Start-up Costs For Maid And Janitorial Services

While most cleaning service owners in the industry admit to using personal finances and savings to capitalize on their cleaning business, some choose to take out loans. Especially for bigger or expanding cleaning businesses, it is sometimes essential to borrow money from various financing firms to buy equipment, rent larger spaces [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 03:51:04

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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

The Molly Maid Difference – What Sets Them Apart From Other Service Franchises?

If you have been watching the franchising industry closely for some time now, ... categories – residential cleaning (maid) and commercial cleaning (janitorial) services. Among these two ... , it is the sister organization of other top franchises like Mr. Handyman and DUCTZ Air Duct Cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 08:26:57

Starting Up A Cleaning Service - The Three Basic Types

Setting up a cleaning business is like any other endeavor – one of the first things you need to do is to choose which specific area you could start ... prudent of all three is residential cleaning. The skills and equipment involved in this area ... that it has created an individual niche in the cleaning industry. Also, there are special equipment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 03:56:49

Duct Cleaning Pros Cons

In this post I will try to give an unbiased view regarding the pros and cons of duct cleaning ... with just one furnace. No Haggling Over Prices - Unlike other domestic services, duct cleaning should be easy ... . Having been involved in the duct cleaning industry for so many years it might be a little [more...]

Date: 2008-04-18 23:31:01

Clean Harbors: Buying Trash Stocks

Clean Harbors Inc. (CLHB) is the largest hazardous waste management in North America. The company provides services that include transportation and disposal, industrial cleaning and maintenance, chemical packaging and emergency response to more than 45,000 customers in 36 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 12:21:52

What is the most effective advertising for a start up small business?

Its a gutter cleaning service using an industrial vac. I have already leaflet dropped and have got some work from that, but I want to expand the advertising. I have missed this years listing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 04:24:20

Is a Commercial Cleaning Franchise Right for Me?

Businesses in both retail and industrial have the need for regular cleaning and maintenance services. Even in times of economic downturn, commercial cleaning franchises thrive. [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 00:00:00

Pharmaceutical Field Sales Exec- Midland

Our Client is one of the major players in the Irish Hygiene supplies and services market ... silent closing waste disposal bins, industrial and commercial floor cleaning equipment, and most ... . The company deals with suppliers of cleaning equipment, chemicals and other hygiene products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:27:27

Field Sales Exec- Mullingar

Our Client is one of the major players in the Irish Hygiene supplies and services market ... include silent closing waste disposal bins, industrial and commercial floor cleaning equipment, and most ... needs. The company deals with suppliers of cleaning equipment, chemicals and other hygiene products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:58:40

The New Employee’s First Day

Originally published April 8, 2008. It’s a great day at Newman Industries! ... , not provide janitorial services,” he thinks. While cleaning out the desk, he finds a farewell card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 10:22:00

Robots to Service Industry: “Werr in Ur Economic Niche Fraggin Ur Employment Opportunities lulz”

Experts in the field of robotics say that in the next decade, ... robots make chores like vacuuming, mowing, and gutter cleaning a thing of the past for their owners ... robots will have an increasing presence in low-level service industry positions–thus potentially [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 18:27:40

Headlice: A Key To Start A New Cleaning Company

Billions of dollars are thrown into keeping your house clean. Nothing compares to walking into a fresh, clean smelling home ... services that will save you money by selling you cleaners in bulk. By having these industrial strength ... . When all is said and done you will see that industrial headlice removal could be the perfect fit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:01:03

The Great Automaker Bailout: A Question of When, Not If

So the folks behind the Big 2.5 Amerian automakers—GM, Ford, ... , the auto industry, the corporate dry cleaning mafia, home mortgage owners, you name it), that sounds pretty ... Financial Services Committee, said the economy would be devastated if an automaker were forced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 18:44:00

Three french hens, two turtle doves and $500 of gasoline

On the lighter side: I got a kick out of this new home promotion featured in today's print edition of Home Front ... . But the deals included $500 in gas money, $500 for grocery money, a year's free cleaning services, a year's free ... Angeles-based KB Home, according to statistics from the North State Building Industry Association." [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:02:39

Non-Coin-Operated Laundromats & Dry Cleaners in the US

  Shrinking Growth Previous years have seen this mature industry shrink and the next few years may see those who remain taken to the cleaners ... for laundries and/or dry cleaners; and* providing specialty cleaning services for specific types ... garments, wedding gowns, hats, draperies and pillows.These establishments may provide [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 05:54:03

