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Food prep hygiene takeaways
5th of August 2021Many restaurants have had to morph into off-site diners during the pandemic, while “ghost” kitchens have sprung up everywhere. What are the cleaning and hygiene challenges faced by food takeaway and delivery businesses, asks Ann Laffeaty? And how has Covid-19 impacted on those challenges?
The restaurant industry has suffered hugely
Where is tech taking off?
4th of August 2021In what types of environments are high-tech cleaning systems that involve elements such as software, sensors, automation, remote tracking and robots proving their worth, asks Ann Laffeaty? And why is this the case?
Cleaning has traditionally tended to be a fairly manual process until recently. True, there is a whole host of equipment and
One step further towards quality-based procurement
3rd of August 2021Public procurement is one of the key areas of activities for EFCI and the organisation feels there is a real need for public authorities to better promote efficient, fair and transparent competition. So it has developed a set of specific recommendations.
Public procurement is one of the focuses of advocacy work for the EFCI. Indeed, our sector
Dispensing evolution
22nd of July 2021How are chemical dispensing systems evolving in today’s high-tech world? Are they providing more detailed information about chemical usage, refill cycles, usage patterns and cleaning routines etc? And is this what today’s customers want – or do they simply want a safe and sustainable solution that works? Dispensing systems
Raising the bar on hygiene with dry steam vapour
9th of June 2021When 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 2021The 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