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Breathing new life into town centres
5th of October 2021
The surge in online shopping during the pandemic has hammered another nail in the coffin for the high street as we know it. But now communities everywhere are fighting back with visionary plans to inject new life into their failing town centres, writes Hartley Milner.
In just five years, the English market town of Stockton-on-Tees lost more than
More than another brick in the wall
16th of September 2021
Lotte Printz in Denmark on a cleaning tour in LEGO House, Home of the Brick.
The managing director of LEGO House bungee jumping off a bridge in a mountainous landscape. That’s just one of numerous details that guests – or perhaps more likely AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) – may spot inside this house of bricks, play and
A rollercoaster of a year
21st of June 2021
Dominic Ponniah is co-founder and ceo of Cleanology, a Top 50 UK cleaning company with offices in London and Manchester. Like the majority of cleaning businesses, the past year has been extremely challenging. Here, he speaks about the effect of the pandemic on the company.
It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for cleaning companies everywhere.
Case study from Japan - cleaning as a life changer
29th of April 2021
In Japan, some people are tired from overwork, especially in the metropolis Tokyo. One Buddhist monk wants to change this, and he thinks cleaning is the way to go. Bobbie van der List reports.
It’s at 7.25 am in the morning when the commute to work is at its peak in the Kamiyacho district of central Tokyo. While most people walk from the
Inspiring confidence in railway hygiene
19th of November 2020
Facilities management services provider The Churchill Group in the UK has partnered with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) since 2017 on a cleaning contract that covers around 300 stations. In this case study for ECJ, regional manager Tonka Valkinova focuses on the last six months and the work undertaken in light of the pandemic. She explains how the
Cleaning in Japan - community ritual
17th of November 2020
It’s something oddly Japanese: men and women in office attire roaming the streets looking for rubbish. Usually they won’t find anything as streets are spotless most of the time, but it serves more than just that purpose - writes Bobbie van der List.
On a Monday afternoon in the Marunouchi district of Japan’s capital Tokyo most
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