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A spirit of initiative brings success
2nd of January 2024
From Italy Anna Garbagna brings the inspiring story of cleaning industry legend Luigi Marfella.
His name is Luigi Marfella and he is the protagonist of a story worth telling. The son of a lady janitor who worked in a state school, he has always associated his passion for the cleaning world to his moments of childhood when, following his mother in
Folded microfibre still effective
29th of December 2023
VSR has been researching cross-contamination from folding microfibre cloths, writes John Griep.
VSR has been researching cross-contamination from folding microfibre cloths for some time. I wrote about this last year after it was found that micro-organisms spread from a dirty surface to clean surfaces by the folding method. The microfibre cloth
Flexi cleaning on road to success
28th of December 2023
ECJ’s Lotte Printz takes another look at the flexible market meeting a Flex-job cleaner in Denmark.
One Monday morning at 8am, yours truly arrives at the old building where I used to study journalism. A building now a community and conference centre run by Skejby Rangers. It may sound like it, but this is not a football club, nor is my
EFCI attends EP hearing on social impact of public procurement
27th of December 2023
Towards the end of last year EFCI participated in a hearing, organised by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EMPL) to discuss the findings of a report on the social impact of the current public procurement provisions. For the first time, EFCI was
given the opportunity to present its views before the members of
Busy month for contract cleaning
28th of November 2023
Katja Scholz in Germany brings us reports from Craft Day and the CMS exhibition in Berlin.
In September there were two highlights for the contract cleaning sector taking place simultaneously in Germany: on ‘Craft Day’ the achievements of Germany’s craftsmen and women took centre stage for the 13th time and the
Finding an easier way to inclusion
22nd of November 2023
ECJ’s Lotte Printz on supported employment (SE) for disabled people in Sweden in the cleaning industry.
The approaches may differ, but all over Europe it’s being discussed how to include people with disabilities in the ordinary labour market. In real jobs in real workplaces with real workmates and real pay.
In Sweden, approximately
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