Essex based company Swiftclean UK is committed to creating a greener future. The company has recently installed new double glazed windows and a low energy lighting system with movement sensors at its head office. The two measures have together helped to reduce Swiftclean's annual electricity consumption by 13,074 kWh and will also save 10,747 units of gas each year. The company estimates this will save over GBP2,000 a year in running costs and, more importantly, will reduce its carbon footprint by 8.84 tonnes of CO2 each year. The Benfleet-based Low Carbon Business Programme ...

Menchie's, the friendliest place on earth with a mission to make every guest smile, has opened its newest location in Parkway Center North located at 1730 Stringtown Road, Grove City, Ohio 43123. Offering high quality, delicious self-serve frozen yogurt, Menchie's is sure to become a Grove City favorite! To celebrate the opening, Menchie's will spread smiles with a seven-day grand opening celebration from Saturday, Mar. 15 to Friday, Mar. 21, packed with free giveaways including t-shirts, Menchie's merchandise, family-friendly activities and free servings of its best-in-class ...

He has been known as "Captain Midnight", "The Fearless Forecaster", and more recently, and famously, "The Schmoozer". Now Sports T-Shirt Company, TARNATION! Sports is immortalizing New York S-P-O-R-T-S radio legend Steve Somers by releasing the only "Schmoozing" t-shirt and hoodie in existence, to go on sale online at 9:00 am on Monday March 10th, exclusively at the TARNATION! Sports website. Those who know from schmoozing however, can preorder through the website starting today. The shirts feature the likeness of the iconic talk ...

Peter M. Newman, of the personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP, will serve on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association for a three-year term. Members of the Philadelphia Bar Association, which is the oldest assembly of lawyers in the country, elect the Board of Governors. The board works with the Chancellor to establish official policy for the bar association. The policies help the association achieve its mission to serve the profession and the public by promoting justice, professional excellence and ...

Northeast Suites is honored to receive a 2014 Tower of Excellence Award from the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) - the Company of the Year Award. The Tower of Excellence and Company of the Year Awards recognizes outstanding member companies and individuals who demonstrate commitment, excellence and significant contributions to their company, CHPA and the industry. "It is an honor and a privilege to be recognized by the Corporate Housing Providers Association as its Company of the Year," said CEO & Founder Patrick Flynn. "Winning this ...

How can 12 children in one family be so terribly abused yet no one does anything about it? My book 'Playing With The Devil' is a wrenching account of what these kids suffered but now, over 50 years later, no one has ever been brought to justice. The courts have refused to act and the children, now adults, continue to suffer from horrible memories they will never forget. While Byron Prior's father was away as captain of a ship, his mother made ends meet by pimping out her own children to many of Grand Bank, Newfoundland's most prominent citizens - lawyers, judges, businessmen ...

LaSalle Network, Chicago's premier provider of professional staffing and recruiting services, announced today it has been selected as a 2014 honoree of The Daily Herald Business Ledger's 24th "Annual Awards for Business Excellence." Tom Gimbel, President and CEO of LaSalle Network, will give the keynote for the awards ceremony, which will recognize successful suburban businesses and organizations, and honor the people who make them successful. LaSalle Network has been recognized in the category of medium-sized companies. "There are many elements that ...

The Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, a group of funders working together to support early childhood education, announced the formation of a new $4.5 million fund to benefit Head Start programs in Detroit. The Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund will award competitive grants to newly selected Detroit Head Start grantees to foster innovation and collaboration and to support higher quality services and stronger outcomes for young children and their families. "Community support is essential to the success of the Head Start ...

AccruePartners, a professional services staffing firm, offering Temporary-to-Hire, Contract, Direct-Hire and Executive Search staffing solutions, is pleased to announce that one of its staffing managers, Matthew Carr, took the Certified Staffing Professional (CSP) exam and passed. "We would like to congratulate Matthew for earning this designation from the American Staffing Association," said Amy Pack, Principal Partner of AccruePartners. "Continuing education is an integral part of our process and becoming a Certified Staffing Professional is an important ...

Dr. Anand Lalaji, founder and creator of Inside Injuries, demonstrates his support during Brain Injury Awareness Month by highlighting star athletes and celebrities who suffered from traumatic head injuries. Inside Injuries, a popular injury blog, uses state-of-the-art imaging technology to provide readers with a visual representation of injuries sustained by famous sports stars and celebrities. Dr. Lalaji uses medical scans to educate readers about different types of injuries, including traumatic brain injuries and concussions. The Brain Injury Association of America ...

To support the expanding role of access control solutions that leverage the intelligence of the network, En Pointe Technologies, a Gold certified Cisco partner, and one of the largest Microsoft licensing and systems integrators, announced today that it has achieved Identity Services Engine (ISE) Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. This designation recognizes En Pointe as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco ISE products and solutions. The Cisco ISE platform is a comprehensive, next-generation, ...

SGS will participate at the 2nd International PV Platform in Romania, hosted by international trade fair and conference organizer REECO. Held at the Expo Arad International, located at the triangular border between Romania, Hungary and Serbia, the event will be held from 9-11 April, 2014. PV Platform event marks the first SGS appearance in Arad although SGS attended the 6th International Trade Fair and Conferences for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, a similar REECO & RENEXPO-organized event held in Bucharest in November 2013. PV Trade Fair and Conference ...

A recent article on the Washington Post Magazine website discusses how Armando Christian Perez, aka rapper "Pitbull", achieved superstar status after spending years on the streets selling drugs. He is now giving back to his former Miami neighborhood by helping at-risk kids escape from those same streets. He is supporting a new charter school in his old neighborhood and he delivered the keynote address at the 2013 National Charter Schools Conference. "I am always excited," stated Iwenofu, "to learn about successful people who give back to the ...

