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Business learning from the military
10th of November 2023
John Griep of VSR in the Netherlands on how a military pilot inspired members recently.
During the VSR Summer Event, one of the few female military pilots in the Netherlands addressed our VSR members. Dominique Schreinemachers was a helicopter pilot and worked for the military. During a mission in Uruzgan in 2000, her helicopter was shot at and
Innovate with less risk
9th of November 2023
John Norris, head of innovation for Samsic UK, discusses how an open approach with a clear evaluation process can keep the facilities management sector at the forefront of innovation. Samsic UK is a subsidiary of the Samsic Group, European provider of business and facilities services operating in over 25 countries with 93,000 staff and 30,000
Study finds hand washing before gloving hinders adherence
8th of November 2023
Putting on gloves without first washing the hands in a healthcare setting could be as safe as current strategies which require hand-washing before donning gloves, according to a new study.
And current guidelines could actually be having an adverse effect on hand hygiene adherence claim the authors of the study, which was published in the Journal
More than a third of UK cleaners have worked while they were ill
6th of November 2023
Low-paid UK cleaners are dragging themselves to work when they are ill because many of them are unable to claim sick pay, research has found.
A year-long investigation into conditions in the sector has revealed that more than a third of cleaners have worked while unwell.
Workers who earn more than £123 a week are legally entitled to
Increase in Irish households ‘using the toilet as a bin’
3rd of November 2023
People in Ireland are being urged to "think before they flush" following a survey on people's waste disposal habits.
A recent study revealed that an increasing number of people were flushing wet wipes, cotton buds and other unsuitable sanitary items down the toilet despite a sharp drop in the practice five years ago.
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Sales of cleaning robots up in professional and domestic markets
1st of November 2023
Sales of robots for professional cleaning applications grew by eight per cent in 2022, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
This equated to almost 6,900 units being sold, with most of them dedicated to floor cleaning. And almost 4.9 million household cleaning and vacuuming robots were sold in the domestic market during the same
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