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Spanish cleaning companies demand minimum rate in public contracts
11th of February 2016
The Professional Association of Cleaning Companies (ASPEL) in Spain has demanded that current legislation in the awarding of public contracts be modified to establish a minimum price for tenders. This, it says, will prevent illegal practices on the part of companies that are insufficiently prepared for service provision.
ASPEL commissioned a
Diversey Care achieves CE Marking for Intellibot machine
9th of February 2016
Sealed Air's Diversey Care division has achieved CE Marking for its TASKI Intellibot SWINGOBOT 1650 machine.
This robotic scrubber dryer is already working with customers in the UK, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Spain and Germany - where global facilities provider ISS has purchased three units for evaluation ahead of a possible worldwide
Diverse leadership leads to higher profits, says new study
5th of February 2016
Companies with the most diverse management teams have an operating profit margin of 12.6 percentage points more than the companies with the least diverse management teams. That's according to new research conducted by global facilities services provider ISS and consultancy firm proacteur based on data from PwC.
The study is based on data from
Registration opens for ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam 2016
22nd of January 2016
Registration for Europe's largest cleaning industry event ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam 2016, which takes place from May 10-13, has now opened. The show brings together 30,000 visitors from 130 countries, and 700 exhibitors.
This year's event will feature the InnovationLAB for the first time - this will showcases infrastructure products and software
The return of European Cleaning Days for 2016
12th of January 2016
EUnited Cleaning, the association of European cleaning machines manufacturers, has announced the return of European Cleaning Days (ECD) for 2016. The initiative aims to highlight the importance and the benefits of professional cleaning in areas like offices, hospitals, airports, train stations, etc.
Since the campaign was first launched eight
Watchful eyes and a clean smell could reduce hospital infections
4th of January 2016
A picture of a man's staring eyes and a clean, citrusy smell have been found to significantly boost hand hygiene in hospitals, according to a new study.
This discovery was made by a US-UK team who used insights from behavioural science in an attempt to improve hospital hand hygiene compliance.
The study was launched to address poor hand hygiene
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