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22nd of June 2021
The June/July edition of ECJ is now available to read online or via the app.
Highlights include:
• Hygiene in food preparation - the rise of the takeaway
• Business - moving towards a better work-life balance
• Smart tech - where is it being used most?
• EFCI news - fairer public procurement across Europe.
• European
A rollercoaster of a year
21st of June 2021
Dominic Ponniah is co-founder and ceo of Cleanology, a Top 50 UK cleaning company with offices in London and Manchester. Like the majority of cleaning businesses, the past year has been extremely challenging. Here, he speaks about the effect of the pandemic on the company.
It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for cleaning companies everywhere.
Belgian hospital cleaners fight to receive healthcare coronavirus bonus
11th of June 2021
Cleaning staff across five Belgian hospitals are protesting against a government decision to exclude them from a COVID-19 bonus scheme.
The federal government of Belgium recently announced that it would be granting hospital staff an "incentive bonus" of €985 for working throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
However, the bonuses are only being
Paris hotel cleaners claim landmark win after 22-month ‘battle for dignity’
10th of June 2021
Cleaning staff at a Parisian hotel have won a historic victory after an almost two-year battle to improve their working conditions and pay.
The deal signed between union representatives and staff at the Ibis Batignolles hotel will lead to monthly pay rises of between €250 and €500 per person while moving some staff members on to
Raising the bar on hygiene with dry steam vapour
9th of June 2021
When cleaning to achieve a sanitised, safe environment it is vitally important to understand the difference between disinfection and decontamination. Thomas Stücken at OspreyDeepclean explains how dry steam vapour technology can play a valuable role in creating a safe and clean environment – free from infection risk.
As the effects of
How do we make home working secure?
8th of June 2021
The Covid vaccines rollout gives us hope for a strong global economic recovery following the pandemic … but will do nothing to rid the world of another toxic menace that has fed on people’s fears over the past year, writes Hartley Milner.
Fraudsters will have rubbed their hands with greedy anticipation when the world locked down early
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