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CMS Berlin - a focus on the future
17th of September 2025
CMS Berlin - the German cleaning exhibition - takes place next week, with a programme centred on how digitalisation and artificial intelligence are influencing cleaning and hygiene services. Occupying more than 34,000 square metres, the exhibition will combine product showcases with forums, themed days and guided tours.
The CMS Practice Forum in
A second chance
16th of September 2025
ECJ editor Michelle Marshall spends some time with NGB Clean, a social enterprise in London delivering commercial cleaning to corporate clients across the city while employing people who have been in the prison system. The charity No Going Back (NGB) from which it was founded is dedicated to supporting people released from prison in finding work
EFCI news: automation vs. upskilling
15th of September 2025
From the EFCI secretariat in Brussels, Lyndsey Campbell says the cleaning sector of the future should not be forced to choose between humans and machines. The organisation believes automation must be balanced with empowering the workforce.
As robotic vacuum cleaners roll silently across the floors of airports, offices, and shopping centres, the
New type of hand sanitising gel said to work longer without drying the skin
9th of September 2025
Scientists at the University of Georgia have created a hand gel that is claimed to kill microbes over an extended period without drying the skin.
The gel contains the active ingredient nitric oxide, a molecule that occurs naturally in the body where it plays a key role in fighting infections. Nitric oxide is already used in antibacterial
New York subway cleaners claw back millions in back pay
5th of September 2025
Around 450 immigrant workers who were hired to disinfect New York City's subway trains at the height of the Covid pandemic have just been awarded more than $3 million in back pay.
The workers are claimed to have been underpaid by around $14 dollars per hour and were not provided with respirators or uniforms.
During the pandemic the New York City
One month to go!
2nd of September 2025
This time next month, we'll be in Edinburgh preparing to celebrate the very best of the cleaning and hygiene industry at the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards.
There's still time to book your place at Europe's night of the year for the cleaning sector as we celebrate all our finalists and reveal this year's winners. It's a great night of
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