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Biodiversity - the time to protect nature is now
1st of February 2021
Nature is under stress as never before. Wildlife species are being pushed to the brink of extinction and humankind is on notice that the accelerating decline in biodiversity threatens our survival too. Hartley Milner looks at how the businesses community is responding to this stark message.
Along London’s Thames Embankment, a battery of
Covid-19 and hand washing
29th of January 2021
Posters, leaflets, stickers, government messages – everywhere we look there are reminders of the need to practise good hand hygiene to prevent the spread of Covid-19. But how are we responding? Tork manufacturer Essity has conducted a survey into people’s attitudes to hand hygiene in the wake of the pandemic - and the results are
Focus on catering during Covid
28th of January 2021
The cleaning sector in Italy has produced a handbook on hygiene in catering. Anna Garbagna tells us more.
The pandemic continues to be a major challenge and the most affected sectors are now facing a further very difficult test. Among them is catering which, in order to survive, had to adjust to new rules on space management and securing the
New projects, positive momentum
27th of January 2021
As 2020 drew to a close and a new year began, the German cleaning industry has been taking stock, reports Katja Scholz.
In April of last year the contract cleaning association BIV commissioned Forsa, an independent German market and opinion research institute, to do a survey regarding the popularity of the contract cleaning trade. The results
US study finds hospital housekeepers feel underappreciated
26th of January 2021
Low status, poor levels of communication and high work demands - these are among the issues facing cleaners in the US healthcare sector according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Many cleaners feel they provide little value to the organisations in which they work. Some complain of a lack of ongoing training,
Hotel uses sanitation booths to make guests feel safe
22nd of January 2021
Guests who stay at the Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Golf and Spa Resort in Mexico now have to enter via a sanitation booth to help keep staff and fellow customers COVID-19 safe.
Anyone arriving at the property on Mexico's south coast must part with their bags, which are sent through an external sanitation system. The guest is then required to enter a
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