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Ageing workforce - cleaning systems must be redesigned
16th of October 2026
New research on musculoskeletal disorders in older cleaning operatives points to organisational and ergonomic levers that building managers and cleaning contractors control directly. Consultancy firm ValkarTech in the US tells us how an ageing workforce is not a problem to be managed, but a system to be redesigned.
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
The hidden costs of heatwaves
6th of October 2026
Europe’s weather maps showed deep red over much of the summer as the continent sweltered under record temperatures. With extreme heat events becoming ever more frequent, Hartley Milner explores their economic impacts and strategies to risk manage climate warming.
I REACHED THE SUMMIT after a long, arduous trek, battling sheeting rain and
Cleaning alone is not cross-contamination prevention
2nd of October 2026
In many facilities, cleaning is still treated as the primary defence against cross-contamination. If surfaces are visibly clean and cleaning schedules are completed, the assumption is hygiene risks are under control. That is not the case, explains Brodie Cook, account manager at Able.
IN PRACTICE, contamination failures are often caused less by
B Corp - right for cleaning?
28th of September 2026
Paul Evans, founder and director of Rumpus - a B Corp-certified PR agency - asks whether the certification, which has gained considerable traction around the world, can function as a practical and credible framework in the professional cleaning sector.
ACROSS THE CLEANING and hygiene sector, ‘doing good business’ is no longer a
EU Inc’s race to keep business talent
10th of July 2026
Europe’s entrepreneurs are quitting the continent in frustration at the regulatory barriers hampering their ambitions to ‘launch and grow’ across the single market. In response, the European Commission has drawn up more corporate-friendly rules in a bid to halt the exodus, reports Hartley Milner.
FOR TOO LONG, businesses have had
Inspiring people to thrive - JPC by Samsic
6th of July 2026
Winning the Best Company to Work For title at the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards in 2025 highlighted an approach to people management that commercial cleaning business JPC by Samsic says has been central to its development over several decades. ECJ editor Michelle Marshall finds out more from its managing director, John Conry
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