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AI - should cleaners be worried?
31st of July 2024
John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands considers the implications of AI for the cleaning sector.
AI has become the talk of the town nowadays. In the cleaning industry too, many applications are currently being developed to automate certain activities. Do cleaners have to fear for their jobs and livelihoods? At VSR, we don’t think so.
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“We must speak with a united voice about the value of cleaning”
30th of July 2024
ECJ editor Michelle Marshall speaks to Jim Melvin, group chief executive officer at The Exclusive Services Group in the UK, about his career in the industry spanning decades. Melvin is also past chairman of the British Cleaning Council (BCC) and past master of the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners. And he was Leader of the Year in
Germans complain about poor hygiene in public washrooms, says study
2nd of July 2024
Over sixty-eight per cent of washroom users in Germany are 'repeatedly disgusted' by what they find there. And 27.1 per cent only use a public washroom in an emergency. That's according to The Hagleitner Toilet Report, based on a survey commissioned by hygiene systems specialist Hagleitner.
Other key findings include:45.6 per cent of respondents
ISS works with Microsoft to reimagine AI-powered flexible work
26th of June 2024
Global facilities services business ISS is joining forces with Microsoft to reimagine flexible work powered by AI solutions. By combining the data and insights from Microsoft Places, Microsoft's connected workplace app, with the ISS Workplace App and ISS's operational capabilities delivered through its 350,000 employees worldwide, ISS will boost
Finalists announced for BICSc awards
25th of June 2024
The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) has announced the finalists for its 2024 awards after seeing a 50 per cent increase in the number of entries compared to last year.
Winners will be announced on September 26 at The Belfry Hotel and Resort.
The finalists are:
• Innovation Award - Berkely Services UAE, Bidvest Noonan and
Irish minister signs order to increase contract cleaning sector pay
11th of June 2024
The Irish minister for business, employment and retail - Emer Higgins - has approved an Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the contract cleaning sector, which provides for an increase in the minimum wage.
From June 1 all workers in the industry aged 18 or over are entitled to a minimum rate of pay of €13.30 per hour, up from
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