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UK consumers demand antibacterial food packaging
18th of November 2014
More than half the people in Britain are worried about bacteria on the outside of food cans and the impact this can have on health, according to new research.
And their concern is likely to promote a huge demand for antibacterial packaging, claim experts.
A study carried out by market research company Canadean reveals that 55 per cent of Britons
'Generations' employee network launched by Sodexo
18th of November 2014
Global services company Sodexo has launched an employee network to raise awareness of generational differences in the workplace. The Generations network is a group of multi-generational employees who are focusing on the diverse age range of the company's employees.
The United Nations categorises the working age population into four generations,
Laundry addition
17th of November 2014
The 2015 edition of the Pulire professional cleaning exhibition in Verona, Italy will feature a section dedicated to fabric care and laundry equipment - called the Pulire Clean project.
Organiser Afidamp Servizi says the requirements to launder mops, cloths and uniforms within the professional cleaning sector make this a relevant area to
Man arrested for being aggressive in charge of a mop
14th of November 2014
A 30-year-old man in the US state of Connecticut landed up in court after taking exception to the way in which a hotel cleaner was mopping a floor.
John Thornton was arrested after he took the mop away from a member of the hotel's cleaning team and began "aggressively mopping" the floor himself.
Thornton apparently grabbed the cleaner's mop and
Aramark takes top prize at Irish ICCA cleaning awards
13th of November 2014
The Irish Contract Cleaning Association (ICCA) presented its annual awards in Dublin recently, with Aramark named as Overall Winner for the Best Cleaned Contract in Ireland for its contract at Genzyme in Waterford.
Chairman of ICCA David Hogan commented during the ceremony: "These awards provide a benchmark for quality within the industry. Over
The lowdown on washroom cleaning
12th of November 2014
Cleaning industry professionals would rather clean up bodily fluids than tackle stains and odours in public washrooms, according to a new survey.
Most of them - 67 per cent - rank this task as the most difficult cleaning and disinfecting job in public washrooms. The online survey of 375 industry professionals was carried out in the USA by
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