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ISS records steady financial year
12th of March 2013
Global building services provider ISS has just announced its full year financial results for 2012 - showing an increase in turnover of 2.3 per cent and organic growth rate of 1.7 per cent.
Operating profit amounted to 591.8 million euros before other items - or 5.6 per cent - an increase of one per cent. Net profit was 59.6 million euros, 13 per
Window cleaner burned in electrical accident
11th of March 2013
A window cleaner was badly burned and critically injured after apparently receiving an electric shock while working in Johannesburg last week.
Police said the man was cleaning windows on the outside of a building when he somehow came into contact with electrical wires overhead. He received an electric shock and his body was badly
ISSA/INTERCLEAN CEE - platform for growth
8th of March 2013
The sixth edition of ISSA/INTERCLEAN Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) will take place in Warsaw, Poland from April 24-26.
Exhibitors from 20 countries are taking part in this year's event, 40 of them attending for the first time. Many of them are still seeking to gain a foothold in the markets of central and eastern Europe and find distributors -
ECJ is 20 years old!
6th 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. Published bi-monthly, it is read by more than 22,000 purchasers and specifiers of cleaning
Countdown to UK Cleaning Show date
5th of March 2013
The Cleaning Show 2013 - the UK's professional cleaning exhibition - takes place from March 19-21 at the NEC in Birmingham.
With more than 200 exhibitors set to take part, the organisers are promising a number of new features. These include the Innovation Zone, which will showcase entries to this year's Cleaning Show Innovation Awards, and the
Cleaners dump thousands of litres of whiskey
4th of March 2013
Thousands of litres of whiskey have been flushed down the drain at a bottling plant in Scotland when cleaning workers mistakenly thought it was waste water.
The mix-up happened at Chivas Brothers during the night shift while equipment was being cleaned. Instead of draining away waste water, the workers on duty somehow flushed out thousands of
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