Non-Coin-Operated Laundromats & Dry Cleaners in the US

Shrinking Growth Previous years have seen this mature industry shrink and the next few years may see those who remain taken to the cleaners ... for laundries and/or dry cleaners; and* providing specialty cleaning services for specific types ... garments, wedding gowns, hats, draperies and pillows.These establishments may provide [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 10:17:49

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

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

How To Make A Freshly Caught Fish Delicious

by Ferdinand Okeke To ensure the delicate flavor of a newly caught freshwater or saltwater fish, this must be done properly to avoid damage ... bacteria that cause spoilage. Never apply water from close proximity marinas, municipal or industrial ... with the use of some relatively inexpensive equipment. Fish should be stored in coolers and should be well [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 10:50:58

Could the Satyam/PwC fraud be the visible part of an iceberg? Where are India’s “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”? Isn’t governance rather poor all over corporate India? Bad public finance may be a root cause

  In a March 5 2007 article in The Statesman, I said: “Our farmers are peaceful hardworking people who should be paying taxes and user-fees normally but should not be otherwise disturbed or needlessly provoked by outsiders. It is the businessmen wishing to attack our farm populations who need to look hard in the mirror – to improve their [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:40:36

Mystic Arts Prologue

Mystic Arts Prologue December 7th, 2008 — Charlie Huston I’m not sure where one should expect to find the bereaved daughter of a wealthy Malibu ... the 405 industrial corridor of oil refineries and chem plants in Carson was not on my list of likely ... the plastic carrier full of cleaning supplies I’d brought from the van. —Someone called for maid [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 18:16:50

Go green when dry cleaning says CaymanMama.com Press Release Service

A carcinogen called perchloroethylene is used during the dry cleaning process and has been reported to have harmful effects on both dry cleaner ... , that means sending the Calvin Klein and Gucci suits off to the dry cleaners for a heavy starch ... to get that sauce stain out of your favorite party dress is recycled, the captured by-product of various ind [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 21:58:23

Barnett Offers a Gold Mine of Grand Strategy Nuggets

I am proud to claim that I have been an unabashed supporter of Thomas Barnett and his vision of a grand strategy to achieve a better future for our children. This past week a press release announced the publication of Barnett's third and most important book to date. I have posted the entire release with emphasis on some key points [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 06:22:00

Will Farmed Fish Feed the World?

Washington, D.C.-Nearly half of the seafood we eat today is farmed. And while aquaculture is often equated with pollution, habitat degradation, and health risks, this explosive growth in fish farming may in fact be the most hopeful trend in the world's increasingly troubled food system, according to a new report by Worldwatch Institute [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 14:56:29

New rules for recycling facilities

Last Summer, as part of the ongoing (yet slow-moving) Citywide zoning update process ( ... to obtain a conditional use permit within 600 feet of residential. But they were not able to agree ... when the facility opens, you can sit at the window of your home and watch a parade of shopping carts pass [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 21:08:49

del.icio.us tasting menu:

Admin note:  This is my first attempt at a cross-post.  This time it’s with my Silicon Valley-based friend Saket Vora (his blog here).  Saket is a multi-talented electrical engineer (currently in Stanford’s Master’s program) and entrepreneur.  Some of his recent projects include the new Nano’s at Apple, UV water purification startup WaterPLUS, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:43:37

Lost Job Due to Recession? Consider a Temp Agency for Employment

by Amy Nutt The recession is grabbing a hold of jobs and ripping them out from underneath people when they least expect. One week they are working and the next week they are not. It is something that is being seen all over the world. It is heartbreaking because there are so many people wondering what they need to do next in order to take care of [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:19:19

The Global Water Crisis: Frank Rijsberman, Google.org

Editor’s Note: I’m trying something new:  this is a cross-post with Andrew McKee, a friend of mine here and all around superhero. He is actively exploring the water, malaria, and public health fields after previously working at Google and McKinsey. Andrew has an M.D. from Duke University and is a professional multi-instrumentalist musician [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:08:12

11 Eleventh-Hour Bush Environmental Rule Changes

Pamela Ferdinand, National Geographic News 16 Jan 09;In its final months the Bush Administration has issued a slew of last minute environmental rule changes, many of which have already gone into effect and could be hard to reverse.National Geographic News asked representatives from four leading environmental organizations to judge 11 of these " [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:45:00

