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The cleanable washroom
9th of June 2025
What can be done to ease the task of washroom cleaning? ECJ considers how toilets may be configured and equipped to make them more ‘cleanable’ and finds out about the latest products and systems designed to facilitate the job of sanitising the smallest room.
Hygiene and cleanliness are of paramount importance in the away-from-home
Daytime cleaning study published
6th of June 2025
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
The customer experience - shaping the future
4th of June 2025
Cleaning companies must go beyond simply keeping a space clean because it’s contractual. This industry is anchored on first impressions, says JPC by Samsic. This London-based specialist provider of premium cleaning services revived its model by implementing hospitality-inspired practices. Shiromi Bedessee and Adam Black from the
A little imagination needed?
2nd of June 2025
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
Inspecting complex environments
28th of May 2025
John Griep at VSR 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
Cleaning routines in outer space
22nd of May 2025
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
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