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The power of ‘thank you’
28th of November 2018
UK correspondent Lynn Webster reports on the ‘Thank Your Cleaner Day’ last month.
Many of us recently acknowledged the importance of the cleaning teams in our lives with the ‘Thank your Cleaner Day’ in October. This was also recognised at the World Federation Building Services Congress (WFBSC) in Berlin last year. First
From rollercoaster to restaurant
6th of November 2018
German correspondent Alexandra Lachner on the cleaning of the country’s largest theme park.
To understand what a huge demand for cleaning there is in the Europa Park in Rust, we need only to think about the sanitary installations. With 5.6 million visitors recorded in 2017, the team reporting to Heidi Schmidt, manager of cleaning
Wrongly imprisoned
5th of November 2018
“Take the laces out of your shoes and take off your belt.” Life was rosy for Joseph Oubelkas until December 2004. Dutch mother. Moroccan father. Raised in a Dutch village. VSR’s John Griep reports.
Until as a young man he was taken into custody in Morocco on suspicion of involvement with drugs trade. Oubelkas ended up in jail
Italy's FM professionals gather in Capri
2nd of November 2018
ECJ correspondent in Italy Anna Garbagna reports from the recent LIFE 2018 conference for FM.
The third edition of the Labour Intensive Facility Event LIFE 2018 in Capri was a great success. The event for facility management professionals also had guests from institutions and testimony from Italian and European businesses. The meeting was
Killing bacteria.... or people?
2nd of November 2018
In some businesses the ultimate cost of poor hygiene could be death. Yet, it takes convincing to change behaviour, says Lotte Printz in Denmark.
“How many do we want to kill before we do something about it?” This sinister rhetorical question was raised by Alan Friis, senior consultant in hygienic design for the food industry, when
Cleaning in France gets a national day
1st of November 2018
In France, the cleaning industry is prospering currently and even held a national day in October. Christian Bouzols reports for ECJ.
The French professional cleaning sector is currently in good shape. According to the most recent figures, it registered a three per cent growth during the first half of 2018.
With an improvement of the economic
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