City Council meeting Tuesday

Because of Labor Day, the next Council meeting is on a Tuesday ... 4166) (Attachment #3 - 4 pages) (PR# 5368) 4. Extension of Janitorial Service Contract for Fleet ... Maintenance Janitorial Services Contract with Jan Pro Cleaning Systems of Raleigh, North Carolina [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 03:26:00

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Facilities mgnt & office services - Cleaning services - Accommodation cleaning services

Five year cleaning services contract (extendable to 10) ... , door furniture, chewing gum and graffiti removal Southern England BOBEX COMMENT, 09/07/2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 15:43:30

A Close Call

We had a brief scare on Saturday morning. The house's heating plant went on the blink ... and check the thing out, give it a good cleaning, and sweep the chimney. They sold us an annual maintenance contract that includes a total cleaning and servicing once a year in June, and free emergency [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 07:30:00

Update: Judge won't halt cancelling of TriState contracts

PROVIDENCE -- A judge this afternoon denied a temporary restraining order sought by a cleaning company that wanted to stop the Carcieri ... Enterprises, had state contracts covered cleaning and janitorial services at a dozen buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 19:36:30

Facilities / Maintenance Manager

Our client a leading blue chip company currently require a Faciliites Manager to cover a 10 month contract Resp Include; ... of environmental condition, utilities, cleaning on a 24/7/365 basis. HR management of a staff ... workforce of 25. Responsible for provision of contracted security service on a 24/7/365 basis (contract [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:54:49

Sunday Window Cleaning News

Another website that wants to drive down prices is EGenie from the UK ... for window cleaning jobs or gutter cleaning are not that hot, but I can see the site becoming ... more are given to private firms for additional service contracts such as window cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 18:23:00

How do I get Paint to stick to concrete?

Paint Wont Stick? This week, a curious customer from Houston, Texas contacted us with questions about striping in a parking garage ... and will be able to include this service in his contract. In most cases, striping on a smooth concrete surface ... maintenance staff, or a janitorial service, occasionally cleans the striping with some hot water [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 21:59:27

Cold Calling for Lead Generation

If your company sells to other companies then you will need to occasionally do some cold calling ... for exactly what you were selling; how cool is that? Well in my many years setting up franchises ... a matter then of sending our service units to start the account. We sold most contract cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 19:55:20

TriState tries to stop cleaning-contract terminations

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- A cleaning company, ... and janitorial services at a dozen buildings on the University of Rhode Island campus; the Providence ... to the public interest'' as a justification for the mid-contract terminations. In the motion he filed [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 19:12:57

HOUSE KEEPING & SECURITY SERVICES IN CHENNAI

EXCELLENT SERVICES (INTEGRATED FACILITY MANAGEMENTS) ... * CANTEEN CONTRACT BASIS * MATERIAL HANDLING-LOADING/ UNLOADING * DRIVERS * PACKAGING ... FLOORSMACULATION CLEANING AND REMOVING HARMFUL MICROORGANISMCLEANING OF DUST AND MOPPING THE ENTIRE [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:07:47

I Got the Golden Ticket

One of the drawbacks to all of the cost cutting going on at work is that we're slowly reducing or losing our custodial services. The first step was to outsource our cleaning crew from a bank of actual employees to contractors hired by an outside company. Now the number of contract employees that actually do the cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:45:00

iRobot Roomba 415 Robotic Vacuum – 2 Pack - $149.99

Well, we think our involvement over these last five-plus years has been beneficial to all parties concerned ... filthy by you and your janitorial liars! With its Active Dirt Response and edge-cleaning side brush ... ”. But if the Board declines to renew our company’s contract for custodial services at the Ira [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:00:58

Sheriff Joe Arpaio no longer in crosshairs of Mesa Mayor

Third violation of employer sanctions as City of Mesa contracts for services with illegal workers Rethinking his earlier stance regarding Sheriff Joe ... , looking for contract janitorial workers. Authorities had received a tip that employees were illegal aliens involved in fraud and identity theft. The hiring firm, Management Cleaning Controls [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 22:50:39

Jett Travolta: It is time for the authorities to take Scientology’s quackery seriously

Jett Travolta (Picture: AP) ... condition known as Kawasaki syndrome, contracted from “carpet-cleaning chemicals”. According ... that it might be time for Child Protective Services to look into John Travolta and wife Kelly’s negligence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 16:13:28

The Pros and Cons of using lawn care contracts.

There are upsides and downsides to using lawn care contracts as we will see in this discussion ... cleaning, gutters, mulch, etc. I want to continue to offer all services. Any suggestions would ... would pay a lower amount per month for more services across a 12 month period. Is this a good idea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:08:23

Will Junior Hockey Team Skate Right In?

A group of organizers are considering the Janesville Ice Arena for the home of a Junior A hockey team ... about $500.-- contract for security services and staff - no volunteers-according to any police or school ... be responsible for finding an alternative site.-- The user would pay for the cost of cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:08:00

Illegal aliens working at county courthouse?

