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Street cleaners use Twitter to publicise their work
20th of June 2012
Street cleaners working for a UK municipality have been using Twitter to describe their daily tasks to the public.
The cleaners, from Guildford in Surrey, have been using the social media site to let residents know exactly what they are doing in order to keep the town looking clean and tidy.
"It can be a dirty job - but we're proud to do it,"
French cleaning apprentices visit London
18th of June 2012A group of 21 cleaning apprentices from France visited London recently as part of a European educational tour organised by the Trans Europe Centre Apprentissage system for central France.
Among the sites they visited were the Thames Barrier, the London 2012 Olympics facilities and a vocational training centre at Merton Campus.
The apprentices
Euroliance holds international conference
15th of June 2012
International facilities management group Euroliance held an international for members and clients in Amsterdam recently.
Founding members Onet of France, OCS from the UK and Germany's Gegenbauer welcomed partners representing Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland,
Diversey summit highlights risk management
14th of June 2012
Over 200 business leaders from companies in the building care, retail, lodging, and food & beverage industries were at the recent Risk Management Summit organised by Diversey in Amsterdam recently.
The delegates came from 18 countries to hear presentations from speakers representing global leaders such as ISS, Metro, Coca Cola, Compass Group,
British Advertising Standards Authority declares Tennant ec-H2O advertising
13th of June 2012
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has ruled that cleaning equipment manufacturer Tennant can no longer claim in its advertising that the ec-H2O water-based technology used in its scrubber dryers cleans better than traditional chemicals and methods.
"The ad must not appear again in its current form," said ASA. The ruling comes as
Taking action on IP at ISSA/INTERCLEAN
12th of June 2012
The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and preventing infringements among exhibitors was a top priority for the organisers of ISSA/INTERCLEAN in Amsterdam recently.
This year, for the first time, a much stricter policy was implemented by Amsterdam RAI and ISSA following an initiative by ECJ. The aim - to protect the IPR of original
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