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Solar panel cleaning niche
11th of June 2025 Article by Christian Bouzols
ECJ’s Christian Bouzols on a new cleaning sector that’s booming in France - solar panels.
The solar panel cleaning sector is booming, fuelled by the increase in photovoltaic installations in France. Thanks to some state subsidies (incentives, reduced VAT rate) and current regulations, this niche market is attracting more and more cleaning companies. Some are targeting small areas with conventional equipment, while oth..
Daytime cleaning study published
4th of June 2025 Article by Katja Scholz
As Katja Scholz in Germany reports, the topic of daytime cleaning is being widely discussed.
Daytime cleaning is a topic which crops up increasingly in questionnaires, discussions and studies relating to the contract cleaning sector – and rightly so, as there are numerous advantages as well as reservations to consider and it is certainly an approach more suitable for some companies and their employees than for others.
..A little imagination needed?
28th of May 2025 Article by Lynn Webster
Lynn Webster in the UK on how the challenges resulting from unavoidable rising costs can be met.
The beginning of April sparked some considerable activity in the UK with the increase in minimum wage to £12.21 (€14.37) per hour but more so with the most dramatic hike in employers’ national insurance contributions. The main change was an increase in the rate from 13.8 per cent up to 15 per cent. The threshold (the ..
Inspecting complex environments
21st of May 2025 Article by John Griep
John Griep in the Netherlands highlights the importance of consistency in inspection procedures.
Quality assurance in professional cleaning services increasingly occurs in environments with fragmented locations, variable usage patterns and a mix of cleaning contracts. Recent field experiences highlight the importance of methodological consistency and practical adaptability in inspection procedures; especially in dispersed, multi-..
Cleaning routines in outer space
14th of May 2025 Article by Lotte Printz
ECJ’s Lotte Printz talks to Danish astrophysicist and podcast host Tina Ibsen on how to clean
a space station.
If you ever had the thought that cleaning while in a weightless state, free from handling heavy cleaning trolleys or other physical strain, would be bliss, you might think again. There’s absolutely nothing to envy astronauts when it comes to cleaning in outer space, and being weightless probably d..
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