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Tackling food safety challenges
17th of February 2015
Dr Ilham Kadri, president of the Sealed Air Diversey Care business, writes her latest blog for ECJ. She focuses on the role of scientific innovation in overcoming challenges affecting the food service sector.
Sodexo analyses workplace trends in 2015 report
16th of February 2015
Employees and consumers are gaining greater influence over corporations’ behaviour thanks to a surge in e-commerce and social sharing. That's according to service provider Sodexo's 2015 Workplace Trends Report.
The study also reports a new form of public accountability, dubbed 'Rateocracy' is putting unprecedented pressure on companies to
Scientists try cold plasma treatment on norovirus
13th of February 2015
Scientists in Germany believe they have discovered a new way of neutralising the norovirus.
They claim that treating contaminated surfaces with cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) may reduce the risk of transmitting the highly contagious virus, which causes stomach pain, nausea and diarrhoea.
Scientists made this discovery after treating a
European Cleaning Days - spreading the word about professional cleaning
12th of February 2015
EUnited Cleaning, the association of European cleaning machines manufacturers, has launched a new campaign called European Cleaning Days (ECD). The initiative aims to highlight the importance and the benefits of professional cleaning in areas like offices, hospitals, airports, train stations, etc.
Starting in May, the ECD also have the support of
Pulire innovation award open for entries
11th of February 2015
The organisers of the Italian cleaning exhibition Pulire, which takes place in Verona from May 19-21, are now inviting entries for the 2015 innovation award.
All exhibitors are eligible to enter and there is a variety of categories including machines, tools, paper, products and systems. Products entered must have been launched after January 1
Cruise ship company pays out five figure sum to sick passengers
10th of February 2015
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has paid out a "five figure" settlement to a group of passengers who got sick onboard its ship Boudicca in 2011.
At a trial in the UK the judge ruled that the passengers had proven that there were failings on board the ship which caused 12 out of 16 holidaymakers to become ill.
Fred Olsen has strenuously denied it was
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