A company hired to provide janitorial services to the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown was the target of a raid by immigration officials ... annual contract with ABM to clean the county building. What gives? Read more about this case [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 15:24:50

Why Service Workers Are On Strike at University of California Campuses and Medical Centers

California State Senator Leland Yee joined hundreds of University of California workers picketing outside the ... yesterday. They have been negotiating for almost a year for a fair contract, but have remained ... . These workers do everything from cleaning and disinfecting hospitals and dorm rooms, to providing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 12:01:35

What freebies work to get lawn care contracts signed?

When you are trying to get a new potential lawn care client to sign up with an annual lawn care contract, ... and overseeding in the fall. Or a free gutter cleaning. Or maybe even a restaurant gift certificate ... free, Apr - cut one week free….. That would equal a month of free of lawn care service but it would [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 15:14:59

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... on Americans to help the needed, to contribute to their communities and to take part in public service ... Summers to head his Economic Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:23:08

Indonesian maid tortured by Saudi employer.

RIYADH - An Indonesian maid was repeatedly burned with an iron by her Saudi employer who also poured household cleaning agents on her wounds, a US rights group charged on Monday. In an open ... , and provide financial compensation and appropriate support services to the victim," the letter said. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:50:16

Daily Dose: 9/16/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Natalie Coughlin Headlines the 11th Filipinas Magazine Achievement Awards » $54 Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Korean Dry Cleaner Enters Second Round » YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen to Discuss YouTube Era Politics » Bay Area Judges and Groups Ask Governor to Sign Legislation for Civil Court Interpreters » San [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 01:21:56

No Dora, SpongeBob or Jon Stewart? AT&T U-verse has ‘em

has threatened to pull Comedy Central, MTV and 17 other channels on Thursday. So, what is Viacom really asking for? It wants more money from Time Warner — approximately 23 cents more per subscriber each month.  Multiply that with Time Warner’s 13 million subscribers (not all are affected) and the total comes out to an extra $35.9 million a year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 22:28:38

Economist Versus Idiot: Bastard In A Basket

The World Last Week -Bill Richardson won't be America's next commerce secretary--he's under investigation for possibly giving one of his donors a state contract. -That wasn't the only stumble for Barack Obama's relatively smooth selection process, as Joe Biden called the secretive nature of the nomination of Leon Panetta ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:54:33

AMERICA’S DEAD AND “MISSING” ADOPTED CHILDREN

AMERICA’S DEAD AND MISSING ADOPTED CHILDREN By Lawdoll   Children in America are dying after they have been removed from their “allegedly” abusive ... Services removes these children for minor infractions, such as dirty dishes in the sink, loosing 10 ... to be a never ending circle of death when Child Protective Services is involved.  Either they fail [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:58:25

Toronto Janitors Organize for Rights, Respect and Justice

(By John Riddell from The Bullet) As darkness falls in Toronto and tens of thousands of office workers pour out of the downtown skyscrapers, ... the office towers and readies them for the next day’s activity. These buildings house Canada’s richest ... for Janitors” campaign of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 in Toronto. “In my [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:20:36

Stimulus Bill: $825 Billion

Wanna bet the final legislation tops $1 trillion, after more tax cuts are added to placate enough Republicans so that Obama can get 80 senators to support it, as he wants? Working closely with President-elect Barack Obama, House Democrats on Thursday called for $825 billion in federal spending and tax cuts to revive the moribund economy, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:20:51

Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US (AP)

Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US (AP) By admin | IRVINE, Calif. – Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn’t much taller than the counter and the soapy water swallowed her slender arms [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 19:36:07

Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин

Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00

First Draft Of Stimulus Package

SUMMARY: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT Action and Action Now! The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression. Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months the country has lost 2 million jobs and we are expected to lose another 3 to 5 million in the next year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:03:30

WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church - Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done

It happened in Church - October 19, 1962Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done Saturday Nov 25 (begins) Colonel Goldie Navy and the Irish Sergeant knocked on the door of the Colonel’s home. The wife opened. “Welcome Mrs. Colonel Ears. Sure, you look fine the early morning.” She was not amused, but this fellow would never be at her door if wasn’t huge [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 06:29:02

The Secret Deal For Iraq's Oil

Four months before the United States invaded Iraq, the Department of Defense was secretly working with Vice President Dick Cheney's old company, ... s financial troubles seemingly disappeared. At the urging of unnamed officials in the Office of the Vice ... to "assessing the condition of oil-related infrastructure; cleaning up oil spills or other [more...]

