News from Norway - daytime cleaning project launches

4th of April 2023
News from Norway - daytime cleaning project launches

Initiators of a new project in Norway hope to attract more people to the sector, reports Lotte Printz.

“It’s hard for this sector to attract people and we believe that part of it is down to the fact it is hard to combine a job as a cleaner with family life; bringing children to school and pastime activities and picking them up

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ECHA winner Breedweer - skills for life

3rd of April 2023
ECHA winner Breedweer - skills for life

For cleaning services business and social enterprise Breedweer, the key objective is to bring as many people as possible into employment. The commitment it demonstrates won it the 2022 European Cleaning & Hygiene Award for Investment in Training.

Social enterprise cleaning services company Breedweer is based in the Netherlands and headed up

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ECHA winner ANIP - shining a spotlight

31st of March 2023
ECHA winner ANIP - shining a spotlight

One of the key roles of trade association ANIP Confindustria in Italy is to promote cleaning and its associated services. During the Covid-19 pandemic it launched a campaign to highlight the key role played by the sector, called In Good Hands. A deserving winner of the 2022 European Cleaning & Hygiene Award for Raising the Profile of the

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The importance of enzymes in detergent products

29th of March 2023
The importance of enzymes in detergent products

A.I.S.E. is the umbrella organisation representing the European detergents and maintenance products industry. Aisling O’Kane talks about the role of enzymes in detergent products.


What is an enzyme?

Enzymes are proteins that act as bio-catalysts which speed up biological processes. Enzymes exist in all of nature – in microorganisms,

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WISAG partners with start-up to deliver orders by e-cargo bike

1st of March 2023
WISAG partners with start-up to deliver orders by e-cargo bike

In Germany, facility services company WISAG has been running a successful pilot phase in Frankfurt with start-up company OneSpot. As a systems provider for urban logistics, OneSpot supplies properties with cleaning materials by e-cargo bike.

The partnership has been so successful it has now been extended to Cologne and will reach Berlin later

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Visitor registration opens for ISSA Pulire

28th of February 2023
Visitor registration opens for ISSA Pulire

Italian professional cleaning exhibition ISSA Pulire will take place from May 9-11 this year. And for the first time it will be in Milan, in a move from the Verona venue where it took place for many years.

Visitor registration is now open for the event, which will be held at Fiera Milano, Rho.

This year sees the introduction of a brand new area,

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