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Archive for September, 2010

Clean India Show 2010

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

The most important event in the Asian cleaning calendar will be taking place soon… The Clean India Show will be held in New Delhi, on 24th November for a 3 day event that gathers the entire cleaning industry together.

“Termed as the most important cleaning show in the Asia Pacific region, the Clean India Show not only brings the entire cleaning industry together on one platform, but it also aids in introducing new technology and equipment to the country and helps in business tie-ups between Indian and foreign companies,” say the organisers, Clean India Journal.

“In the last five years the Clean India Show has come to acquire the top slot when it comes to marrying the seekers and the suppliers of cleanliness and hygiene products, equipment and technology.”

This year, the show is being held in Delhi, which is also hosting the Commonwealth Games in October.

“The show assumes great importance, thanks to the innumerable facilities provided for the Commonwealth Games,” say the organisers. “Creating infrastructure is one thing, but maintaining everything for the benefit of the city and its people is a challenging task.”

“For this, the authorities and service providers require a thorough knowledge of cleaning technologies, products and equipment – including transport, toilet facilities, garbage collection etc and these cleaning routines need to be kept up after the Games as they are important in sustaining the development of the city and NCR. This on its own will provide an immense opportunity to the cleaning companies and facilities managers involved.

“The Commonwealth Games 2010, which will be taking place from 3rd to 14th of October, is the biggest sports event to be held on Indian soil ever. Naturally, the infrastructure on the 118 acre of the Commonwealth Games Village being constructed on the banks of Yamuna river, gains immense significance. We have to bear in mind that the population of the 2002 host, Greater Manchester, was 2.5 million and that of the 2006 games host, Melbourne was 3.5 million. Compare it with Delhi’s population of over 15 million…. It’s a humongous task”.

“The government is reportedly spending an estimated Rs 37.50 billion ($805.81 million) on the event. What is important here is our country’s reputation. In this light, a clean and hygienic environment after the event will be of the utmost importance. The Clean India Show will try and fill the gap here… for both information seekers and solution suppliers.”

“The show will also cater for the cleaning professionals from the northern parts of India, giving them an opportunity to interact with various industries and sectors looking for total cleaning solutions. In all, the Clean India show will offer a newer business dimension both for the Indian cleaning industry and for those wanting higher standards of cleanliness and hygiene in their set-ups.”

According to the CSO (Central Statistical Organisation), the Indian economy will grow at 7.2% in 2009-2010 against 6.7% in 2008-2009 and the manufacturing sector is estimated to grow at 8.9%. So, while India is on this growth trend, the need for cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation gains immense importance.

The Clean India Show will introduce and display green chemicals, pest control applications, latest technology, machinery and equipment and all things related to commercial cleaning and hygiene.

“Leading companies have already confirmed participation,” say the organisers. “Here is an excellent opportunity for you to showcase you products – equipment or chemicals, to introduce new technology for expanding your business. Also with fast growth in infrastructure, IT, hospitality, healthcare and industrial sectors, India is poised to create ample business avenues to cleaning companies. Mechanised cleaning is fast catching up and all the sectors including government departments are prescribing international cleanliness and hygiene standards. Outsourcing the housekeeping function is the accepted norm today.

Source: www.cleanindiashow.com

Buy or Rent Vehicles for Commercial Cleaning Business

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Have you looked at how you fund your vans and trucks lately? If the answer is no, then you fall very much into the majority of businesses in the cleaning industry, and elsewhere.

According to reports the vast majority of companies never question the method they use to acquire vehicles – and need to take a new approach if they want to reduce costs and improve efficiency within their business.

There are only 3 choices available to cleaning companies when they need a vehicle: buy; lease or rent and research shows that the vast majority of businesses in the commercial cleaning sector, amongst other industries opt for one and never re-evaluate the decision.

Even businesses that made detailed studies into vehicle funding at some point, never go back to the issue to see if there is a better solution now the business has progressed.

Also entering into three year agreements may not be such a strong move today. With business models moving and changing year to year the shorter the contracts the better.

Commercial Cleaning businesses – and in other linked sectors such as health and safety and environmental services – are being encouraged to look at vehicle funding because studies show it will lead to more rental options being taken.

TLS Vehicle Rental ( which has 18,000 rental vans and trucks across the UK) believe rental has been looked at very much as a short term solution for van and truck needs but the truth is that the average length of rental has been increasing quickly in recent years and rentals of six months or longer now make up around half of our business.

For example,they say they are seeing increased hiring of relief vehicles for use when a customer’s owned or leased van is being serviced – but longer-term rental is where we are seeing the biggest growth.

TLS has developed a range of tools to help companies make a more informed decision about their choice of funding method on its web site. Here, an interactive character, iVan, gives short, factual presentations about the factors that should be kept in mind before committing to a particular route.

“What we are trying to do is get potential customers in the cleaning industry to look at the factors behind their current choice of acquisition method and compare different options,” says a spokeman.

“Our experience shows that, in these situations, rental often comes out as a good choice.”