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WFBSC congress programme focuses on the digital world
13th of April 2017
The programme for this year's World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) congress, which takes place in Berlin from September 18-20, has now been finalised. The theme is Cleaning in a Digital World.
Hosting the congress is the German contract cleaning association BIV - the event will take place alongside the CMS exhibition from
EC Television - cultural cleaning with Julius Rutherfoord
12th of April 2017
The last episode of this series of EC Television (ECTV) has arrived and we take a trip to London's Design Museum. We speak with Julius Rutherfoord about the challenges of servicing a building that is open to the public all year.
We also bring you the very latest news from the cleaning sector.
ECTV is the only news programme for the professional
Coca-Cola offers hygiene training to India’s street food vendors
11th of April 2017
Street food vendors in India are to be trained in food safety and hygiene by US giant Coca Cola.
India's food regulating body has signed a pact with Coca Cola under which the multinational corporation will train 50,000 food vendors. The scheme is part of the Clean Street Food project, an initiative by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of
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10th of April 2017
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The future is with us
7th of April 2017
In her latest blog, ECJ's UK correspondent Lynn Webster examines the issues around ‘connected cleaning’, and emphasises how the cleaning sector must act now.
Spanish cleaning companies urge government to stop contracting solely on price
6th of April 2017
Spanish contract cleaning association ASPEL has asked the government to follow the example of the Administrator of Railway Infrastructures ADIF and stop using price as the sole evaluation criterion when awarding public contracts. It says other aspects such as quality of service must be taken into account.
ASPEL president Juan Díez de los
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