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The Cleaning Show returns to London
27th of September 2021
UK cleaning exhibition The Cleaning Show returns to London ExCeL from November 2-4.
The show, organised by the British Cleaning Council (BCC) and Quartz Business Media, is aiming to attract more than 7,000 senior cleaning professionals from across the contract cleaning, facilities management (FM), healthcare, hospitality, retail, and public
Focus on hygiene - return to the workplace
24th of September 2021
As people all over Europe return to work following lockdowns, Anna Konigson Koopmans from Tork manufacturer Essity looks at how managers can address their employees’ cleaning and hygiene concerns when they re-enter the workplace.
People are returning to work. Some are delighted to be back, others somewhat less so.
A recent UK study carried
ISSA Pulire takes place in Verona
23rd of September 2021
The ISSA Pulire professional cleaning exhibition took place in Verona, Italy earlier this month - the first major industry event since the start of the pandemic.
Over 300 exhibitors took part, and there were over 10,000 visitors - 14 per cent of them from outside Italy.
"We needed to give a signal of recovery to the sector," said Toni D'Andrea,
Wellbeing, what’s the cost?
22nd of September 2021
In the wake of the pandemic, there’s a distinct focus on staff wellbeing - explains Lynn Webster in the UK.
As we begin to come through both the business and personal traumas resulting from the pandemic there is a distinct focus on staff wellbeing; the mental and physical health issues they are experiencing both personally and in the
Get vaccinated or get laid off
21st of September 2021
News of latest legislation around Covid-19 vaccination from Christian Bouzols in France.
The spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant is changing France’s labour legislation. A bill that has been adopted by the Senate should enter into force this September. The central provision is that vaccination will be made obligatory for certain categories
To clean, or to disinfect?
20th of September 2021
John Griep reports from the Netherlands on VSR’s new list of definitions and recommendations.
VSR investigates new and existing cleaning methods and agents. Cleaning and disinfection are two of those existing methods. You may be thinking: there’s no need to explain this among cleaning professionals, is there? After all, these are core
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