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Blue Sky and Four Seasons join forces
19 December, 2008
Four Seasons Cleaners of Seattle has merged with the city’s Blue Sky Cleaners and the combined company, which will trade under the Blue Sky brand, now claims to be “the Nation’s largest toxin-free drycleaner”.

Rain recycling laundry wins award
18 December, 2008
The ”grey water” laundry at St John's Hospital Livingston, a pioneer in the use of rainwater, has become one of the first winners Inaugural Herald Society Awards.

Fire damages County Linens
18 December, 2008
A joint police and fire investigation has been launched after the County Linen laundry in Chelmsford, Essex, suffered its second fire in six weeks.

Hospital cleared over laundry death
18 December, 2008
An NHS trust has been cleared of breaching health and safety rules over the death of a laundry production manager who was crushed to death by a laundry press.

Bowie Castlebank goes into administration
04 December, 2008
Glasgow-based Bowie Castlebank, which operates Scotland’s William Munro Cleaners drycleaning chain and Britain’s second-biggest high street photographic processing chain, has gone into administration with the loss of over 800 jobs.

FSB welcomes £1billion fund for small businesses
03 December, 2008
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the £1billion fund to support banks loans to small firms,which was announced by Chancellor Alistair Darling in his Pre-Budget Report speech.

VisionTex looks to improve linen quality control
03 December, 2008
DDT Vision, the UK supplier of specialist technology to improve product quality control, has launched its VisionTex system into the textile care sector. Many textile rental businesses and laundry managers are actively seeking a solution to consistent quality control, says Stuart Cross, director of DDT Vision Textiles.

Coping with rising costs
01 December, 2008
Manufacturers, suppliers and operators textile care industries wonder whether they can continue to absorb the escalating costs of raw materials. Brian Collett investigates

Demanding the most rigorous standards
01 December, 2008
The right wash processes are vital when it comes to clean and hygienically safe textiles. Tony Vince examines efficient solutions for all aspects of healthcare laundering

Introducing the next generation
01 December, 2008
The main concerns in the market for ironers are energy consumption, quality and service. Kathleen Armstrong reports

Developing to suit changing times
01 December, 2008
Ironer specialist GMP has developed considerably in terms of both product and markets and all projects have a sound structure and are carefully planned. Janet Taylor reports from Italy

Setting a standard in laundry hygiene
01 December, 2008
As health authorities strive for higher levels of hygiene, Ian Harris warns that laundries will lose out to competitors if they fail to have the right systems and procedures in place

Skin care
01 December, 2008
Richard Neale sets out the techniques for cleaning items made from natural skins

Acquiring skills and knowledge
01 December, 2008
Roger Cawood reports on a training initiative for the Republic of Ireland

Defining spot cleaning
01 December, 2008
The practice of labelling garments “spot clean only” appears to be on the increase.

Jailed laundry boss ordered to repay over £116,000
24 November, 2008
The owner of a Staffordshire laundry jailed for immigration offences has been ordered to pay £116,743 or face a further two years in prison.

Skillfast honours back-room staff
21 November, 2008
Garry Charnock from London-based drycleaner Jeeves of Belgravia and Jeanette Swift, progress supervisor at Sunlight Textiles were amongst 50 people to receive a Behind the Seams award from Skillfast-UK, the Sector Skills Council for fashion and textiles.

Alliance reports rise in revenue
21 November, 2008
Alliance Laundry Holdings announced on Friday 10 November that its net revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 rose by $4.2million to $117.6m , a 3.2% improvement on the same quarter last year. ALH is the parent company of Alliance Laundry Systems, the manufacturer of Ajax, Huebsch and Speed Queen commercial laundry equipment.

Launderers salute the Army’s laundry division
21 November, 2008
The Master of the Worshipful Company of Launderers, Paul Woolfenden, welcomed 140 Liverymen and guests to the annual service at London’s Southwark Cathedral, followed by the Livery dinner at the recently refurbished Launderers Hall. The event took place on 3 November.

Dryclean USA improves performance
21 November, 2008
Dryclean USA, one of the country’s leading distributors of industrial laundry, drycleaning machines and steam boilers, reported increased operating results for the three month period ended September 30, 2008. Its subsidiary, Dryclean USA License Corp, is one of the largest franchise and license operations in the drycleaning industry in the USA, Caribbean and Latin America.