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Great expectations in German cleaning sector
19th of September 2013
ECJ’s correspondent in Germany Thomas Schulte-Marxloh reports from the recent VDMA meeting.
On the occasion of the triennial meeting of the VDMA, cleaning machine manufacturing trade association, the re-elected chairman of the board, Markus Asch, addressed present and future challenges and opportunities of the industry.
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Service scope of Dutch cleaning companies broadens
19th of September 2013
There has been a survey covering the cleaning sector in the Netherlands recently. ECJ correspondent Nico Lemmens of ISS Facility Services reports.
The Dutch cleaning industry consists of three sub sectors: institutional cleaning of buildings (71 per cent), window cleaning (10 per cent), and specialised companies (for example, salvage, cleaning in
Snapshot of the cleaning industry in France
27th of June 2013
A survey has been conducted by the French cleaning association into the state of the industry, reports Christian Bouzols, ECJ correspondent.
The Fédération des Entreprises de Propreté - the French contract cleaning association - has published a survey showing the major developments taking place in the French cleaning
Denmark's invisible cleaners
26th of June 2013
ECJ Scandinavian correspondent, Petra Sjouwerman examines the results of a recent Danish research project amongst immigrant cleaners.
Improvement of the psychosocial working environment among immigrants and migrant workers in cleaning jobs is possible, according to Danish researchers from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Austria cleaning industry makes real progress
25th of June 2013
Georg Lintner of the Austrian professional cleaning association writes exclusively for ECJ about the professional cleaning sector in Austria as part of our series focusing on the major countries of Europe.
In the Austrian cleaning sector there are currently 8,100 companies, employing a total of 52,000 people. The proportion of female employees is
Future of UK cleaning industry shows
25th of June 2013
The ECJ UK correspondent looks back at the recent Cleaning Show and contemplates the future for industry exhibitions.
The Cleaning Show has come and gone, reported enthusiastically by the cleaning media, totally ignored elsewhere. The show was small which superficially could be put down to the economic slowdown and the much touted triple dip
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