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Are you ready for evolution?
1st of April 2022Cleaning operations are becoming more competitive, while labour shortages and cost pressures present operational and commercial challenges. So the requirement for companies to optimise efficiencies to deliver outstanding service by sourcing efficient cleaning machinery including scrubber dryers, is more important than ever.
Martin Troelsgaard,
Taking care of business, and yourself
31st of March 2022Much has been said about the traumatic impacts of the pandemic on small businesses. Not so widely reported is the personal toll it has taken on SME owners who have proved so crucial to keeping economies afloat during the crisis, writes Hartley Milner.
Every morning when Julie Pennington boots up her computer a message flashes briefly across the
Aiming for net zero
30th of March 2022An increasing number of companies are aiming to go “net zero”. But what does this actually involve, and how achievable is it? Ann Laffeaty asks companies about their net zero strategies and finds out how they intend to reach their targets.
THE TERM ‘NET ZERO’ is quickly replacing ‘Covid-19’ as the new
Healthcare cleaning priorities
29th of March 2022Hygiene, efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness - what should be the chief requirements of a healthcare cleaning system? Ann Laffeaty considers the main priorities of any healthcare cleaning regime and asks providers about the types of products and systems they offer that can successfully fulfill them.
CLEANING A HEALTHCARE FACILITY can
2022 - EFCI looks ahead to challenges and opportunities
14th of March 2022Juan Díez de los Rios, president of EFCI, looks ahead to the association’s activities for 2022, representing the contract cleaning sector at EU level.
Dear colleagues,
I am happy to address you in this first EFCI contribution to the ECJ in 2022, a year that we are convinced will still show the resilience and strength of our industry,
Sweeping into winter
2nd of February 2022Does the task of sweeping become more difficult in winter than at other times of the year? Ann Laffeaty finds out how far the sweeping challenge changes from season to season - and asks manufacturers how their machines are able to cope with the particular issues that each season represents.
Winter has now well and truly arrived in the northern