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20th of August 2024 Article by Lynn Webster
From the UK, Lynn Webster urges the sector not to lose sight of the value of its leadership teams.
The UK is embarking on a major charge in its leadership. As this edition is published, we will likely know the resulting outcome of the forthcoming General Election and whilst remaining apolitical here it is apparent that we will be facing major change with the first actually elected..
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12th of August 2024 Article by Lotte Printz
A campaign has been launched in Denmark to encourage passengers to show respect for cleaning staff in the Copenhagen Metro. ECJ’s Lotte Printz reports. At work in the capital recently, I was rather impressed with the cleaning procedures on the Metro. Only minutes after I had entered a carriage where someone had clearly had an accident with a coffee to go, a cleaning operative jumped on.. John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands considers the implications of AI for the cleaning sector. AI has become the talk of the town nowadays. In the cleaning industry too, many applications are currently being developed to automate certain activities. Do cleaners have to fear for their jobs and livelihoods? At VSR, we don’t think so. AI works well as a supplement in the..
Italy correspondent Anna Garbagna reports on a conference discussing environmental strategies. Environmental protection is a topic that is becoming increasingly crucial in the management of the economy. In March, the industrial cleaning sector dedicated two days of the H3i HI&I Cleaning Forum event to sustainability, ecodesign, certifications and environmental strategies for the cleaning ..
French cleaning firms face uncertainty in 2024 as wages rise and the Olympic Games take place there. Christian Bouzols tells us more. The year 2023 was an active but quite varied one for French cleaning companies and their clients. The economic background encouraged a high number of takeovers among companies large and small. According to Patrick Klug, managing director of Entreprises ..AI - should cleaners be worried?
31st of July 2024
Article by John Griep
Cleaning sector’s climate strategy in Italy
23rd of July 2024
Article by Anna Garbagna
Wages and Olympics bring doubt
5th of July 2024
Article by Christian Bouzols