Is your child happy to use the school toilets? - 28 Jan 2010
- Remembering Thomas Crapper, the godfather of toilets - 27 Jan 2010
- Recognising the best Toilets in Education - 25 Jan 2010
- Exeter Echo toilets campaign wins BTA backing - 25 Jan 2010
- Cross your legs: Ryanair to implement fee per wee - 16 Jan 2010
- Chris Evans is toilet champion! - 15 Jan 2010
- Could 'poo power' help heat the country? - 14 Jan 2010
- The Great American Restroom – email from ex pat - 13 Jan 2010
- Jan Hobbs – Cleanzine’s Editor supports BTA Campaign - 11 Jan 2010
- Better loos, more station waiting rooms needed - 8 Jan 2010
- Paul Daniels urges UK cleaning industry to help make poverty disappear! - 4 Jan 2010
2009 Press Releases
- New BTA member Sanitary Safe UK launches disposable toilet seat covers for public facilities - 18 December 2009
- Penny for your thoughts - toilet consultation launched - 10 December 2009
- Toilet closures leading to social isolation - 9 December 2009
- Free hygiene audits to be carried out nationwide in schools - November 2009
- News from BTA Corporate Champion Danfo
- Office in City’s Creative Conveniences - 14 October 2009
- Manchester Panel Products announce the launch of "little ones" cubicle system - 30 September 2009
- Cycling campaigners deliver petition over plans to axe toilets - 18 September 2009
- Cardiff City's Hayes Toilets to be restored to former glory - 10 September 2009
- Douglas Borough Council To Refurbish Market Hall Toilets - 13 August 2009
- Ladies and Gents - 13 August 2009
- Airdri Announces Class-Leading, Energy Efficient, Fast & Quiet Air Hand Dryer - 8 August 2009
- Junior school head defends CCTV in toilet blocks - 20 July 2009
- Bishop blesses compost toilet - July 2009
- Bromsgrove opens state-of-the-art town centre toilet block - July 2009
- Charity Launches Toilet Twinning - June 2009
- Managing Director of Healthmatic and BTA Chairman open new toilets in Reading - June 2009
- Councillor gives up expenses to clean toilets - June 2009
- The wee horror! - June 2009
- BTA assist Bromsgrove Council with new toilets - May 2009
- A Prime Example - May 2009
- We are really going down the pan, gents! - May 2009
- New BTA Campaign for greater publicly accessible toilets - April 2009
- BTA Corporate Champion Danfo provide state of the art toilet in Fordingbridge - April 2009
- Welsh Capital City is latest new member of BTA
- 2009 Loo of the Year Awards - March 2009
- New toilets provided by Harrogate Borough Council - February 2009
- Government fails to accept Public Toilet Committee's Recommendation - January 2009
2008 Press Releases
- Great British public's top toilet habit is reading - November 2008
- RSPH asks "How healthy are our toilets" - November 2008
- 'Provision of Public Toilets' - CLG Select Committee Reports - October 2008
- BTA Conference 29th July 2008 - August 2008
- Director's Report - July 2008
- Good News for BTA Political Campaign - March 2008
2007 Press Releases
- Trafford Centre Tops for Toilets - December 2007
- 2007 Annual Conference & Members Meeting - November 2007
- Dyson Airblade™ to Sponsor Loo of the Year Awards - August 2007
- Last call for Loo Fame - July 2008
- Flushing Out Britain's Top Loos - May 2007
- 2007 Director's review - March 2007
2006 Press Releases
- Christmas & New Year Greeting from the BTA/LOYA - December 2006
- Caravan Parks win Overall Loo Awards Trophy - December 2006
- 2006 Loo of the Year Awards Presentation Ceremonies - October 2006
- Last Call for Top Quality Loos! - August 2006
- Public Toilet Provision - The Way Forward - June 2006
- Are Your Loos Flushed with Pride? - April 2006
- BTA Spring Newsletter - April 2006
2005 Press Releases
- BTA Autumn Newsletter released - October 2005
- Public Toilets - A Political Breakthrough - 17 August 2005
- British public toilets 'a national disgrace' say consumers - National Consumer Council press release 26 May 2005
- British Toilet Association 2005 Annual Members' Meeting & Summer Luncheon - 16 May 2005
- Public Toilets - A Serious Election Issue - 11 April 2005
- Memo to Election Candidates - 8 April 2005
- Download the BTA Newsletter Spring 2005 in PDF Format (772KB file will open in a new browser window)- April 2005
2004 Press Releases
- BTA Advert in 'The House' magazine - 13 September 2004
- Michael Howard writes letter to the BTA - August 2004
- Conservative opposition to Public Toilet Legislation - July 2004
- BTA asks London Mayor for help and advice - April 2004
- BTA Receives Government response to letter delivered to No.10 on 18th December - April 2004
- BTA Featured in BBC TV's 'Bee In Your Bonnet' programme - February 2004
2003 Press Releases
- Open letter to the Prime Minister - December 2003
- UK survey of public toilets launched - May 2003
- Top toilets under the spotlight - May 2003
- It's time to talk toilets again - May 2003
- BTA At the 2003 Cleaning Show - Feb 2003
2002 Press Releases
- Flushing out the worst public loos in Britain - September 2002
- BTA Aims to establish toilet academy & display centre - September 2002
- Initial campaigns for a revo-loo-tion - July 2002
- 5th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the British Toilet Association - February 2002
- Armitage Shanks pledges support for Toilet Association - January 2002
2001 Press Releases
- JD Wetherspoon wins British Loo of the Year Award - November 2001
- BTA signs up first Corporate Champions - October 2001
- BTA announces the winners of the 2001 Innovation Awards
- BTA announces a new annual 'Innovation Awards Scheme' - May 2001
2000 Press Releases
- Where do the public go? - May 2000
- Where do we all go when they've all gone? - Feb 2000
1999
- Welsh P.C.'s come under the spotlight - June 1999
- Public Toilet Campaign Launched - May 1999