New cleaning sector trade event for Denmark

24th of December 2015
New cleaning sector trade event for Denmark

ECJ correspondent in Scandinavia Lotte Printz reports from a new professional cleaning trade fair in Denmark - the first in the country since 2002.

There were no Usain Bolts on the list of contestants for the Danish championships in floor cleaning and window cleaning at the Cleaning Industry Fair held this October in Denmark. For sure, less

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German cleaning sector reaches new labour agreement

23rd of December 2015
German cleaning sector reaches new labour agreement

German correspondent Thomas Schulte-Marxloh reports on a new labour agreement in cleaning.

In the context of a new labour agreement for about 600,000 employees in the contract cleaning industry, employers reinforced their commitment to minimum wages. “We introduced minimum wages at a time when politicians were still discussing it. Now we

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Setting the record straight on enzyme-based cleaners

21st of December 2015
Setting the record straight on enzyme-based cleaners

Nico Lemmens in the Netherlands brings news of research into enzyme-based cleaners.

During the last few years we have seen the arrival of new cleansers called ‘probiotics’. It’s a new name for an old product: cleansers on the basis of bacteria (bacterial or microbiological cleaning), well known since 1988. Not all the literature

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The hygiene of food

18th of December 2015
The hygiene of food

From Italy, Anna Garbagna reports on hygiene processes in the food preparation industry.

Afidamp recently organised a conference within Expo 2015: a specific analysis on the food industry – organised by Istituto Piepoli – to highlight the critical areas to intervene in to improve the food production process.

The purpose of the

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Sales in cleaning companies - often poorly defined

18th of December 2015
Sales in cleaning companies - often poorly defined

The sales function in French cleaning companies is often poorly defined, writes Christian Bouzols.

It’s not easy to get precise figures regarding the number of sales and marketing people in cleaning companies, which together employ 472, 234 people. That’s because sales and marketing functions cover a great many roles and positions.

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Economic crisis - the right time for change?

17th of December 2015
Economic crisis - the right time for change?

Is a period of economic decline the right time to make strategic business changes, asks Oleg Popov of Cristanval Cleaning - ECJ Russia correspondent.

Strategic management pioneer Igor Ansoff stated that strategic changes are a declaration of war both to your own team and everyone else. What would be the cause for such a rash and dogmatic

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