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UK cleaning industry celebrates success at Golden Service Awards
11th of March 2020
The UK cleaning and FM sector gathered in London last week for the 2020 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards.The event is the opportunity for FM companies, contract cleaners and in-house cleaning teams to showcase excellence and awards were presented to winners across 18 categories.
Here's a list of the winners:
Best Cleaned
India company turns buses into women's toilets
10th of March 2020
In India, where hygienic public toilets can be difficult to come by, a pair of entrepreneurs has transformed run-down buses into hop-on toilets for women.
The pink women-only 'washrooms on wheels' are now dotted around the city of Pune in the west of the country. For a five rupee (€0.06) fee any woman can board the toilet to use the
Latest ECJ - read online now or download the app
9th of March 2020
The February/March edition of ECJ is now available to read online.
Highlights include:
• Business - What UK companies want from Brexit
• Hospital hygiene - Are cleaners a health risk?
• Public washrooms - Social media increases scrutiny
• Sustainability - is Extinction Rebellion causing a ripple effect?
• 2020 launch -
Coronavirus and the cleaning industry
6th of March 2020
As cases of Covid-19 continue to rise throughout Europe, ECJ spoke to Dr Stefan Wagener, GBAC (Global Biorisk Advisory Council) scientific advisor & trainer, and executive director at Biorisk International. We asked him whether the professional cleaning industry can play a meaningful role in combating the virus and containing its
CWS Group acquires cleanroom cleaning company
5th of March 2020
Hygiene, workwear and fire safety system provider CWS in Germany is to acquire the cleanroom cleaning service provider Profi-con via its CWS Cleanroom business unit. This follows the takeover of cleanroom laundry company Staxs in late 2019.
With its headquarters in Leipzig, Profi-con specialises in the cleaning of dust-free and sterile rooms,
Coronavirus cruise ship to undergo deep clean before next voyage
4th of March 2020
A final group of 130 crew members has left the quarantined Diamond Princess, the cruise ship at the centre of a 14-day coronavirus quarantine in Japan. Now the ship is ready for a full deep cleaning process before spending time in a dry dock and setting sail again on April 29.
The Diamond Princess was carrying 3,711 passengers - 705 of them
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