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European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards head to Rome
20th of January 2017
Following a highly successful inaugural event in September 2016, the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2017 will be presented at a glittering gala dinner on November 9 at the Parco Dei Principi in Rome.
These prestigious awards recognise the high standards of excellence in the professional cleaning sector across Europe.
The awards, founded
Colour-coded bedsheets will help to enhance hygiene
19th of January 2017
Hospitals in a northern Indian city are replacing their white bed linen with rainbow-coloured alternatives.
Two government-run healthcare institutions in Gurgaon near New Delhi are to colour-code their sheets in a bid to improve cleanliness and hygiene.
"This is a simple and effective way of differentiating between used and fresh linen," said
London's reopened Design Museum selects Julius Rutherfoord as specialist cleaning and soft FM services provider
18th of January 2017
London's Design Museum, which is set to become the world's leading museum of contemporary design and architecture as it reopens in a spectacular new location, has chosen Julius Rutherfoord as its specialist cleaning and soft FM services provider.
The museum's new home is in a landmark building from the 1960s in Kensington High Street, where it
‘Who’ comes first in marketing
17th of January 2017
Paul Wonnacott is managing director and president of Vectair Systems, specialist in washroom hygiene and aircare systems. He writes his latest blog for ECJ, on the subject of marketing.
Chinese city to promote 'toilet chiefs' for better management
11th of January 2017
The Chinese city of Xi'an, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, is to appoint "toilet chiefs" this year, the city tourism bureau has announced.
The city aims to ensure all public toilets and those in restaurants and entertainment venues meet national standards in terms of sufficient numbers and cleanliness.
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Experts scoff at schools’ ban of toilet roll cores
10th of January 2017
Pupils of UK schools are being prevented from bringing in cardboard toilet roll cores due to fears that they could spread disease.
Teachers have alerted parents to the ban quoting alleged health and safety guidelines. However, government officials have denounced these as an "urban myth".
Parents at one nursery school in County Durham were told
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