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Professional detergents industry drives a sustainable agenda
4th of October 2022A.I.S.E. is the umbrella organisation representing the European detergents and maintenance products industry. Its professional cleaning and hygiene sector manager Aisling O’Kane tells us how the sector has been a pioneer in driving sustainability.
For seven decades A.I.S.E. has guided and led the work of the European detergents industry.
ECHA winner Incentive FM - shared vision
27th of September 2022Sunshine and lollipops helped Incentive FM to win the 2022 European Cleaning & Hygiene award for Excellence in Client-Contractor Partnerships. But the real key to the company’s success lay in having a single shared vision with its client.
What does the term “soft services” actually mean? To most of us it refers to
ECHA winner Gausium - innovate to disrupt
26th of September 2022Gausium entered the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards for the first time in 2022. But the company’s achievement in being a joint winner of the Technological Innovation of the Year Award is just the beginning, says global business development director Peter Kwestro.
The Scrubber 50 Pro from Gausium is said to offer a feature that has
ECHA winner Dominic Ponniah - leading change
23rd of September 2022Environmental innovation, fair pay and better business – this is the ethos that helped Dominic Ponniah, ceo and co-founder of Cleanology, to win the Leader of the Year award. He says winning was right up there in his top five career highlights.
Cleanology in the UK has come a long way since its launch in 1999 as a mother-and son operation
Ukraine war inspires humanitarian response
4th of August 2022The war in Ukraine has spurred business owners across Britain to support efforts to ease the suffering of people fleeing into neighbouring countries. And some have literally gone that extra mile … by not just collecting humanitarian aid but delivering it themselves, reports Hartley Milner for ECJ.
Paul Prowse was watching TV news footage
Window cleaning - it's not just about windows
3rd of August 2022Ann Laffeaty looks at the widening scope of the window cleaning industry and finds out how companies are tackling today’s more specialist tasks.
THE REMIT OF THE window cleaner should be fairly straightforward. The clue is in the name: his or her task is basically to clean windows, usually just the external ones, traditionally with the aid