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Emergency toilet bags for Dutch rail passengers
26th of October 2011
Commuter rail passengers in the Netherlands will now have access to emergency plastic bags if they are caught short while travelling.
Dutch National Railways is equipping its toilet-free trains with bags designed specifically for holding urine for those passengers who are unable to wait.
Company spokesman Edwin van Scherrenburg described the
Electrostar buys sweeper producer Haaga
25th of October 2011
The parent company of Electrostar, which manufactures Starmix vacuum cleaners and warm air hand dryers, has taken over sweeper producer Haaga. Both companies are based in Germany.
Haaga now becomes part of the Algo Company Group, which comprises nine companies based in Germany, Austria, Malta and Russia. It employs 390 staff and reported a
Hand hygiene lacking in emergency room corridors
24th of October 2011
Emergency patients receiving treatment on trolleys or chairs in corridors are at greater risk of contamination from the hands of hospital staff, a new study has shown.
The study revealed that healthcare professionals are far less likely to wash their hands - an essential element of infection control - when the patient is not actually in a
Don't shake hands... touch elbows!
20th of October 2011
Sealing a business deal with a handshake could be a thing of the past after a leading scientist claims we should keep our hands to ourselves to prevent the the spread of infectious diseases like flu.
Nathan Wolfe, a virus expert at Stanford University in California, suggests we should use a "safe shake" like touching elbows or follow the example
G4S makes ISS acquisition
18th of October 2011
ISS, the Denmark-based global building services provider, has been acquired by security solutions group G4S in a deal worth almost six billion euros.
ISS is currently owned by FS Invest, which is indirectly owned by funds advised by EQT and GS Capital Partners. FS Invest will receive half of the consideration in cash and half in new shares in the
Long, long queue for a giant toilet
14th of October 2011
Hundreds of people in Australia recently converged on Canberra's Parliament House to join a symbolic queue for an over-sized lavatory.
The event was staged to highlight the fact that 2.6 billion people around the world are still waiting to gain access to a toilet.
Joining the giant loo queue were MPs, students, aid workers, plumbers and church
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