Innovative cleaning business charges by number of guestsTwo young entrepreneurs in New Zealand may be very late to the party, but their new cleaning business is off to a fast start. Rebecca Foley and Catherine Ashurst of Auckland, New Zealand have launched Morning-After Maids with a unique clientele: hungover party hosts. Their services include not only [...]
Ollie micro-apartments target renters with “all-inclusive living experience”Monadnock Development has broken new ground with “micro-apartments,” some of which are about half the size of an average studio in Manhattan. New York City waived its 400-square-foot minimum requirement for Caramel Place, which has been designed in an attempt to address the shortage of urban housing. Among [...]
New 500,000 square foot facility to be state of the artToledo, Ohio — Betco Corporation will move its world headquarters and manufacturing facilities from Toledo to Bowling Green, Ohio. This move will occur mid- to late 2015 after the completion of additional manufacturing and warehousing space to the existing Bowling Green building. Once completed, the total [...]
Boston man bounces back from recession setbacks to earn engineering degreeAfter eight years of "classes all day and cleaning all night," Michael Vaudreuil will be graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. Read more and watch the video from CBS News.
President and CEO of American Cleaning Instituted announces decision to step down no later than Feb. 2018Long-time President and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute, Ernie Rosenberg, has announced plans to step down no later than February 2018. The ACI Board has begun work on plans to choose a successor. Read more on cleaninginstitute.org
European on-demand cleaning companies continue to consolidate The Building Skills Partnership (BSP) has developed a curriculum with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Los Angeles chapter (USGBC-LA) Finland's Freska announced that it has acquired the Norwegian company Wipe as the on-demand home cleaning industry continues to consolidate. Read more on TechCrunch.
Green Janitor Education Program calls on service workers to help reduce greenhouse emissions.The Building Skills Partnership (BSP) has developed a curriculum with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Los Angeles chapter (USGBC-LA) "to increase maintenance and cleaning staff’s understanding of eco-friendly practices, with a particular focus on energy efficiency." Read more on nextcity.org.
Road to success for tech startup allegedly littered with greed, deception, racism In a scathing commentary about the tech startup, Handy, writer Josh Raab recounts how the meteoric rise of the home services giant may have taken shortcuts, not just on the law, but with ethics. Read more on LinkedIn.
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Artist disappointed when portraits of beggars and street children are scrubbed from outdoor display.City officials of Reims, France, had to apologize to commissioned graffiti artist Christian Guemy after failing to notify the city cleaning department not to remove any of his four installments, which appeared to be common graffiti, normally scrubbed from buildings. Lesson for [...]
