Households hiring cleaners doubles in 4 years. More than 6 million UK households employing cleaners.Established and start-up cleaning companies in the UK are enjoying huge growth through increased consumer adoption of home cleaning services as a necessity rather than a luxury. Compared to 10 years ago, 1 million more households in the UK employ a [...]
Time is running out to apply for the CETA Education Scholarship. With today's high cost of education this is a great Benefit for CETA members! The deadline is April 30, 2016.The CETA Education Foundation proudly announces the availability of scholarship applications for the school year of 2016-2017. It is our intention to offer six (6), [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One CBO's lesson on how NOT to handle bad online reviews.Steve Yun, owner of two online referral services, West Coast Maids and California Maids, has been charged with seven counts of identity theft after he double charged customers who left negative online reviews. In the overcharging, he illegally obtained personal information on four of the [...]
CPSC forces recall of nearly 150,000 Dirt Devil Total Pet Cyclonic Upright units.The Consumer Products Safety Commission has required Dirt Devil, owned by Royal Applicance Manufacturing Company, to recall nearly 150,000 units of its Dirt Devil Total Pet Cyclonic Upright due to electrical hazard. The recall applies to three models: UD70210, UD70210CA, and UD70210RM. The manufacture [...]
SmallBusinessTrends.com lists 50 business ideas for those with no interest in or low access to traditional business technologies.In its 2016 list, SmallBizTrends.com lists cleaning businesses as the #1 low tech business idea: All you need to start your own cleaning business is a stockpile of cleaning supplies and access to clients, which you can [...]
Celebrate Earth Day 2016 with a free management training seminar at Consolidated Chemical Works. Chicago, IL – Consolidated Chemical Works (CCW), will host a half day of training for all those interested at its headquarters in downtown Chicago. “Training is integral to the success of any cleaning program” said Anthony Trombetta, Director of Sales & [...]
Report workplace injuries faster and more accurately using OSHA's new reporting webpage.To help employers comply with new requirements to report severe worker injuries, OSHA has created a streamlined reporting webpage and now offers the option of reporting incidents online. The expanded requirements took effect in January 2015. Report any worker death within 8 hours Report [...]