Realcomm Conference Group, LLC, a global leader in providing technology education and networking opportunities for the commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate industry and producer of IBcon, the Smart, Connected, High Performance Intelligent Buildings conference, announced that Tridium, Environmental Systems Inc. (ESI), and Selex ES will participate as Platinum Sponsors for this year's conference, which will be held in conjunction with Realcomm 2014 on June 17-19 in Las Vegas. "We have seen tremendous growth and movement in the smart buildings ...

Realcomm Conference Group, LLC, a global leader in providing technology education and networking opportunities for the commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate, has announced that Justin Segal, president of Boxer Property, and John Chung, VP, Technology of Allied REIT, will co-chair the Realcomm 2014 Advisory Council, an assembly of over 40 of the industry's most prominent and innovative technology leaders. The group will help shape the content and direction of the 16th annual Realcomm conference, which will be held June 17-19 at the LVH Hotel and ...

Br8kthroo, a products and software firm founded by U.S. military veterans, announces the launch of its company and the development of a new GPS dog collar. The TechyDogs collar uses real-time data from the Global Positioning System, ZigBee and social media to enable pet owners to stay connected with their dogs. Br8kthroo counts three military vets among its ranks: CEO and co-founder Eliud Lamboy; Robert Spracale, Chief Operating Officer; and Jeremy Paul, Chief Technology Officer. Entrepreneur Lamboy, a registered nurse, brings healthcare expertise and a passion for technology. ...

St. James Inn, a non-profit organization formed to provide no-cost lodging and other related services to hospital outpatients and/or family members who have loved ones undergoing critical medical treatment in the UCLA Health System, is pleased to announce that the association sold more tickets for the Northern Trust Open's TICKETS Fore CHARITY than any other respective charity. According to St. James Inn President Dan Murphy, "I have to thank TiCKETS Fore CHARITY as well as each and every person who helped us sell a ticket to the Northern Trust Open. They helped ...

Professor Silvio Laccetti began his distinguished college-teaching career in the mid-1960s, when he was just a few years older than his senior students. As a professor of History and Social Sciences at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., a campus with spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline, Laccetti spent four decades educating future engineers, technology innovators and captains of American industry about the historical linkages between their technical fields of study and the larger issues confronting an increasingly globalized culture. Later in ...

Colm Horgan of Marketing on 6th, NYC Inc explores the habits of the most productive people in business as part of his research for his upcoming seminar on 'Outperforming the Competition'. Entrepreneur and managing director Colm Horgan of Marketing on 6th, NYC Inc is reviewing the habits of the most productive people in business as he prepares for an upcoming seminar. Colm Horgan will be hosting the seminar at his firm's Manhattan offices, which is titled, 'Outperforming the Competition', early next month. About Marketing on 6th In order to prepare for the seminar, ...

Merlot Skin Care, the best-selling natural grape seed-based skin care brand, announces its largest shopping event of the year. During March beauty savvy customers are invited to save 50% on all Merlot Skin Care products at merlotskincare.com. This limited time offer makes Merlot products even more affordable and gives beauty enthusiasts the chance to explore the antioxidant-packed brand. "We love our loyal customers and are pleased to offer this fantastic customer appreciation sale," says Michele Beckley, VP of Merlot Skin Care. Merlot's site-wide sale offers ...

On February 22, all supporting education activities of the 4th college student education-supporting team came to an end, so the first phase of public benefit activities for 2014 initiated by Milanoo concluded. As a traditional public welfare program, college student supporting education has invited a lot of young people to seed their knowledge, and their values as well, into remote rural areas. But for a long time, public benefit supporting education has given rise to many controversies because it doesn't place high qualifications on volunteers and their education content ...

The North Carolina criminal defense law firm of Roberts Law Group, PLLC, has welcomed a new attorney to its team of defense professionals. Kevin Marcilliat, formerly practicing in Sparta, has joined the Raleigh team and will handle criminal defense matters throughout North Carolina. After interning with the Mecklenburg County Public Defender's Office and the Federal Public Defender's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Mr. Marcilliat entered private practice in Western North Carolina. He has successfully handled criminal District Court trials, earning ...

Apartment Locator Houston offers expert help finding an apartment for those searching for a one bedroom luxury apartment, a two bedroom apartment in a complex, or a luxury apartment in an apartment building in the greater Houston area. Apartment Locator Houston provides free services to find nice and affordable apartments in Midtown, Downtown Houston, the Medical Center and Galleria areas, and West or Northwest Houston. "Our Apartment Locator experts have twenty years of experience helping people find apartments in the Houston area" said Richard Baker, Marketing ...

Lorelei Baum, Project Development Manager of Leighton Contractors Pty., Limited, has been recognized by Worldwide Branding for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in construction services. Ms. Baum has 10 years of experience in the industry, with three years in her current role. She is skilled in getting information compiled for a market, team, opportunity or competitors and making an assessment, aligning the objectives to the company, agreeing to them and helping to implement them. Her duties are operating at the strategic operating level; doing a lot of work ...

Eric Weil, IT Vice President of Equity Benchmarks for MSCI Barra, a subsidiary of MSCI Inc., was recently named a VIP member of Worldwide Branding. This special distinction honors individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to achieving personal and professional success. Mr. Weil has 21 years of professional experience, with 14 years as the IT Vice President of MSCI Barra. Over the years, he has built up a comprehensive skill set that includes management, organization, team-building, team coaching, portfolio management, and index knowledge. On a daily basis, he ...