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Business - are negative interest rates the way forward?
20th of April 2021
As the COVID vaccines rollout gathers pace, countries across the globe are reaching for the fiscal tools they may need to repair the catastrophic damage wreaked upon their economies. And one that has come to hand could prove highly controversial, writes Hartley Milner.
The commercial banking system looks set to be turned on its head with a growing
Looking back on a difficult year - Italy's cleaning sector
15th of April 2021
The latest figures for product sales in Italy have been published. Anna Garbagna tells us more.
The annual Professional Cleaning Sector Survey (July-November), carried out by Afidamp with Cerved ON, which puts the emphasis on market, sales and prospects for the manufacturing sector, was for the first time supported by a survey which
A critical view of façade coatings
14th of April 2021
Dutch correspondent John Griep examines the claims made by façade coating manufacturers.
For cleaning companies, applying façade coatings provides an extra opportunity in their service offering. This is why more and more commercial façade coating offerings are available, with and without nanoclaim.
Do these coatings work in
Offshore cleaners on deck in Norway
12th of April 2021
Take a trip offshore to meet an unusual breed of cleaners with Scandinavian reporter Lotte Printz.
Like most workplaces, offshore oil-drilling platforms have not escaped new tasks and cleaning protocols brought along by the COVID-19 pandemic. Naturally, changes like these take some getting used to, but for the Norwegian global energy company
Creating awareness of professional cleaning - a campaign in Germany
8th of April 2021
Katja Scholz in Germany reports on the latest news from the contract cleaning association, BIV.
Take part in the discussion on socio-political questions – that is the challenge facing the sector with the largest workforce in Germany. At the beginning of the year, the Federal Association of Contract Cleaners (BIV) took a further step
Creating jobs in French cleaning sector
31st of March 2021
From France, Christian Bouzols tells us the success story of a cleaning company launched in 2016.
Having gone through a commercial college and gained four years of professional experience, Marie Mauvoisin set up her own cleaning company in 2016.
To help her in this process, Mauvoisin, who lives in Challans, a seaside town in the west of France,
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