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European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2018 winner - CSU
1st of April 2019
Family-owned CSU has managed to change the face of outsourced cleaning with its FM Coalition concept. Ann Laffeaty finds out what earned the company a European Cleaning & Hygiene Excellence in Client/Contractor Partnerships Award in 2018.
The nature of outsourced cleaning provision has changed significantly over recent years. Clients are
Advantages of a clean workplace
29th of March 2019
A French cleaning company has carried out a survey to determine just how important a clean workplace is among workers - writes Christian Bouzols.
Enjoying a clean environment in their daily home and working lives is a fundamental issue for the French. But is doesn’t mean that the matter is much talked about in public debates. That’s
Australian cleaning trial reduces hospital infections
28th of March 2019
A major trial of a bundle of hospital cleaning practices in 11 Australian hospitals has resulted in significant reductions in hospital-acquired infections.
The study, reported in Inclean, was titled 'An environmental cleaning bundle and health care-associated infection in hospitals (REACH): a multi-centre randomised trial' and led by by
Labelling lower wages
27th of March 2019
With International Women’s Day taking place recently, Scandinavian correspondent Lotte Printz brings this, perhaps inspirational?, story from Sweden.
What happens to a female-dominated business if the wages equal men’s?” That is the question Linda Amiri and Sofia Jensfelt asked themselves when setting up 50-femme: “A
New EFCI director aims to raise cleaning sector profile in Europe
26th of March 2019
Isabel Yglesias was appointed the new director of EFCI, the organisation representing the cleaning and facilities services sector across Europe, in summer 2018. She speaks to ECJ editor Michelle Marshall about its relaunch and ongoing projects for 2019.
Isabel Yglesias is a Spanish lawyer who worked in the private sector for 10 years before
Self-cleaning walls ease the cleaner’s lot
25th of March 2019
A new hotel in Copenhagen is easing the cleaner's burden - because the guest rooms disinfect themselves.
Hotel Ottilia has treated the interior walls of its guest rooms with an antibacterial spray said to be effective against germs and mould spores.
"We've been testing this system for two years and what really sold us on it was that it would
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