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Nationwide curriculum adopted in Germany
4th of November 2021
German reporter Katja Scholz brings news of a nationwide training programme for cleaning.
The new regulations for the Master Craftsman’s examination came into force in Germany at the beginning of the year. These require candidates to take on more commercial and human resources topics, such as company organisation, quality
Afidamp celebrates at ISSA Pulire
2nd of November 2021
Industry association Afidamp celebrated its 40th year recently, writes Anna Garbagna in Italy.
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Afidamp took a large space dedicated to its members at the ISSA Pulire exhibition in Verona and presented awards to Senior Members and Best Members.
The Senior Member award was presented to those who have been
The cleaning sector as a vector for job creation
2nd of November 2021
With more than 4.2 million employees across Europe, the cleaning sector needs the right tools to support its efforts to guarantee flexibility, safety, adequate training and recognition of their work. The pandemic has put our sector in the spotlight, and the EFCI and its members have worked to support the industry in its efforts to continue
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
Focus on hygiene - return to the workplace
24th of September 2021
As people all over Europe return to work following lockdowns, Anna Konigson Koopmans from Tork manufacturer Essity looks at how managers can address their employees’ cleaning and hygiene concerns when they re-enter the workplace.
People are returning to work. Some are delighted to be back, others somewhat less so.
A recent UK study carried
Wellbeing, what’s the cost?
22nd of September 2021
In the wake of the pandemic, there’s a distinct focus on staff wellbeing - explains Lynn Webster in the UK.
As we begin to come through both the business and personal traumas resulting from the pandemic there is a distinct focus on staff wellbeing; the mental and physical health issues they are experiencing both personally and in the
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