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Customers to 'boycott businesses with poor hygiene reputation'
8th of March 2021Almost two-thirds of British people (65.1 per cent) will boycott restaurants, bars, pubs or hotels with a poor reputation for hygiene and infection control. This comes as many businesses prepare to open their doors following the latest national lockdown measures.
That's according to research conducted by infection control specialist JLA, which
Read latest edition of ECJ online now
4th of March 2021The February/March edition of ECJ is now available to read on the website.
Highlights include:
• European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards - set to return in April 2022
• Healthcare hygiene - is it all about COVID?
• Business - the negative interest debate
• Workforce - a better life for cleaners
• Sustainability - the
South Africa’s hospital cleaners at the front of the queue for the vaccine
24th of February 2021Hospital cleaners in Cape Town will be among the first healthcare workers to be inoculated when the Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out.
A union-led campaign helped to clinch the decision to extend the vaccine roll-out to cover household and cleaning staff along with medical workers.
Nehawu's Western Cape provincial secretary Eric Kweleta said: "We
Joke-telling cleaning robot trialled on UK hospital wards
23rd of February 2021A floor-cleaning robot that can tell jokes and sing songs is being trialled on a children's ward in the UK.
Trust managers claim the machine has the dual benefit of amusing and distracting young patients while also freeing up cleaners to focus on sanitising Covid-19 touch-points.
Built by LionsBot, the robot - named Ella - has been trialled by
NZ quarantine cleaners ‘underpaid and undervalued’
22nd of February 2021A cleaner working in a New Zealand quarantine facility has spoken out about the tough conditions she faces every day.
The unnamed cleaner describes herself and her colleagues as the "forgotten border workers - overlooked and underpaid for the work they are doing to keep the country safe from Covid-19".
She worries constantly about passing
European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards to return in Spring 2022
18th of February 2021The European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards - the professional cleaning sector's only pan-European awards programme - will return in Spring 2022 to celebrate the successes of the industry.
After the 2020 event was postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, the organisers have now confirmed that the fifth awards event will take place on April