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Tightening the net on corruption
14th of September 2023
Corruption ... how widespread is it across the European Union? Citizen surveys show it is perceived a serious threat and one the bloc is losing the fight to contain. Hartley Milner reports on the growing impacts of corruption and how EU legislators are responding.
'Corruption' and 'sleaze' are the two words that most readily trip from people's
The spirit of collaboration
25th of August 2023
Collaborative business-to-business ventures are built around establishing strong relationships at all levels and by connecting people through a common purpose. David Parker at EMCOR discusses why cleaning as a service lends itself to a collaborative approach and offers advice on what that entails.
COLLABORATION IS ONE of those terms that can be
Europe’s demographic conundrum
24th of August 2023
A demographic time bomb is ticking down across Europe. Longer life expectancy and falling birth rates are projected to cause widespread labour shortages in the not too distant future, with dire outcomes for the region’s economies, reports Hartley Milner.
THRUST DEFIANTLY skywards, a protester’s placard evokes a bloody episode from
Robotics - time for real industry change
21st of August 2023
Labour shortages on the one hand, high pressure on costs and margins on the other. Faced with a wide range of challenges, the commercial cleaning industry needs new innovative approaches. One solution is the deployment of robots in a holistic cobotic system solution says autonomous vacuum cleaner specialist Dr Henning Hayn, general manager of
The robot co-operative
17th of August 2023
How happy are cleaning staff about using robot assistants? ECJ looks at the human-robot relationship and asks manufacturers and cleaning companies how they can help to improve it.
THE ROBOTS ARE COMING. And human cleaners are increasingly having to learn to work alongside them. But do they appreciate the labour-saving potential that cleaning
The rise of Artificial Intelligence
1st of June 2023
Artificial intelligence has transformed our lives in ways that were the stuff of science fiction not so long ago and its influences are set only to proliferate over coming decades. Hartley Milner examines the impact of AI on the business world, for better or worse.
How would you feel about interacting face-to-face with a computer-generated
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