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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
Crime scene cleaning - watch the ECTV video feature
5th of April 2017
ECJ's online news programme, EC Television, now features an extended version of its special report on crime scene cleaning. ECJ editor Michelle Marshall finds herself cleaning up after a murder - with the trauma cleaning team at Rentokil Specialist Hygiene.
We take a look at the scenes faced regularly by the company's technicians, and ask them
ISS to extend global facility services partnership with Barclays until 2022
4th of April 2017
Global provider of facility services ISS has announced the the signing of heads of terms to extend the global agreement with Barclays, whereby ISS delivers integrated facility services to the majority of Barclays' sites across the world.
Under the heads of terms, ISS will negotiate an extension of the relationship with Barclays until the end of
Diversey Care is event partner for the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2017
31st of March 2017
Diversey Care will once again be the event partner for the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards, which were founded by European Cleaning Journal (ECJ). The only pan-European awards for the sector recognise the high standards of excellence in the professional cleaning sector.
Serving customers in over 175 countries, the leading provider of
Beijing park dispenses toilet roll using facial recognition
31st of March 2017
A park in Beijing has installed toilet paper dispensers with facial recognition to stop visitors from taking too much toilet roll, media reports say. Machines at the Temple of Heaven park scan visitors' faces before dispensing a fixed length strip of paper.
The tourist attraction is reportedly frequented by visitors who take large amounts of
Online games turn members of the public into crime scene cleaners
30th of March 2017
Gamers can now experience the darker side of crime scene cleaning by playing one of a number of macabre computer games.
Among the latest is Serial Cleaner, a stealth game set in the 1970s. The player is "contracted" to attend crime scenes after the mob has been on a killing spree and clean up the blood and gore. Their tasks also include disposing
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