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Seizing new opportunities
22nd of December 2022
Anna Garbagna in Italy on a new national plan for the industry’s recovery being spearheaded by ANIP.
“PNRR e Servizi Industriali, imprese e opportunità” (PNRR and Industrial Services, companies and opportunities). That was the title of the webinar organised in Rome by national cleaning company association
An everyday cleaning case study
21st of December 2022
Katja Scholz in Germany brings us a cleaning case study from her recent visit to an alpaca farm.
During an extended trip this summer, I came across an alpaca farm. It had rained very hard that day, so I sat with a coffee in the comfortable farm shop and looked out at the almost 60-strong herd of alpacas which had found their home here. The farm
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
Lack of enthusiasm for daytime cleaning
19th of December 2022
Christian Bouzols in France explains that some commercial clients are not a fan of daytime cleaning.
Marie-Laure Léau runs a cleaning company, Segid, in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, a town situated near Caen in Normandy. Its more than 300 industrial cleaners of both sexes would ideally like to work during normal daytime hours and not to
Running out of energy
16th of December 2022
The climate emergency has made us all aware of the need to conserve energy. So, what products and systems do manufacturers offer that cut down on energy usage, asks Ann Laffeaty?
Energy costs are soaring across Europe. Gas prices have surged by around 340 per cent in the space of a year alone, and European governments are scrambling to push
Generating your own energy
15th of December 2022
John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands reports on a meeting discussing climate and energy transition.
As a platform and knowledge institution for the professional cleaning sector, VSR organised an event on Climate and Energy Transition recently.
The urgency of the energy transition, which needs to take place on a massive scale, is finally dawning
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