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Between viability and social acceptance: technologies in cleaning
18th of October 2024Mark Bergfeld at UNI Europa, believes the viability of the widespread adoption of AI, robotics and other technologies in the cleaning sector depends on their ability to support the existing workforce in engaging in higher value-added tasks and addressing power imbalances equitably.
Back in 2019 I visited a cleaning company’s
Winning the race to the future
27th of September 2024How are we performing in the global race to a digital future? This question has engaged EU policymakers in much navel-gazing of late, leading to the conclusion that the bloc urgently needs to pick up the pace, reports Hartley Milner.
Not since the Industrial Revolution has the world experienced a period of such sweeping and sustained change as in
Why not clean during the day?
19th of August 2024Christian Bouzols from France on recent discussions at government level about daytime cleaning.
The idea of daytime and/or continuous working is brought up every now and then in the news. Recently, it was none other than the French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, who raised the matter of work organisation in the cleaning sector.
During his
Staff shortages bring less growth
14th of August 2024In Germany, the mood in the latest BIV spring survey was not so positive - reports Katja Scholz.
The Federal Association of Contract Cleaners (BIV) has been carrying out a business survey in spring each year since 2019, in which BIV member companies provide a picture of the mood in the sector and express their views on market forecasts, sales
The new food hygiene rules
12th of August 2024Anna Garbagna on how new Italian food hygiene laws directly impact on the cleaning sector.
Regulated by both national and European provisions, MOCAs (the Italian acronym for Materials and Objects in Contact with Food) are based on Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004. Where no specific EU laws exist, member states can establish national measures. Since
Business: unity crucial to tackle global crime
9th of August 2024Criminal syndicates across the European Union are co-opting legitimate businesses as a front for their nefarious activities. But now the bloc’s law enforcers have blown their cover wide open, reports Hartley Milner.
Crime agency Europol has unveiled “the most detailed report on criminal networks ever undertaken” in the EU,