Date: 2008-08-16 12:00:00

Forecast for 2009

Introduction       There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57

Near Miss For French Quarter Cleanliness

If you're planning a trip to Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year, make sure to inhale the streets deeply ... Orleans Times-Picayune called a "Disney-like" cleaning service that clears debris from and pressure ... . Related Stories: · City Council Reaches Deal to Keep Enhanced Sanitation Services New Orleans Times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:00:49

The Continuing Chronicle of Katrina’s Tragic Aftermath

Sometimes you don’t know whether to cry or scream. There are many forms of corruption and waste in the government’s fulfillment of its functions, and most just make me furious. But the story of Katrina’s aftermath is one long chronicle of incompetence piled upon a degree of bureaucratic cluelessness that just boggles the mind [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 16:02:37

French caterer to run Military Training!

The Financial Times report that a French Company Sodexo are a likely to replace Land Trillium as an equity partner in the Metrix consortium ... and cleaning. Both Qinetiq and Sodexo declined to comment whether they were involved ... and res-ponsible for providing “soft” management services such as catering and cleaning. People close [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 09:18:06

Marc Rich! Again??

Matthews: Bush is Like the Cop Who Shoots an Unarmed ManBy David Neiwert - Crooks and LiarsDiscussing the Bush legacy Friday, Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball came up with a good metaphorMatthews: I found it interesting that the president, who admitted he was wrong about WMDs as a justification for war, called it a "disappointment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:23:00

The 25 Most Vicious Iraq War Profiteers

The Iraq war is many things to different people. It is called a strategic blunder and a monstrous injustice and sometimes even a patriotic mission, much to the chagrin of rational human beings. For many big companies, however, the war ... of the so-called “military-industrial complex.” Media pundits are outraged at private companies [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 23:02:29

The Multiplier Effect

Image via WikipediaThe story of the young architect who had just won a big contract explains the multiplier effect beautifully ... and, after a quick discussion with her husband, she decided to cancel the building contract ... there by a previous customer who had found it when he was cleaning out old boxes. The "depression [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 03:15:00

Your Frugal House: Five Ways to Save Money in the Living Room

This is the fourth in a five part series entitled ‘Your Frugal House: Five Ways to Save Money in the…’ ... in them, but you spend less time cleaning and less money furnishing. Look around you; what items ... t know how to sew? Try to barter services with somebody who does, or learn to do it yourself on the internet [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 10:00:05

Scorpions versus Cops

Rotten to the core. Notice how the SAPS brass has set about delaying/ interfering with the NPA's moves against its former boss Selebi ... detective services and former crime intelligence boss) and Johan de Beer (former head of detective services) are being subpoenaed. Other officers on the list range from those in the legal department [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:05:00

slavery. in the united states. today.

From the Associated Press. Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to USBy Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press WriterIRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn't much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:37:00

Rent-a-everything

Its funny how our busy lives lead to weird and funny businesses popping up. A prime example being the “rent-a-X” services in Japan, where “X” could be anything ... -a-relative services intrigues me and makes me want to try them out at least once. Mainly because normal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:04:27

Cloudy forecast

Bavo De Ridder has this interesting take on Cloud Computing: Cloud computing is cool, no doubt about that ... , free to take your non-money elsewhere if you aren’t happy. Commercial service providers typically ... acquired are quite valid. Still it all comes down to risk. Successful companies don’t avoid risk [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:08:27

The offbeat advantage negotiating with wedding photographers

I’ve got this theory about wedding photography and offbeat couples. See, wedding photographers aren’t just doing a service for you. You’re also doing a service for them by providing images for use in their portfolios. And, let’s be honest, which photos add more to a photographer’s body of work: [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:00:27

Drop the dead dogma - privatisation isn’t efficient or cheap!

Saturday, December 13, 2008 — charliemarks Two items from Tribune on health and education show that New Labour are far from burying the failed ... to outsource or privatise services and “throw precious money away to the private sector”. The call ... of those commissioning and delivering services, reveals that promised cost benefits have failed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 02:05:20

United Nations confidential reports released

Wikileaks Wikileaks has released 70 United Nations investigative reports classified “Strictly Confidential”. The reports expose matters from allegations of hundreds of European peace-keepers abusing refugee girls to generals in Peru using Swiss bank accounts to engage in multi-million dollar frauds against the UN [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:35:01

Creative Workplaces from Maispace Office Furiture

by Mary Bush Every day, our life is full of challenges ... are looking to find attractive alternatives to offer their employees such as day care, dry cleaning, game rooms, massage therapy and laundry services to keep them happy. Of course, perks are seductive [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:50:10

More United Nations Corruption

Already known as a pillar of corruption and mismanagement, the United Nations’ fraud-infested contract division is in trouble again for five new shady deals ... the monumental task of cleaning up the U.N.’s procurement department, exposed the latest wrongdoing this week [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 18:01:36

L.A.'s Solar Energy Fraud: Is this what President-elect Obama stands for?

The trail of responsibility for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's fraudulent solar energy proposal leads straight to President-elect Obama, ... and maintaining all rooftop solar energy panels on industrial, commercial and government buildings ... subsidies intended only for private companies. And those subsidies -- $2 billion worth -- are the key [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 22:03:07

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