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Hand hygiene - a change will do you good
28th of December 2015
Trudi Osborne, marketing and communications manager at hand dryer manufacturer Airdri, explains how people not washing their hands properly, or at all, requires a new approach if we are to improve hand hygiene.
It is widely accepted that unclean hands are a major source of infection but surveys regularly show that a significant number of people
New cleaning sector trade event for Denmark
24th of December 2015
ECJ correspondent in Scandinavia Lotte Printz reports from a new professional cleaning trade fair in Denmark - the first in the country since 2002.
There were no Usain Bolts on the list of contestants for the Danish championships in floor cleaning and window cleaning at the Cleaning Industry Fair held this October in Denmark. For sure, less
German cleaning sector reaches new labour agreement
23rd of December 2015
German correspondent Thomas Schulte-Marxloh reports on a new labour agreement in cleaning.
In the context of a new labour agreement for about 600,000 employees in the contract cleaning industry, employers reinforced their commitment to minimum wages. “We introduced minimum wages at a time when politicians were still discussing it. Now we
Hand washing - why so vital?
23rd of December 2015
Much work has been done in the promotion of good hand hygiene practice, and that work continues to be necessary. But why exactly is hand hygiene so vital? What are the bacteria to be found on the hands, are they all potentially dangerous, how long do they remain active and how are they passed on? And how do we select the right products to combat
Immigration - benefit or burden?
21st of December 2015
Not so long ago, immigration was welcomed as a godsend to Europe’s burgeoning economies. Since the recession times have changed and jobs are in short supply, yet we are now being asked to soak up a mass migration of people on an scale not seen since the Second World War. Benefit or burden? Hartley Milner considers the likely economic impact
SCA recognised in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
17th of November 2015
Tork manufacturer SCA has been included in this year’s Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, one of the most prestigious sustainability rankings in the world.
The company also appears in the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index and has been named industry leader in the Household Products sector.
“We are proud that SCA has been
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