59-year-old man survives plunge into icy river after truck slides over an embankment

Moe Lachapelle gets a hug from his wife Cindy while resting Thursday at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre ... from his home in Englehart, Ont., to his job with an industrial cleaning company in Terrace Bay, Ont [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 23:13:00

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Restoration Workforce Conference Planned for Oct. 2 in Butte

The idea is that jobs are created by cleaning up the messes left by Montana's extractive industries, but this "restoration economy" -- championed by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and former Congressman Pat Williams of the think tank Western Progress -- needs a workforce. An Oct. 2 Governor's workshop at Montana Tech in Butte [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 21:35:12

How to price house cleaning services

Ask FSB’s experts demystify the math of pricing services in the booming home and office cleaning industry. Joe Vitale, New York City I currently own a carpet-cleaning business that is about six years old. I am thinking of expanding into home and office cleaning, but have no idea on how to bid the jobs [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 13:04:50

Start the year clean: Engage the kids, repurpose old items

There’s something about the new year that brings on a cleaning frenzy in my life ... training with our kids will pay many dividends in getting the cleaning job done … together. Marlo ... this? I spoke with Amy Olson, spokesperson for THE MAIDS Home Services, to find some industry tips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:04:09

Understanding Ergonomics and How it Affects Your Cleaning Business

Ergonomics has been a “buzzword” throughout many office buildings these days, ... were fifth most likely to be injured on the job. In the janitorial industry, many of the injuries ... forcing the worker to fit the equipment. The objective of using ergonomic products is to reduce stress [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 03:57:47

Work At Home Industry

Work At Home Industry There’s hardly anything more comfortable and satisfying than work-at-home jobs ... your car-parking and dry cleaning bills. So, are you all set to become a part of the growing work-at-home ... deserve mention. brandEXPANSION is the leading full-service franchise opportunity company [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 06:32:16

Clean and Green

James Stevenson, Pinellas County Extension Educator, Urban SustainabilityOK, cleaning the home is not really everyone’s favorite job, ... cleaners contain substances that can lead to a potentially harmful indoor environment.According ... that the air in industrial cities, perhaps it is time to consider protecting our indoor environment [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:00:00

Solar Firms Are Slashing Jobs

We’ve all read the ugly news: some 500,000 jobs lost in December, and layoffs happening all over the tech industry ... construction is on hold until at least the second half of 2009, while the company looks for more funding ... to meet the state mandated goal of clean power as early as 2010. OptiSolar spokesperson Alan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:00:45

Work At Home Industry

There’s hardly anything more comfortable and satisfying than work-at-home jobs. Wondering what makes “work from home” franchising concepts rock? ... , but also get to cut down your car-parking and dry cleaning bills. So, are you all set to become ... franchise opportunity company. We maintain four websites—brandEXPANSION.com, FirstPrizeFranchise.com [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 00:45:37

Work At Home Industry

There’s hardly anything more comfortable and satisfying than work-at-home jobs. Wondering what makes “work from home” franchising concepts rock? ... , but also get to cut down your car-parking and dry cleaning bills. So, are you all set to become ... franchise opportunity company. We maintain four websites—brandEXPANSION.com, FirstPrizeFranchise.com [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 00:21:11

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