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How valuable is accreditation?
14th of November 2016
What is the value of accreditation, asks ECJ’s UK correspondent Lynn Webster.
What is the Value of accreditation? Four years ago the International Accreditation Forum, IAF, commissioned a survey posing this very question, receiving responses from 4,000 managers, operating in a diverse range of organisations and across 40 global economies.
New business in graffiti
14th of November 2016
Two scientists in France are starting a business to try and commercialise their graffiti removal product, reports Christian Bouzols.
Two scientists working for a startup incubator at Alès, in the South of France, are aiming to reach the retail market and public authorities with their product.
Cécile Franc is a trained chemist. Her
Forum Pulire Industry 4.0 focus
11th of November 2016
Italian correspondent Anna Garbagna reports from the recent meeting in Milan held by Afidamp.
Innovation, industry 4.0, new e-commerce technologies: these were the themes of the Forum Pulire meeting which took place in Milan in September, organised by industry association Afidamp.
Cleaning as an Absolute Value has been the Forum’s
Personnel - the key to success
11th of November 2016
Russia correspondent Oleg Popov emphasises the importance of recruiting the right cleaning staff.
From the beginning, we must determine who we’re looking for. For various types of facilities, we need different types of personnel. While negotiating with a customer, we together compile an ‘employee portrait’. This allows us to
Tapping the disabled workforce
8th of November 2016
Having a disability does not rule out a cleaning job. Scandinavian correspondent Lotte Printz gives us this report from Sweden.
If you walk into a burger joint in, say, Stockholm to buy your morning coffee or takeaway breakfast, don’t be surprised if you bump into a disabled floor sweeper. Cleaning restaurant and kitchen floors in large
Casting the ‘net’ wider
26th of October 2016
UK correspondent Lynn Webster emphasises the continuing importance of face-to-face networking.
In this technological age, when reference to ‘the net’ is the internet, the worldwide web and all things associated with this information superhighway, we need to recognise the value of the alternative net: the networking event, a point
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