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Free travel for Interclean attendees
ISSA/Interclean 2010 is offering visitors a free NS [Dutch Railways] return ticket between Amsterdam Schiphol and Amsterdam RAI during the trade show this year. Amsterdam RAI's aim is to stimulate the use of public transport. Discount travel is also available from other NS stations: an NS return ticket can be purchased for only €12.50 and is valid from any station in the Netherlands.
ISSA/Interclean 2010 will take place from Monday 26 to Thursday 29 April at the Amsterdam RAI.
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Cresswell rebranding
Cresswell Office Services Ltd, which this year celebrates its 15th year in the cleaning business, has relaunched its company branding.
Commencing with a totally new corporate logo, Cresswell has also redesigned its website - www.cresswellservices.co.uk - to include information on services and regular news updates. With a new look for its company stationery, the new branding will appear on its vans and run throughout all its sales and marketing communications going forward.
The company, which...
WFBSC announces change of secretariat
The World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) has moved its headquarters from the USA to the Cleaning and Support Services Association in London.
Bob King, president of the WFBSC, said: “I am delighted that the CSSA and Andrew Large, its chief executive, has assumed the position of executive vice president of the WFBSC. I look forward to working with him to promote professional cleaning across the globe in 2010 and beyond. I would also like to pay tribute to the retiring...
SCA makes the Global 100 Sustainability List…again
Tork manufacturer SCA is once again the only tissue company to feature in the latest Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list. This is the sixth year running that the company has been recognised as one of the world’s most sustainable companies by Canadian Corporate Knights. The list comprises companies from 24 countries that have been evaluated on how effectively they deal with various environmental and social issues.
“Sustainability is integral to everything we do, and we are delighted...
Survey reveals anger over tax system among small firms
Small firms believe Britain’s tax system is deeply unfair and urgently needs to be simplified, new research has revealed. A poll carried out by the Forum of Private Business (FPB) found that more than two thirds of SME owners believe the tax burden placed on them is unfair - and over half think the tax system favours big companies.
The research was compiled by canvassing SME owners through the FPB’s Tax and Budget Member Panel which serves as a dedicated, subject- specific opinion-taker. An...
Scottish doctors under fire for poor hand hygiene
Doctors in Scotland were criticised recently for putting their patients at risk by not washing their hands enough on hospital wards. They failed to meet the hand hygiene target of 90% compliance set by the Scottish government.
The latest figures show the compliance rate for hand hygiene in hospitals had increased to 94% among all workers, but there were large discrepancies between different staff groups, with doctors singled out as the worst offenders.
Andrew Large, chief executive of the...
BCA Cleanability Awards
