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A glance at a French region...
3rd of July 2017
Christian Bouzols, ECJ’s French correspondent, reports on the Rhônes-Alpes region cleaning sector, which accounts for around one-tenth of the total.
With a turnover of about €1.3 billion in 2015 and 53,500 employees, the cleaning companies of the Rhônes-Alpes region in southern France account for about a tenth of the
Another summer of litter shaming?
3rd of July 2017
Should we rely on civil service employees to clean up after us? ECJ reporter Lotte Printz takes a look at summer littering in Denmark.
Summer is here. And hopefully temperatures and lots of sunny spells allow us to spend time outdoors, enjoying a can of beer by a stream of city lake or barbecuing in public parks. But who’s going to clean
Apprenticeships - swept under the rug
30th of June 2017
UK reporter Lynn Webster discusses apprenticeships in the professional cleaning sector.
With the Apprenticeship Levy having come into effect on April 6, any issues and wrinkles are probably still being dealt with. Introducing a whole new system of payment is difficult enough, and plans to maximise the impact of this 0.5 per cent self-investment
Allies in corporate social responsibility
5th of June 2017
UK reporter Lynn Webster discusses the issues around Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The Financial Times defines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as “a business approach that contributes to sustainable development by delivering economic, social and environmental benefits for all stakeholders”.
For CSR to be as
Italian food hygiene project
2nd of June 2017
Anna Garbagna reports from a recent tourism exhibition in Milan, attended by Afidamp.
Cleaning industry association Afidamp was present recently at BIT tourism exhibition in Milan. Distributors from Afidamp’s world were in fact among the key players on the stand of APCI, the Professional Association of Italian Chefs, with the role of
Cleaning Paris’ transport network
2nd of June 2017
Cleaning contracts for the entire Paris transport network are worth €80 million a year, reports French correspondent Christian Bouzols.
Cleaning operations for the whole RATP network (tubes, busses, trams and their stations) in Paris represent a market worth €80 million a year. This is the money required for the maintenance of 1.3
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