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Healthy into the future
7th of May 2013 Article by Markus AschMarkus Asch, vice chairman of the management board at cleaning equipment manufacturer Kärcher and president of EUnited Cleaning, writes his latest blog for the ECJ website. He examines the part cleanliness has to play in health and wellbeing and asks how the industry can maximise the associated opportunities.
Cleaning has many aspects, as can be seen from an internet search that reveals an incredible 745,..
Exhibitions - a barometer of the economic outlook
12th of February 2013 Article by Rob den HertogIn the exhibition industry there is an old wisdom that says that an exhibition always reflects the economic state of the industry. Writing his latest blog for ECJ, Rob den Hertog - project manager for ISSA/INTERCLEAN - asks if this is true.
It is said that if the market is struggling you will find the exhibition struggling, if the market is booming you will see spectacular growth in the number of exhibitors and visitors. Andrew Large, executive vice-president for the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) and also director general for the Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA) in the UK, reports with news on proposed revisions to the Working Time directive. In the middle of December, Business Europe announced that its negotiations with the European Trade Unions over revisions to the Working Time Directive ha..
No new Working Time
14th of January 2013
Article by Andrew Large