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Workforce wellbeing
20th of December 2022
With the growing importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors, cleaning businesses are having to not only consider the impact they have on the environment, but also how they support the wellbeing of their staff and the communities they work within. Sally Ann Van Blerk, group sustainability director at Ecoserv Group, writes
Versatile online training raises standards worldwide, says BICSc
14th of December 2022
The professional cleaning sector is seeing a significant trend towards more versatile virtual training, which is driving improvements in standards worldwide. Neil Spencer-Cook, chief operating officer at training provider the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) tells us more.
The growth in digital courses, accelerated by the
The transformation of FM
12th of December 2022
At the heart of every workplace is the technology transforming the facilities management industry and powering its future. New and emerging innovations bring the promise of more efficient and environmentally sustainable organisations and more engaged, more productive workers. Markus Sontheimer, group chief information and digital officer at ISS in
Energy costs - Europe faces a difficult winter
21st of October 2022
Business owners know all too well about the impacts of soaring energy costs over the past year. But how much longer will those eye-watering bills continue to roll in? Hartley Milner looks at the background to this current situation and seeks some answers.
As a business owner, you need no telling about the impacts of soaring energy costs over the
Social equity - time for respect
13th of October 2022
"The pandemic demonstrated the lack of decency and respect the service industry has shown workers,” a journalist for a newspaper in the US wrote recently. It has become clear Covid-19 has disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable workers, many of them cleaners. Now there are calls to promote better social equity across the world. Doug
Professional detergents industry drives a sustainable agenda
4th of October 2022
A.I.S.E. is the umbrella organisation representing the European detergents and maintenance products industry. Its professional cleaning and hygiene sector manager Aisling O’Kane tells us how the sector has been a pioneer in driving sustainability.
For seven decades A.I.S.E. has guided and led the work of the European detergents industry.
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