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Many looming challenges for the EU
22nd of March 2016
Will the European Union survive 2016? It’s a fair question considering the battering the region has taken from a perfect storm of crises in recent years and with fresh challenges looming over an increasingly darkening horizon. Hartley Milner goes in search of some answers.
Whether the EU collapses this year or not will be of no consequence
Vocational training brings skilled workers to Indian sector
17th of March 2016
In 2013 a formal programme for the training of cleaners was established in Delhi, India. The scheme, called Cleaning Sector Skills for Indian Facility Management (CSSIFM), was launched with the support of two Indian vocational training providers - Don Bosco Tech
and GMR Varalakshami Foundation (GMRVF).
The programme is a public-private partnership
ISS UK revamps UK training with BIFM-approved programme
16th of March 2016
In the UK, global facilities service provider ISS has revolutionised its training with the introduction of ‘I can at ISS’, an integrated programme that can be used by all its employees at every stage of their career with the company. The programme is endorsed by the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM).
The five stage
ECJ launches European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards
15th of February 2016
ECJ is launching the first pan-European awards programme for the professional cleaning sector. The European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2016 will celebrate excellence across all parts of the sector, with the inaugural awards ceremony taking place in Barcelona on September 29 of this year.
The professional cleaning sector employs millions of
UK Cleaning & Support Services Association relaunches
12th of February 2016
The UK contract cleaning organisation CSSA (the Cleaning & Support Services Association) has officially relaunched after a two-year hiatus.
The organisation was part of a merger with fellow organisations Asset Skills and the Facilities Management Association (FMA) in 2013 - when the Building Futures Group (BFG) was formed. However CSSA
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
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