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Are you ready for a dragon fight?
2nd of January 2020 Article by Katja Scholz
From Germany, ECJ correspondent Katja Scholz reports on an initiative designed to attract young talent to cleaning.
The National Association of Contract Cleaners (BIV) is faced with a highly competitive market in trying to attract young trainees to the profession. “We would specifically like to target young people and give them an understanding of the contract cleaning busine..
Managing the experience
27th of December 2019 Article by John Griep
ECJ's Dutch correspondent John Griep of VSR looks at how the cleaning operation in any building impacts on the experience of the users every day.
Forget the objective measurement of fingermarks, dust particles and cleaning performance. During the VSR’s recent event, the focus was on the staff’s subjective work experience. For example, temperature – a relatively sm..
How hospitals stay hygienic
16th of December 2019 Article by Daniel Tannenbaum
Hospitals across the world must be kept free of infection and disease through stringent hygiene protocols. Daniel Tannenbaum from the marketing team at Tudor Lodge in partnership with Trovex, takes a closer look.
Across the world hospitals have their own set of regulations to help maintain good hygiene levels. Whilst regulations may vary from place to place, dependent upon the nature of the healthcare facility, they all have the ..
Lasting the long run in the cleaning sector
4th of December 2019 Article by Carly Bishop
The average lifespan of a U.S. S&P 500 company has fallen by 80 per cent in the last 80 years (from 67 to 15 years). In the UK, a massive 76 per cent of UK FTSE 100 companies have disappeared in the last 30 years.
It seems that the modern business world is changing more rapidly than ever before - however, there are still some organisations who have celebrated their 100th birthday and are continuing to go from strength to stre..
A workplace out of the ordinary
22nd of November 2019 Article by Lotte Printz
Lotte Printz, ECJ’s correspondent in Denmark, reports from an inspiring business - The Laundry.
“It could be a cleaning company, a bicycle workshop or something else. The main thing is that each and every one can contribute and that we do things together,” Pia Stabell Hjort says.
She and Katrine Knudsen are social workers who worked in a residential care home for people with learning disabilities when th..
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