This program provides all the tools and skills that a building service contractor (BSC) or facility manager needs to implement or enhance a custodial training program. The course is a hands-on, interactive workshop that provides leadership, technical, and building service operation skills. Registration includes materials, expert instruction, and certification testing that meets the training requirements of ISSA’s Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS).
Sheri-Anne Woolley gains great new worker and helps get her back on her feet.ARCSI member and Foundations of Success graduate Sheri-Anne Woolley, owner of Mona Home and Office Cleaning just outside of Toronto, Canada, is being hailed as a hero for her role in helping to re-employ workers who lost jobs after Goodwill Toronto filed [...]
Purdue University Extension educators receive ACI Clean and Healthy Families & Communities Award; honor recognizes outreach efforts that raise awareness of safe, effective uses of cleaning productsWashington, DC – Two Purdue University Extension educators were honored by the American Cleaning Institute® (ACI) for helping consumers learn the science behind cleaning products. The Indiana-based educators, Mary Ann Lienhart Cross [...]
Study shows decrease in small business owner optimism, correlates with increased risk of recession.In its most recent Index of Small Business Optimism survey update, the National Federation of Independent Businesses revealed that the overall optimism of small business owners is low and falling as conditions for a recession begin to manifest. The two SBO perspectives [...]
"Weight of evidence" guidelines will determine the priority of data from complex scientific studies which must be disclosed on chemical product labels, including natural and homemade products.WASHINGTON - As part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's efforts to protect workers from the hazards of chemicals, the agency plans to issue new guidance on how to [...]
Seventh Generation champions CA bill AB 708 to require cleaning manufacturers to list ingredients.Natural products manufacturer Seventh Generation is leading the charge to add full ingredient disclosure on consumer-directed cleaning products to the law as AB 708 in California. Key takeaways from John Replogle, CEO of Seventh Generation, include: The typical progression for [health-conscious] shoppers [...]
Cleaning companies unique requirements for insurance coverage - harsh chemicals, transportation and storageBIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. -- Dry cleaners, laundromats and other cleaning businesses such as carpet cleaners have always had a hard time finding affordable liability insurance for their companies. These businesses have environmental concerns – they sometimes use harsh chemicals, have storage tanks, [...]
Cleaning company ordered to pay $425,000 in missing travel time and other time and wage violationsCapital Building Services Group, based in Illinois, provided the contract janitors for several department stores in Minneapolis, MN. The stores confirmed that the group won the contracts because they could provide the lowest labor costs. The class action lawsuit won [...]
Upselling to your current customers is easier, less expensive and more profitable than relying only on new customers to raise your revenue. Part 1 of 2. Pull out your annual marketing plan – if you have one. Take a look at the promotions you’ve slotted in for each month because, let’s face it, most [...]
Three key patents issued to antimicrobial companyTUCSON, Az -- Agienic Inc., an Arizona-based innovator in antimicrobial technology, announced today the issuance of three key U.S. patents on their novel copper-based antimicrobial materials. These materials provide unprecedented antimicrobial activity at low cost. These materials - safe for humans and the environment - are markedly more effective [...]
