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EFCI attends EP hearing on social impact of public procurement
27th of December 2023Towards the end of last year EFCI participated in a hearing, organised by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EMPL) to discuss the findings of a report on the social impact of the current public procurement provisions. For the first time, EFCI was
given the opportunity to present its views before the members of
Guest’s missing ring is found in a vacuum cleaner
21st of December 2023A cleaner working at the Ritz hotel in Paris apparently managed to vacuum up a ring worth €750,000 with a vacuum cleaner, it emerged this month.
The owner, a Malaysian businesswoman and guest at the hotel, told police that she had left the ring on a table in her room before going out shopping in the city for a few hours. And when she
European stakeholders gather to discuss public procurement
20th of December 2023TheEU social partner organisations of the industrial cleaning, private security and contract catering sectors gathered in Brussels recently to discuss the current state of EU public procurement provisions, their impact on the respective sectors and possibilities for improvement for the future.
These three sectors share significant common features
New collective agreement in Sweden for in-house cleaning
19th of December 2023Sweden's Almega Tjänsteföretagen (the Service Employer Association) and Vårdföretagarna (The Association for Private Care Providers) have signed a new collective agreement with the Real Estate Employees' Association for cleaning work under their own auspices.
The agreement is applicable until October 31 2025, with a total
Health chiefs advocate bleach as norovirus rates rise among the very young
14th of December 2023Norovirus is spreading rapidly in the UK among children up to four years old - and bleach-based products are being advocated to help stop the spread of the bug.
Data shared by the UK Health Security Agency has revealed that the number of norovirus outbreak has been increasing steadily since week 43 of this year. And one facility - the James Cook
Smart toilet bursts into flames while someone is using it
13th of December 2023A suspected short-circuit led to a smart toilet bursting into flames - while it was still in use.
The incident occurred a few weeks ago in Fujian Province, China, and is claimed to be the latest in a string of similar incidents concerning smart toilets in the country.
The unnamed victim first noticed the smell of burning before plumes of white