Archive for January 2021
Chat with Neal Berman of Service Keepers
Today’s post is the first in a series of “fireside chats” with Neal Berman, founder and visionary of Service Keepers, one of South Florida’s leading cleaning contracting companies. The conversation focuses on how the pandemic has impacted his company, the professional cleaning industry, and South Florida, as well as the challenges and opportunities he sees…
Read MoreCleaning with a Purpose
As of January 2021, American Airlines is the first airline in the world to achieve GBAC STAR Certification. In an earlier blog, we mentioned that Service Keepers has also been GBAC certified, discussed what the Global Biorisk Advisory Council is all about, and how organizations and cleaning professionals can become certified. The certification American Airlines…
Read MoreWhy We Have that GBAC Logo on Our Website
Towards the end of December 2020, ISSA, the worldwide cleaning association, announced that more than 150 facilities and organizations have been certified and accredited by GBAC, the Global Biorisk Advisory Council, a division of ISSA. This includes such facilities as hotels and convention centers worldwide, airports, airline fleets (American Airlines as of January 2021), gyms,…
Read MoreOur New Years Resolutions
Most of us are not that good when it comes to sticking to our New Year’s resolutions. According to one study, only about 40 percent of us keep our New Years resolutions after about six months. Further, a survey reported in Statistica found that only about four percent of us that made New Year’s resolutions…
Read MoreMinimum Wages and the Cleaning Industry
It may have gotten lost in all the turmoil after the November 4, 2020, general election, but another item on the Florida ballot -regarding minimum wages – has the potential to have a significant impact on the state’s professional cleaning industry. Florida voters passed a measure that would increase the minimum wage in increments to…
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