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Rising costs for Russian contractors
12th of March 2014
Oleg Popov of Cristanval explains how new Russian migration laws are affecting the sector, considering that 85 per cent of Moscow cleaners are foreign.
At the beginning of 2013, President Vladimir Putin introduced the idea of changes in migration laws. Following unrest in the Moscow region of Birulevo resulting from the illegal activities of a
French cleaning sector offers jobs to disabled workers
11th of March 2014
The French cleaning sector has been making efforts to employ disabled workers, says Christian Bouzols.
For a number of years, the French cleaning sector has been creating the means for companies to employ more disabled workers. The result is impressive. The number of disabled workers employed by cleaning companies has more than doubled during the
Training - a crowded market in UK
6th of March 2014
ECJ’s correspondent in the UK looks at the evolution of training in the industry, and where it goes now.
There are many facets to the cleaning industry - contract cleaning; chemical product sales machine product sales and service maintenance; human resources; carpet cleaning.
Alongside the tall trees of the cleaning jungle, smaller
Finding an employment model for Italian cleaning sector
6th of March 2014
The Italian cleaning sector is trying to establish new ways of employment, writes Anna Garbagna for ECJ.
At the end of last year Lorenzo Mattioli, president of Fise ANIP (Confindustria’s National Association of Cleaning companies and Integrated Services), accompanied by the vice president with mandate for work Marzia Giuliani, met Martina
The battle against cleaning machine copies
6th of March 2014
German reporter Thomas Schulte-Marxloh brings news of the battle by the country’s manufacturers against cheap copies of its cleaning machines.
Demand determines supply. Customers today ask for economical, inexpensive products and want a supplier who can deliver high quality at a low price. This is true for the private sector as well as for
Small butts, big problem
5th of March 2014
Our correspondent in Scandinavia, Petra Sjouwerman, reports from Denmark. Danish organisations try to raise awareness about the danger of littered cigarette butts. They call small butts a ‘big problem’.
Nine million cigarette butts end up in the streets of Denmark daily. Please take time to let that sink in! Denmark is a small
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