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When a home becomes a business
23rd of April 2024
From Italy, Anna Garbagna tells us about the growth of cleaning business in short-term rental properties.
Among the many effects of the pandemic, there has certainly been an increase in short rentals, today a sector of great interest. In addition to hosting healthcare professionals during the health emergency, the short rental has guaranteed
Europe tackles talent challenges
22nd of April 2024
Europe’s got talent, and has the plaudits to prove it. But the region will need to up its game still further if it is to remain a global skills magnate at a time of fast-paced demographic change, writes Hartley Milner.
THE SWISS have found themselves the butt of more than their fair share of lampooning around national stereotypes down the
Young cleaner wins national title
19th of April 2024
ECJ correspondent in Germany Katja Scholz reports from the latest Craft Skills championship.
The winner of the 72nd German Craft Skills championship in the contract cleaning sector is Sarah Lutz. The 20-year-old from Baden-Württemberg in south Germany was the only female trainee worker along with nine men at the start of the competition,
Hygiene in healthcare - cleaning on the front line
18th of April 2024
What are the main challenges facing healthcare cleaning personnel today? And what can be done to make their lives easier? Ann Laffeaty finds out.
CLEANERS IN THE HEALTHCARE sector have had a tough few years, to say the least. Working throughout the global pandemic was stressful and life-threatening enough, but this was closely followed by the
Wages and Olympics bring doubt
17th of April 2024
French cleaning firms face uncertainty in 2024 as wages rise and the Olympic Games take place there. Christian Bouzols tells us more.
The year 2023 was an active but quite varied one for French cleaning companies and their clients. The economic background encouraged a high number of takeovers among companies large and small.
According to Patrick
Sustainable washroom strategy
16th of April 2024
With reports suggesting consumers are looking for more eco-conscious products, Alasdair Sharp from Satino by WEPA explains how facilities managers can curate a more sustainable hygiene strategy to help achieve the EU’s goal to be climate-neutral by 2050.
AS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES take centre stage within businesses, one area that may be
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