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Sales of cleaning robots up in professional and domestic markets
1st of November 2023
Sales of robots for professional cleaning applications grew by eight per cent in 2022, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
This equated to almost 6,900 units being sold, with most of them dedicated to floor cleaning. And almost 4.9 million household cleaning and vacuuming robots were sold in the domestic market during the same
EU social partners to host Brussels event with public procurement focus
30th of October 2023
Social partner organisations in commercial cleaning, private security and contract catering services are inviting industry stakeholders to an event on November 14 in Brussels seeking to tackle the issues around EU provisions regulating public procurement.
Entitled 'Improving EU Public Procurement: A Vision from the Industrial Cleaning, Private
Kimberly-Clark Professional launches wind farm with Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
26th of October 2023
In Scotland, Kimberly-Clark has celebrated the opening of a wind farm that will supply around 80 per cent of its UK electrical power needs.
The farm is the largest wind asset owned by Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), a company managed by Octopus Energy Generation. Kimberly-Clark has a Power Purchase Agreement for the energy
BICSc reveals winners of 2023 awards
25th of October 2023
The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) recently announced the winners of its 2023 awards at its annual gala dinner.
Here are the winners:
Outstanding Corporate Member of the Year - Lynn Webster Consultants
Excellence in Training and Assessment (UK) - University of Huddersfield
Excellence in Training and Assessment (International) -
New antimicrobial coating could revolutionise cleaning methods
24th of October 2023
A surface coating said to provide long-lasting germ-free protection has been developed in Canada.
Made from a combination of ionic fluids and copper nanoparticles, the compound could be used on high-touch surfaces such as door knobs and hand rails, say its inventors.
Researchers from the University of Windsor in Ontario claim the germ-free
Dublin authorities need to be ‘more imaginative about public toilets’
23rd of October 2023
There are currently only 28 public toilets in operation in Dublin - but almost half of them are listed as 'closed' on the Dublin City Council website.
Councillors are now looking at ways of creating new facilities in a different social climate.
"In the 1970s we had 40 public toilets within the core city centre, but many of these have now closed
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