Deadline June 1 to update safety training, labeling, and chemical handling protocols to comply with GHS.2016 is the year when employers - cleaning business owners (CBOs) - come into their portion of the new international system for classifying, labeling, and handling chemicals at the office and at each job site. The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) [...]
What you don't know about business insurance for the cleaning industry could save you a lot of time and money. In the insurance industry, cleaning businesses are a very popular risk to insure. Sadly not many insurance agents know how to properly assess this industry. Many business owners find the questions they get from [...]
In the residential cleaning industry, it is difficult for many business owners to anticipate payroll 12 months ahead of time. Workers’ Compensation Insurance is required by law for businesses in most states. It provides employees with coverage for some lost wages and medical costs that accrue from injuries occurring on the job. Employers benefit from [...]
Major change requires checking progress and making adjustments as needed. In Part 1 of our series, we analyzed the profitability challenge my business was facing at the start of 2014. In Part 2, we looked at the structural and cultural changes implemented during my enrollment in the Foundations of Success program, working with my [...]
Making your purchasing decisions based on all three of the main considerations – price, availability, and user acceptance – will make your next product transition easier on everyone involved.Purchasing decisions can seem overwhelming. Not only are you trying to decide what to purchase and the price that you are willing to pay, there is the [...]
When you are in the market for a new floor machine—or any other type of cleaning equipment—stop the rote buying and check out alternative systems.There are literally billions of square feet of hard surface flooring in North America and much of it does need to be maintained in traditional ways: stripping, finishing, and buffing. However, [...]
Critical to enhancing the life span and minimizing down time when using an automatic scrubber is simply having a basic knowledge of the machine's operating system.
Coverall franchise owner Alex Trukhin builds his business with all deaf employees – using email, video phone, texting and sign language.For 12 years, Alex Trukhin has been operating his commercial cleaning company Tru-Globe, LLC with a unique challenge. He and his employees are all deaf. The Coverall franchisee uses email, video phone, sign language and texting [...]
How building service contractors reduce supply costs for themselves and their clients. Some building services contractors may not be aware of the many ways in which large contract cleaning companies reduce supply costs—not only for themselves, but for their clients as well. And they may also not be aware of the fact that many of [...]
Need a procedure for handling a computer hack or other malfunction? Here’s a free one for you!As I was trying to post to Facebook an announcement about Derek Christian’s webinar on sales last month, I got logged out unexpectedly. When I hit the POST button, all of a sudden I was on the Facebook login [...]
