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Cleaning staff flown in for Olympic Games
25th of July 2012
The Olympic Games begins in London this week, and it's not just athletes from around the world descending on the English capital. A small army of cleaners - almost all students - have flown in from far-flung countries to play their part in the Games and earn some money at the same time.
While athletes stay in the new Olympic Village these
ISS and Barclays sign global FM partnership
24th of July 2012
Market-leading facility services provider ISS has secured a contract with Barclays Bank to deliver facilities management services at operations in the UK, Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
To support this global contract ISS will design a new management information system called Insight@ISS that allows information to be
SCA completes acquisition of Georgia-Pacific
23rd of July 2012
SCA's acquisition of Georgia-Pacific's European tissue business has now been completed. The purchase price amounts to 1.32 billion euros on a debt-free basis. The acquired operations had sales in 2011 amounting to 1.25 billion euros.
"We are pleased that we now have closed the deal," said Jan Johansson, president and ceo of SCA. "The acquisition
Hand dryer achieves Guinness World Record
20th of July 2012
A Savortex hand dryer is claimed to be the first product of its kind to achieve a Guinness World Record title.
The Vortex 550 EcoSmart holds the record for drying the most hands using 30kJ of energy.
Each participant in the record-breaking attempt had to begin with their hands completely wet. Their hands were only judged to be dry once the
Expert to analyse Tennant technology in Kärcher court case
19th of July 2012Kärcher's law suit against competitor Tennant over its claims about the ec-H2O water-based technology continues with news that the Stuttgart District Court - which is local to Kärcher's German headquarters - is to appoint an expert to investigate.
"We welcome this ruling by the Stuttgart District Court unreservedly," said Markus Asch,
Half of Europeans still positive about EU
18th of July 2012
Despite the euro crisis, half of Europeans view membership of the EU positively and believe it brings benefits - according to a new study by the pro-European think tank Notre Europe.
Despite a decline since the 2008 global financial crisis, the level of public support for the EU today is not at its lowest when examined over a longer time period,
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