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ISS and LeasePlan sign certified Vested agreement
1st of February 2023Global facilities services provider ISS and LeasePlan, a global leader in Car-as-a-Service, have signed an international Vested agreement for next generation fleet management.
The Vested way of working transforms the traditional transactional buyer-supplier relationship with the aim of driving enhanced sustainability, safety and operational
Staff at some UK museums volunteer to do their own cleaning
27th of January 2023Staff at museums in the UK's Southend have volunteered to clean the premises themselves in a move aimed at saving the council £36,000 over the next three years.
Southend Council will do away with outside cleaning contractors and rely instead on the museum's own staff to keep the city's historic attractions clean. This is expected to help
‘Public bikes are riddled with germs’ – study
26th of January 2023A US study of public bikes has revealed that their handlebars can harbour more than 800 times the amount of bacteria as a personal bicycle.
When electric bike manufacturer Velotric carried out swab tests it discovered that a typical model used by the public was populated with 6.5 million CFUs. This meant the bike harboured 12,000 times more
Hand hygiene - handy in the right place
25th of January 2023Mild soaps, hand sanitisers, industrial hand cleansers, luxurious lotions – all of these products help to keep our hands clean, healthy and germ-free. But the choice of hand hygiene product will heavily depend on the environment in question. How do manufacturers meet such a wide range of hand hygiene needs, asks ECJ?
Hand hygiene should be
WFBSC Global Executive Summit to take place in London
24th of January 2023The World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) will be holding its 2023 Global Executive Summit (GES) from March 14-15 in London, England. The event will coincide with The Cleaning Show exhibition that takes place from March 14-16.
Attendance is limited to the first 75 qualified participants.
"The 2023 event is designed to meet the
Better learning in clean schools?
23rd of January 2023John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands, on research into the link between clean schools and learning.
It is the start of a new year and this is traditionally the time for good intentions. Ours are not so different in form (doing research) from previous years; they are different in content, though. Indeed, in 2023, we will be conducting research