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Business enters the space race
13th of June 2025
Mega-rich entrepreneurs are seizing lucrative opportunities to boldly go where only government agencies with hefty budgets have gone before … and beyond. Hartley Milner explores the burgeoning commercial space industry, its trailblazers, triumphs and troughs.
As dawn breaks over California’s Mojave airport, White Knight, a
Solar panel cleaning niche
11th of June 2025
ECJ’s Christian Bouzols on a new cleaning sector that’s booming in France - solar panels.
The solar panel cleaning sector is booming, fuelled by the increase in photovoltaic installations in France. Thanks to some state subsidies (incentives, reduced VAT rate) and current regulations, this niche market is attracting more and more
i-Team Global’s i-walk wins Product of the Year at ISSA Pulire
10th of June 2025
The i-walk from i-Team Global was named the Product of the Year at the recent ISSA Pulire cleaning exhibition in Milan, Italy.
The cobotic floor cleaning machine stood out for its compact and functional design, ease of use and focus on sustainability - said the jury - offering a tangible contribution to the smart transformation of cleaning
The cleanable washroom
9th of June 2025
What can be done to ease the task of washroom cleaning? ECJ considers how toilets may be configured and equipped to make them more ‘cleanable’ and finds out about the latest products and systems designed to facilitate the job of sanitising the smallest room.
Hygiene and cleanliness are of paramount importance in the away-from-home
Daytime cleaning study published
6th of June 2025
As Katja Scholz in Germany reports, the topic of daytime cleaning is being widely discussed.
Daytime cleaning is a topic which crops up increasingly in questionnaires, discussions and studies relating to the contract cleaning sector – and rightly so, as there are numerous advantages as well as reservations to consider and it is certainly an
BICSc Awards finalists announced
5th of June 2025
The finalists for this year's British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) Awards have been revealed after a record number of entries.
Innovation Award
• Whitespot Facilities Management
• Berkeley Services UAE
• Total Clean Services
• Not Just Cleaning
Environmental Award
• Deeland Ltd t/a Service Master
• Julius
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