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Lack of enthusiasm for daytime cleaning
19th of December 2022
Christian Bouzols in France explains that some commercial clients are not a fan of daytime cleaning.
Marie-Laure Léau runs a cleaning company, Segid, in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, a town situated near Caen in Normandy. Its more than 300 industrial cleaners of both sexes would ideally like to work during normal daytime hours and not to
Generating your own energy
15th of December 2022
John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands reports on a meeting discussing climate and energy transition.
As a platform and knowledge institution for the professional cleaning sector, VSR organised an event on Climate and Energy Transition recently.
The urgency of the energy transition, which needs to take place on a massive scale, is finally dawning
Tailor-made solutions enable modern society to function
13th of December 2022
We all expect the public spaces in which we work, eat, socialise and travel to be both clean and safe. And such expectations are met thanks to the work of the companies and associations in the A.I.S.E. network, who supply tailor-made cleaning and hygiene solutions that safeguard the public against illness and infection. Its professional cleaning
Crime scene cleaning podcast
26th of October 2022
Katja Scholz reports on a new podcast about crime scene cleaning being produced by BIV.
For well over 18 months now, the contract cleaning association BIV has been joining in the discussions - also in its ‘Glanzstück’ podcast – on politics and science, on skilled trades in particular or industry in general, on training,
Recruitment - the biggest challenge
25th of October 2022
The sector must tackle the issue of attracting and retaining staff, says Lynn Webster in the UK.
A recent article in ECJ (June 2022) highlighted the issue we are now facing known as the ‘Great Resignation’, as we all adapt our lives to the changing emphasis of work/life balance.
Recruitment is regularly voiced as the greatest
Inflation triggers wage increases
24th of October 2022
Christian Bouzols, ECJ correspondent in France, tell us about rising pressures on cleaning companies.
A new general wage increase of 2.9 per cent has been agreed in the cleaning sector, bringing to 5.5 per cent the total increases awarded for 2022. To this must be added a 27 per cent increase in the transport allowance given to cleaning workers.
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