Cleaning on the front line

9th of July 2020
Cleaning on the front line

Anna Garbagna in Italy on how the cleaning sector has been in the front line in the COVID-19 crisis, and how associations are working to protect workers.

The difficult situation that Italy has been facing, along with the rest of the world, has led all companies to act in a concrete manner to face together a nasty reality that we never wanted to

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A matter of survival

7th of July 2020
A matter of survival

As a vital link in the fight against the pandemic, cleaning companies have had to re-focus their activities, writes Christian Bouzols in France. It’s also been a matter of survival.

Just like the great majority of companies, those in the cleaning sector have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak and some of them have lost up to

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Please wash, and dry, your hands

1st of July 2020
Please wash, and dry, your hands

VSR’s John Griep on how crucial hand hygiene is.

Although everyone has an opinion about the measures to be taken to combat Coronavirus, luckily there is one body in the Netherlands offering clear guidelines: the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Staff at this independent government body are working overtime to

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Clean smarter, not harder

30th of June 2020
Clean smarter, not harder

An event on digitalisation in the cleaning sector took place just before Denmark went into lockdown. This report from ECJ’s Danish reporter Lotte Printz.

All 100 attendees were welcomed personally with a handshake when RENT Digitalt (Clean Digitally or Pure Digital, in translation), a one-day conference on digitalisation in the cleaning

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Is someone missing the point?

30th of June 2020
Is someone missing the point?

Latest UK industry news from ECJ’s Lynn Webster.

The announcement from the British government outlining new immigration rules has been met with serious concern among the sector’s associations. Under new post-Brexit rules starting next January, migrants will have to meet a number of criteria to qualify for a work visa, including

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Amsterdam Innovation Award 2020 category winners announced

12th of May 2020
Amsterdam Innovation Award 2020 category winners announced

Today was the first day of Interclean Amsterdam Online - Innovation Day - where the four category winners of the Amsterdam Innovation Award 2020 were announced. Interclean Amsterdam was due to take place this week, however it has been postponed to November because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the current situation impacts the entire world

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