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EFCI launches social media campaign to support cleaning sector in fight against Covid-19
8th of April 2020
EFCI - the voice of the European cleaning and facility services industry in Europe - is launching a pan-European campaign today, taking place over the next two weeks.
The campaign takes its motto from ANIP-Confindustria’s Italian campaign (#InBuoneMani) and goes European to give wider visibility to the paramount role cleaning operatives and
How cobotics could transform the cleaning and FM industry
7th of April 2020
Nils van der Zijl, vice-president of sales and marketing for Softbank Robotics EMEA, writes for ECJ on the future of cobotics in the professional cleaning sector. He explains how this new technology could deliver greater efficiency, performance and staff retention.
The quest for greater efficiency and enhanced performance within the Facility
UK government 'should say cleaners are critical workers'
6th of April 2020
Employers of cleaning staff operating in critical industries have been urged to provide them with written proof that they should be treated as critical and key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has made the call to help remove confusion over what government guidelines on dealing with Coronavirus mean for
Atalian Servest launches project to discover hidden talent
3rd of April 2020
Facilities management service provider Atalian Servest has invited its 27,000 employees in the UK and Ireland to join in a competition that will identify the company's top in-house entrepreneur.
The ONE progamme is designed to uncover hidden talent, encourage entrepreneurial spirit within the business and inspire people to put forward innovative
Which areas of a car need to be cleaned most?
2nd of April 2020
A professional car cleaner has put together a list of frequent touch-points in a bid to prevent the spread of germs in vehicles during the coronavirus crisis.
Ben Murphy is a car detailer for Toyota and is responsible for keeping the company's UK fleet of press vehicles cleaned and professionally maintained.
Murphy, who cleans an average of 30
Brewers and distilleries respond to crisis by producing free sanitiser
1st of April 2020
A Scottish gin distillery has switched from producing spirits to making free hand sanitiser for vulnerable people.
Leith Spirits had to pay out £35,000 (€39,000) in duties to repurpose 1,000 litres of alcohol for sanitiser production. Working around the clock, the distillery has so far made 12,000 bottles of sanitiser which have been
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