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Intelligent buildings - be smart about opportunties
14th of October 2016
What is an intelligent/smart building and why is their rise so important to the building services business? An intelligent building combines technologies and interconnected systems to support the use of the accommodation by the building’s users, enables efficient operation and reconfiguration of the space. The implications for cleaning
Brexit - journey into the unknown...
4th of October 2016
For better or for worse – or, more pertinently perhaps, for richer or poorer – the Brits have defied their leaders’ dire warnings and given the EU the ‘big E’, writes Hartley Milner.
The Brexit vote, though not wholly unexpected, sent a shockwave through the world’s financial markets. But the doomsayers warn
The global cost of tax avoidance
3rd of August 2016
Whether driven by righteous indignation or plain envy, the bandwagon for a crackdown on tax avoidance by the super-rich and multinationals has gathered pace since the Panama Papers revelations. Hartley Milner looks at some of the actions pledged and asks whether there can ever be fairness in our tax systems.
Whether driven by righteous
Sales teams - do you have a junk call problem?
7th of June 2016
Is your sales team spending hours on the phone, but not getting results? You know your team isn’t slacking, but they’re not generating sales and worse, they’re losing customers? Your sales team may have a junk call problem, says Paul Black of sales-i.
Is your sales team spending hours on the phone, but not getting results? You
Cleaning machines - buy or rent?
7th of June 2016
For any operation offering professional cleaning services, the management of its equipment can present numerous headaches – including downtime, maintenance and repair, compliance and replacement. The traditional route chosen by many service providers has been straightforward purchase. However a different option is becoming increasingly
Self-employment - a better life?
31st of May 2016
Self-employment is on the rise in Europe and being promoted as an important driver of the economic recovery at a time when traditional job markets remain depressed across the region. Hartley Milner looks at why people are increasingly leaving the workplace to embark on an employment path fraught with risk and uncertainty.
The world of work has been
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