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Golden Service Awards 2024 open for entry
22nd of August 2023
Kimberly-Clark Professional has launched its 2024 Golden Service Awards - open to entry from contract cleaning and FM companies in the UK and Ireland.
The biennial event, which will next take place on May 23 2024 in London, celebrates the facilities management and cleaning industry across sectors including healthcare, retail, manufacturing,
Robotics - time for real industry change
21st of August 2023
Labour shortages on the one hand, high pressure on costs and margins on the other. Faced with a wide range of challenges, the commercial cleaning industry needs new innovative approaches. One solution is the deployment of robots in a holistic cobotic system solution says autonomous vacuum cleaner specialist Dr Henning Hayn, general manager of
Autonomous cleaning robot brushes away solar panel dust as it rolls
18th of August 2023
A Sicilian technology startup has developed an autonomous robot which is said to be able to reduce solar panel maintenance and cleaning costs by up to 80 per cent.
When substances such as dust, dirt or sand are allowed to settle on solar panel surfaces they can significantly reduce the panels' efficiency.
However, full yield may be restored by
The robot co-operative
17th of August 2023
How happy are cleaning staff about using robot assistants? ECJ looks at the human-robot relationship and asks manufacturers and cleaning companies how they can help to improve it.
THE ROBOTS ARE COMING. And human cleaners are increasingly having to learn to work alongside them. But do they appreciate the labour-saving potential that cleaning
Building Skills Partnership - helping California’s most vulnerable frontline workers
16th of August 2023
Luis Sandoval is executive director of the Building Skills Partnership in California, USA. She tells us about the organisation’s work in helping improve the lives of property service employees in low-wage industries.
In the face of continual social inequality, stagnating wages, and an economic recovery from a global pandemic, many workers in
Jangro partners with SYR to create sustainable solution
15th of August 2023
UK and Ireland network of independent janitorial and cleaning distributors Jangro is partnering with product manufacturer SYR in a new sustainability initiative. The new project is designed to strengthen Jangro's existing Circular programme.
Jangro Circular aims to reduce waste by keeping products and materials in use for as long as possible. As
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