Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 27th June 2013 Issue no. 580
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Products 16 finalists nominated for the CMS Purus Awards
How good housekeeping can add a little spice to your life!
These are the subtle fragrances available in some of the Greyland range of ready-to-use trigger spray housekeeping products. Greyland Furniture Polish (yes it does what it says on the label) is a good quality everyday polish for most hard surfaces that leaves a gleam in the eye, as well as on the furniture. Plumbing theft throwing a wrench in the works of businesses According to a recent report, fast food restaurants, churches, warehouses, and other types of businesses are reporting more and more thefts of plumbing parts from their washrooms. RJN Chemicals launches myth busting campaign for the UK market
Hill-Rom launches new hospital hand hygiene monitoring solution
Street cleaning machines in India 'not fit for purpose' The Times of India is carrying a story about cleaning equipment being 'left to rot' in Varanasi, India, but unlike the proverbial UK cleaning cupboard in which unused equipment is often found to reside, this equipment isn't a cheap and ineffective chemical or difficult-to-use small machine, but two expensive street cleaning machines that don't appear to be fit for purpose, which were purchased two and a half years ago. Study: Hospital laundering practices may expose patients to infection-causing bacteria
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 148 countries worldwide! Some 15-odd years ago I got sucked into the American dream… no not the American dream you’re thinking of, but that very American idea of Network Marketing and the dream that it will reward recruits with enormous wealth (and, in this case, excellent health). Well the various tablets didn’t cure my father’s cancer, give me boundless energy or improve the strength of my family’s nails and the shampoo and conditioner left our hair in knots – and when you consider it’s 21.30 and I’m still hard at work, it’s clear that I didn’t end up enormously wealthy either, so all-in-all I reckon I was sold a bit of a bum steer (am I allowed to say that? Oh well...). The only thing I can say I took away with me was the resolve never to do it again and the mantra that we are more likely to buy from people that we know, like and trust - which had been drummed into me from the beginning to encourage me to sell to my family, friends and neighbours. Sadly I’m not in the type of business that will allow me to buy a flexible flow wrapping machine (the type that wraps toilet rolls, for example) but if I were, I know where I’d go for one! I’ve just had the pleasure of dealing with Andrea Stolzer and Beth Hrubesky of the Wisconsin, US-based Paper Converting Machine Company, and their prompt and cheerful turnaround of my request for some words and an image in a format I could easily use, left me with a smile on my face and the thought that if the rest of the staff are as friendly and efficient as they are, the products must be exceptional. Although I don’t know them that well, I like and trust them already and they reminded me that however good the product may be, without the right people on board there will always be something missing and customers may find somewhere else to spend their money…
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    This Week's News
Special deals available on travel and accommodation for CMS 2013
10th anniversary of Recycle Week shows just how far we've come
Cleantec Innovation raises the flag for Thanet
PCMC's flexible flow wrapper: success!
Maximise your exposure - enter by July 15th!
And if you're exhibiting at ISSA/Interclean North America 2013, your entry will be featured on the trade show floor and in an ISSA-TV Live Stream interview. AHCP welcomes new National Chair
IFMA and BGFMA announce partnership through IFMA Alliance The International Facility Management Association has formed an IFMA Alliance partnership with the Bulgarian Facility Management Association. Quadralene triumphs in Medilink East Midlands Business Awards
A Northamptonshire chocolate maker has been fined after an employee's finger was severed in an inadequately guarded machine he was cleaning. Jangro/Macmillan on the road to raise £100,000
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