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Generating your own energy
14th of November 2022 Article by John Griep
John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands reports on a meeting discussing climate and energy transition.
As a platform and knowledge institution for the professional cleaning sector, VSR organised an event on Climate and Energy Transition recently.
The urgency of the energy transition, which needs to take place on a massive scale, is finally dawning on most people. This is also true for Milan and Patrick van der Meulen, both b..
Crime scene cleaning podcast in Germany
4th of November 2022 Article by Katja Scholz
Katja Scholz reports on a podcast about crime scene cleaning being produced by BIV.
For well over 18 months now, the contract cleaning association BIV has been joining in the discussions - also in its ‘Glanzstück’ podcast – on politics and science, on skilled trades in particular or industry in general, on training, digitalisation, migration or..
Inflation triggers wage increases
18th of October 2022 Article by Christian Bouzols
Christian Bouzols, ECJ correspondent in France, tell us about rising pressures on cleaning companies.
A new general wage increase of 2.9 per cent has been agreed in the cleaning sector, bringing to 5.5 per cent the total increases awarded for 2022. To this must be added a 27 per cent increase in the transport allowance given to cleaning workers. This was announced during the summer by the Fédération des Entrepri..
Recruitment - the biggest challenge
12th of October 2022 Article by Lynn Webster
The sector must tackle the issue of attracting and retaining staff, says Lynn Webster in the UK.
Recruitment is regularly ..
Can microfibre actually spread dirt?
3rd of October 2022 Article by John Griep
John Griep at VSR, our reporter in the Netherlands, gives us new insight into the microfibre cloth.
Can microfibre cloths cause dirt to spread? An odd question perhaps. After all, microfibre cloths are cleaning cloths and their purpose is to clean surfaces, not to make them dirtier. But, it is true. Microfibre cloths can indeed spread dirt. The microfibre cloth contaminates itself, so to speak, when the cloth is folded. This is c..
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