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Everyone loves a vacuum cleaner
6th of October 2022
Vacuum cleaners catch the imagination in a way that no other cleaning machines can. But why is this the case? And how well do modern machines actually perform when one disregards all that clever marketing? Ann Laffeaty finds out.
Scrubber dryers are highly technical, impressive machines. Sweepers are weighty and business-like. And mops are
Professional detergents industry drives a sustainable agenda
4th of October 2022
A.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 2022
Sunshine 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 2022
Gausium 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 2022
Environmental 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 2022
The 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
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