From rollercoaster to restaurant

6th of November 2018
From rollercoaster to restaurant

German correspondent Alexandra Lachner on the cleaning of the country’s largest theme park.

To understand what a huge demand for cleaning there is in the Europa Park in Rust, we need only to think about the sanitary installations.  With 5.6 million visitors recorded in 2017, the team reporting to Heidi Schmidt, manager of cleaning

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Wrongly imprisoned

5th of November 2018
Wrongly imprisoned

“Take the laces out of your shoes and take off your belt.” Life was rosy for Joseph Oubelkas until December 2004. Dutch mother. Moroccan father. Raised in a Dutch village. VSR’s John Griep reports.

Until as a young man he was taken into custody in Morocco on suspicion of involvement with drugs trade. Oubelkas ended up in jail

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Italy's FM professionals gather in Capri

2nd of November 2018
Italy's FM professionals gather in Capri

ECJ correspondent in Italy Anna Garbagna reports from the recent LIFE 2018 conference for FM.

The third edition of the Labour Intensive Facility Event LIFE 2018 in Capri was a great success. The event for facility management professionals also had guests from institutions and testimony from Italian and European businesses. The meeting was

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Killing bacteria.... or people?

2nd of November 2018
Killing bacteria.... or people?

In some businesses the ultimate cost of poor hygiene could be death. Yet, it takes convincing to change behaviour, says Lotte Printz in Denmark.

“How many do we want to kill before we do something about it?” This sinister rhetorical question was raised by Alan Friis, senior consultant in hygienic design for the food industry, when

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Cleaning in France gets a national day

1st of November 2018
Cleaning in France gets a national day

In France, the cleaning industry is prospering currently and even held a national day in October. Christian Bouzols reports for ECJ.

The French professional cleaning sector is currently in good shape. According to the most recent figures, it registered a three per cent growth during the first half of 2018.

With an improvement of the economic

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A force to be reckoned with

1st of November 2018
A force to be reckoned with

ECJ’s UK correspondent Lynn Webster reports from the recent awards for excellence in environmental cleaning by the armed forces.

Attending the recent awards recognising excellence in environmental cleaning for the armed forces by the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners at their Military Awards was a humbling but very proud

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