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European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards winner - Derrycourt
22nd of April 2020
Derrycourt considers its staff to be its greatest resource – which is why the company has won the European Cleaning & Hygiene Award for Investment in Training for the second year running. Learning and development manager Laura Keogh talks us through Derrycourt’s ethos.
Derrycourt is a European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards
European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2020 postponed
21st of April 2020
European Cleaning Journal (ECJ), founder and host of the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards has announced today that this year's event in Brussels will be postponed until 2021, due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
The fifth annual event, which celebrates the cleaning and hygiene sector across Europe, was due to take place on November 5 at Le
European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards winner - Buitengewoon-Facilicom
20th of April 2020
Buitengewoon-Facilicom does its utmost to recruit candidates who are keen to work – however poor their job prospects may seem on paper. So the ground-breaking social enterprise was a worthy winner of the 2019 European Cleaning & Hygiene Award for Commitment to Diversity in the Workforce.
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Nanocoatings - are there risks?
17th of April 2020
John Griep, ECJ correspondent in the Netherlands, tells us about latest research into nanocoatings. What are their functions, and are there any risks in terms of environment or safety?
In 1997 the Association for Cleaning Research (VSR) examined cleaning results when using microfibre cloths. “Microfibre cloths make cleaning easier and
Wheels deploys e-bikes with self-cleaning handlebars and brake levers
16th of April 2020
A US bike service company has introduced self-cleaning handlebars and brake levers on its bicycles to help protect users from the coronavirus.
Wheels usually runs a shared bike service, but has had to halt this operation in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
"Before we temporarily paused our regular service we were taking all the
Call for rapid sanitising technology for ambulances
15th of April 2020
The UK government is seeking a solution to facilitate the rapid sanitisation of ambulances.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) - part of the Ministry of Defence - is putting out a call for sanitising technology that can speed up the time it takes to clean emergency vehicles as part of the national effort against Coronavirus.
According
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