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A little imagination needed?
2nd of June 2025
Lynn Webster in the UK on how the challenges resulting from unavoidable rising costs can be met.
The beginning of April sparked some considerable activity in the UK with the increase in minimum wage to £12.21 (€14.37) per hour but more so with the most dramatic hike in employers’ national insurance contributions. The main change
Inspecting complex environments
28th of May 2025
John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands highlights the importance of consistency in inspection procedures.
Quality assurance in professional cleaning services increasingly occurs in environments with fragmented locations, variable usage patterns and a mix of cleaning contracts. Recent field experiences highlight the importance of methodological
Cleaning routines in outer space
22nd of May 2025
ECJ’s Lotte Printz talks to Danish astrophysicist and podcast host Tina Ibsen on how to clean a space station.
If you ever had the thought that cleaning while in a weightless state, free from handling heavy cleaning trolleys or other physical strain, would be bliss, you might think again. There’s absolutely nothing to envy astronauts
Do we put into practice the findings of scientific studies?
15th of May 2025
For three years a team of industry experts has been gathering material on cleaning ergonomics and conscious cleaning. In the latest of their exclusive articles for ECJ, Helge Alt from Puhastusekspert in Estonia and Tarja Valkosalo of Propuhtaus Finland ask whether scientific findings are actually being put into practice.
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Cleaning operatives' health - taking responsibility
7th of April 2025
There is now plenty of evidence regarding the dangers around occupational exposure to cleaning chemicals and the health implications for cleaning operatives. So who is responsible for protecting those people’s health? Government, manufacturers, employers, or the cleaning operatives themselves? Georgia Jordan from Biological Preparations
Innovate now to prosper in the future
3rd of April 2025
Europe’s industries top global investment in research and development (R&D). Yet the region is failing to see levels of payback in terms of getting products, services and technologies to market compared with its major competitors, reports Hartley Milner.
EU corporations increased their R&D investment by 9.8 per cent in 2023, outpacing
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