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Hotel cleaners forced to take 'hygiene shortcuts'
15th of March 2013
Hotel cleaners in Australia are being forced to take shortcuts when cleaning guest rooms in order to meet stringent deadlines, a union claims.
Jess Walsh of the United Voice union estimates that it takes 45 minutes for a cleaner to properly maintain a guest room. But hotel bosses are demanding the job be done in as little as 15 minutes, she
ECJ 20th birthday - looking back at industry trends
15th of March 2013
European Cleaning Journal, the only pan-European magazine for the professional cleaning sector, celebrates its 20th birthday this month. Since February 1993 ECJ has been a vital source of information, comment and news for Europe’s cleaning professionals. To celebrate our birthday, we
look back at the key trends affecting the industry over
Sustainability - the next steps
14th of March 2013
Sustainability is susceptible to trends in society in the same way as everything else is. Water savings, energy savings, reducing waste, recycling – which elements of sustainability resonate most with today’s companies and their customers? And what will tomorrow’s key sustainability focus be? We ask sustainable companies their
World's best restaurant Noma in Norovirus outbreak
14th of March 2013
Highly rated Danish restaurant Noma, which has been named the world's best restaurant for three years running, won't be winning hygiene awards anytime soon. That's after 63 diners who ate there over the same few days in February fell ill with various strains of Norovirus.
The Copenhagen eaterie says it served some 435 guests in its 12-seat dining
Confronting the late payment crisis
13th of March 2013
Customers delaying payment is a headache for SMEs at the best of times. With loan pools dry across much of Europe, it is having an increasing, and sometimes calamitous, impact on their finances. Hartley Milner reports on new EU legislation that confronts the late payment crisis.
It’s as much a test of your diplomacy as your patience. How do
Bible quotes on Metsä toilet tissue draw protests
13th of March 2013
Finnish toilet tissue manufacturer Metsä Tissue has removed quotes from the Bible - including the words of Jesus - that it inadvertently placed on its rolls after protests from some Norwegian church leaders.
The company was trying to conveymessages about love but accidentally included lines from the Gospel of Matthew and First Corinthians on
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