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Smarter facilities management
11th of May 2018Smart buildings, Internet of Things – both now familiar phrases to most of us. Their potential impact on how building services such as cleaning are delivered is still uncertain. What’s not in dispute however, is that the implications for facilities management will be far-reaching, and now global technology corporation Microsoft is
Equality: the time to act is now
29th of March 2018Britain is celebrating 100 years since women first won the right to vote in parliamentary elections. The milestone moment may not have marked the end of their struggle for a voice in state affairs but it did prove pivotal in paving the way for the eventual inclusion of women across all spheres of political life, writes Hartley Milner.
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Disruptive business models
28th of March 2018Housekeep is an online platform which is currently disrupting the home cleaning service market in London. ECJ editor Michelle Marshall speaks to its founder and ceo Avin Rabheru about his business model, and his plans to enter the commercial cleaning market this year.
Founded three-and-a-half years ago Housekeep is a platform that takes the
Skilful recruitment
27th of March 2018Lorraine Thomas, managing director of Metzger Search & Selection talks about how companies attract and retain the best talent in the market.
Contract cleaning is a vibrant industry with a wide variety of businesses, from owner–managed SMEs to multinational corporate companies. The low start-up costs make the industry extremely dynamic
The green gauge - sustainability
26th of March 2018Most organisations today claim to be sustainable. So how do the sustainability trailblazers set themselves apart from the rest? ECJ finds out what aspects of companies’ sustainability policies make them particularly proud.
A sustainable outlook on the part of any organisation used to be the exception rather than the rule. Those companies
Contract cleaning data for Europe
21st of March 2018The European Federation of Cleaning Industries (EFCI) – the umbrella organisation representing the contract cleaning sector across Europe – has published its latest survey on the cleaning industry in Europe.
Data for the European Federation of Cleaning Industries (EFCI) survey is gathered from its member associations on the basis of a