The value of passing on experience

17th of June 2022
The value of passing on experience

The value of mentoring others should never be underestimated, says UK reporter Lynn Webster.

At a recent networking event I attended with some eminent and influential cleaning industry colleagues, we realised that between what was only a fairly small group we actually have hundreds of years of valuable experience between us. This was a

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Telecoms - are you ready for the big switch?

16th of June 2022
Telecoms - are you ready for the big switch?

Are you ready to lose your legacy telephone system? As the switch-off deadline fast approaches, Hartley Milner explains why businesses dare not lag behind with their preparations for the most radical transformation to the way telecom services are delivered in generations.

BY 2025 THE VAST MAJORITY of European countries are expected to have

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Cleaning sector subject to more inspections

15th of June 2022
Cleaning sector subject to more inspections

Special supervisory efforts carried out in Denmark during 2021 continue in 2022, reports Lotte Printz.

“A healthy working environment is the Alpha and Omega of our labour market,” the Danish Minister for Employment said at the end of 2020 when the Danish government earmarked an extra €13 million to make sure Denmark meets

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Cleaning chemicals - minimising risk

14th of June 2022
Cleaning chemicals - minimising risk

Some chemical cleaning products pose a potential risk to staff – particularly when inhaled. ECJ finds out what employers and associations are doing to protect staff members and minimise the risk to cleaners’ lungs.

THE WORKPLACE IS A SAFER place today than it has ever been before. Or so we like to think. Safety came fairly low down

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Cleaning staff unwilling to learn?

13th of June 2022
Cleaning staff unwilling to learn?

Do cleaning staff have a resistance to learning new things? VSR’s John Griep is ECJ’s Dutch reporter.

Thirty-nine per cent of cleaning staff say they are not particularly willing to learn new things. At least, this is one of the results from a sector analysis published by the Dutch Council for Industrial Relations in the Cleaning and

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Radio talk show for cleaning sector

10th of June 2022
Radio talk show for cleaning sector

A German radio station has its own talk show for the contract cleaning business, reports Katja Scholz.

From apprentices to master craftsmen, from carpenters to contract cleaners, from Hamburg to Zurich – Radio Handwerker (radio for skilled tradespeople) has been a daily source of relevant information along with music and discussion on

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