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

a look at carpet

A Look at Carpet By Alan Ross Carpets are one of the most romanticized consumer items which have a long history dating back to 4th millennium BC ... and stains such as inks and tea. Carpet cleaning is a specialized service you can hire for cleaning and removing tough stains. But there lot many things you can do to take care of them. Carpet Care [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:14:13

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

Legendary Dallas real estate developer Trammell Crow dies

Trammell Crow, a poor bookkeeper's son who became the world's biggest commercial real estate developer, has died at age 94 after a long illness. Mr ... ' landscape. For more than 50 years after he built his first commercial building, he and his company ... the globe – office buildings in Germany, hotels in Hong Kong and luxury resorts in the South Pacific [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:42:00

"Knowing" Trailer (UPDATED)

Genocide and catastrophe coming to a theatre near you! Directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow/Dark City/I, Robot) ... service announcement of the Coming Culling? Whatever the case may be, I think it's important ... get blown up, as in ID4, never stopping to identify with the regular schmoes cleaning the toilets or making [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 05:01:00

Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza

By STEPHEN LENDMAN(Picture by Ben Heine)On June 16, 2008, noted Israeli historian Ilan Pappe explained "The Israeli Recipe for 2008: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleaning in the West Bank." He wrote:"Not long ago, I claimed that Israel is employing genocidal policies in the Gaza Strip." After re-thinking this highly-charged term, he "concluded [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 19:32:00

Strategic Economic Dialogue

On December 3, Vice Premier Wang Qishan and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson continued multi-year negotiations centering on energy security and ... at the beginning of the year as part of a broader oil price overhaul, and national oil company CNPC's latest ... company to ink a deal in Iraq since 2003, with a 23-year long service agreement for the [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 21:21:25

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 Lansbury Estate 1951 - It's what Labour Council's do

An excellent post here about this famous Tower Hamlets housing estate. Check out the paragraph about the three-piece. I don't think that you will get such stuff in modern day Co-op press releases:-"The Lansbury Estate in Poplar was one of the largest post war municipal housing schemes undertaken by the Labour controlled London County Council (LCC) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 19:27:00

2009 Top Stocks: Forecasts for 2009

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: 2009-01-11 08:16:00

2009 Top Stocks: Forecasts for 2009

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: 2009-01-11 08:16:00

2009 Top Stocks: Forecasts for 2009

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: 2009-01-11 08:16:00

Welcome…. Bienvenue…Willkommen … London Calling…. I have the pleasure of opening the batting for the series of 2009 Blawg Reviews. I did my first Blawg Review exactly a year ago.  I cannot quite believe that a year has gone by so rapidly and that I am one step closer to my own (free) trip across the River Styx [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 21:38:19

Change Agents….

It’s a short walk from Communitarian to Communism and you can stop by Community along the way. (Is there a hint in there someplace?)   Communism refers to a theoretical system of social organization and a political movement based on common ownership of the means of production [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:17:03

I can see less miles

Alameda NayTiff brought up some thought-provoking issues, first:Both the Park and Webster street shopping areas are in fairly high density areas. (Does anyone have specific data on this?) Both have apartment buildings nearby and have multiple local and transbay bus lines. Do you consider these areas successful? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:00:21

Business idea 11. House cleaning service

Description of Job • Clean, vacuum, and neaten homes or apartments. • Carry out other services as requested by the client. • Perform turnover cleaning of rental properties. The Need Most of us, unless we live in a hotel (or in a dorm room and don’t care), are responsible for cleaning our house or apartment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:52:51

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/2/2008

Check out the South Asia section for the latest fallout from the Mumbai atrocities. Also, Pakistan is having its own entirely separate problems.Thanks to ACT for America, C. Cantoni, Conservative Swede, DK, Insubria, JD, KGS, Nilk, Steen, TB, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 04:55:00

PELOSI SERVES UP COLOMBIA TO EUROPE

The European Union will sign off on a free-trade agreement with Colombia and its neighbor Peru by June 2009 ... as Europe: $9 billion in chemicals, auto parts, industrial equipment and capital goods. Europe's goods ... . It's because the United States spent a decade cleaning up the country. Plan Colombia and other [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 13:44:58

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Announces Range 7 with Dark Surface Mode

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and shape, ... surface preparation (spraying) and post-measurement surface cleaning is also no longer necessary, leading ... and cleaning liquids are not used is also an additional benefit of using this new function. “The dark mode [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:06:52

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