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When a home becomes a business
23rd of April 2024
From Italy, Anna Garbagna tells us about the growth of cleaning business in short-term rental properties.
Among the many effects of the pandemic, there has certainly been an increase in short rentals, today a sector of great interest. In addition to hosting healthcare professionals during the health emergency, the short rental has guaranteed
Europe tackles talent challenges
22nd of April 2024
Europe’s got talent, and has the plaudits to prove it. But the region will need to up its game still further if it is to remain a global skills magnate at a time of fast-paced demographic change, writes Hartley Milner.
THE SWISS have found themselves the butt of more than their fair share of lampooning around national stereotypes down the
Young cleaner wins national title
19th of April 2024
ECJ correspondent in Germany Katja Scholz reports from the latest Craft Skills championship.
The winner of the 72nd German Craft Skills championship in the contract cleaning sector is Sarah Lutz. The 20-year-old from Baden-Württemberg in south Germany was the only female trainee worker along with nine men at the start of the competition,
Wages and Olympics bring doubt
17th of April 2024
French cleaning firms face uncertainty in 2024 as wages rise and the Olympic Games take place there. Christian Bouzols tells us more.
The year 2023 was an active but quite varied one for French cleaning companies and their clients. The economic background encouraged a high number of takeovers among companies large and small.
According to Patrick
Solutions to combat poverty risk
15th of April 2024
Low-skilled workers in the Dutch cleaning sector are at a higher risk of poverty, explains VSR’s John Griep.
A 2021 report by the Social Economic Council (SER) shows low-skilled workers in the Dutch cleaning sector are at greater risk of poverty. The issue occurs in all sectors with relatively more minimum wages, temporary workers and short
High-fives, hearts and cake
11th of April 2024
The first Cleaners’ Day in Denmark went well with the sector, says Lotte Printz. Media still reluctant.
Imagine entering an empty office every night when everyone else has gone home, working on your own without the support of colleagues and without any recognition for your job whatsoever…
That’s what everyday life for many
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