If, like many people, you simply do not have the time to give your house or flat the thorough clean it needs, hiring a cleaner could be the answer. However, a good cleaning company is not always that cheap, especially if you want a cleaner to come on a regular basis.

To raise some extra cash and end up with a squeaky clean pad, why not try playing online bingo? Loads of people are doing it these days, and most find it a great way to meet new people, have some fun and win some cash.

One of the best sites to try is tasty bingo, which has a whole range of games, prizes, promotions and competitions running at any one time. If it’s extra cash you’re after, you can play:

• The £25k Bonus Giveaway
• The £50 Saturday Night Takeaway
• The £200 Friday Feast
• The £500 Tasty Treat
• The £800 Swizzle Stick
• The £2 Million Thrill

As you can see, there are lots of chances to win mega bucks if you play Tasty bingo games. With your winnings, you may be able to afford not only a one-off clean but a regular cleaner coming to your house every week or so.

I read a Biography of William Lever the other week, an amazing story behind the rise and rise of the Lever bro’s, despite its name it was William lever who was the driving force behind the organisation.

An amazing fellow who not only revolutionised hygiene in the modern era but who also brought a higher standard of living to his workforce.

William started off working in his fathers shop but just a few years later he had built up the largest soap company in the world. The building of Port sunlight near Liverpool gave his workforce thier own affordable houses with more than 4 times the space that was afforded to your average family of the era.

A practitioner of philanthropic principles he believed in a fair work environment, knowing that by treating his workforce well they in return would reward him with loyalty and hard graft. A visionary who changed the face of the working man a lot of his ideas are still adopted to this day.

Not one to miss an opportunity William was a great fan of many of the fads of the day taking up the practices of good digestion, rigorously chewing all his food at least fifteen times before swallowing (this was supposed to improve the constitution) But he also regularly slept in a specially built bedroom, with no roof.
It was said that it was not unusual to find William asleep in the morning with a good couple of inches of snow on the covers of his bed.

For many businesses, times are still extremely hard, and dry cleaning businesses are certainly no exception.

Whilst you will have your most loyal customers, who rely on you for regular dry cleaning, when it comes to gaining new customers, many dry cleaning companies are seriously stuck in a rut.

Now more than ever though it’s important to make an effort with promoting your business and gaining a good reputation for yourself in your locality.

Below are a few quick and easy steps to getting those all important new customers through your dry cleaning doors…

Special offers

Discounts and special offers are always a good way of luring new customers, especially if competition in your area is tough.

Flyers

Flyers are quick, easy and cost effective to design and print, and if you’re the creative type could even do a good DIY job in the comfort of your own home. Ask other local businesses to display flyers in their stores, pop flyers through letter boxes and hand flyers out on your High Street.

Business cards

Business cards will help to make your company look even more professional, and they are really affordable when bought in bulk.

Follow these tips and get business booming in next to no time at all.

Here’s a stripped down list of the most essential cleaning products you should have in the house:

• Rubber/latex gloves – the last thing you want is to dirty your skin or worse, damage it with abrasives. I buy them in bulk and just dispose of them after each use.
• Knee pads – these are great for when you plan on spending a bit of time scrubbing and cleaning the floor. They will keep your knees from going red and aching.
• Medium sized bin – when you move around cleaning up, have a bin close by so you can chuck any dirty cloths and rubbish you may find along the way.
• Sponges – you can never get enough of sponges, they can used for a multitude of tasks and best of all, reusable.

If you’re stuck with no cleaning products and wondering what you can you do with your baking soda, then look no further! Here are some great uses for your surplus baking soda which you can try out.

• Sprinkle a damp cloth with some baking soda to get rid of dirt and grease. The baking soda will cut straight through the grease leaving surfaces clean and shiny – perfect.
• Smelly carpets? No problem. Just mix half part corn starch and half part baking soda and sprinkle this mixture over your carpets and leave overnight. Vacuum the next day and you will notice all the smells will have gone!
• Cleaning sinks – mix one part vinegar, one part water and half part baking soda to clean you sink out with. The result is a shiny, clean and fresh smelling sink which will also freshen the drains as it washes away
• The smell of smoke can be a nightmare around the house. Sprinkling some baking soda in the ashtrays will help neutralise the smells and is also a great for putting out cigarettes, similar to sand.

White distilled vinegar is an amazing multipurpose liquid used mainly for household cleaning and is favoured due to it being much gentler and more environmentally friendly when compared to harsh chemical substance alternatives. Due to its high level of acidity, it is very effective in cleaning up most germs, moulds and bacteria.

If you want to shine up your chrome taps and metalware that have a build up of limescale, mix one part white distilled vinegar with two parts salt to form a paste. Clean the microwave by bringing to the boil a mixture of half water and half white distilled vinegar. Food will be loosened and smalls will evaporate.

Having a cluttered working space can really distract your mind from work and you can find it difficult to concentrate on the task at hand. Not only does the mess in the drawers, clothing stuffed here and there and stationery all over the table clutter up your free space, it also clutters up your mind.

Cleaning up and organising your workspace can greatly benefit you, helping to clear your mind of junk and think clearer. Having a clean and tidy workspace will relieve you of stress naturally, you will become more productive and generally happier all round. Get started by archiving old papers and getting a stationery draw to put all your bits and bobs in.

I have been speaking to people at my work and below i have a list of the things that they hate about cleaning:

• Hoover plug leads – it is a pain in the bum when you have to move the lead of the hoover when going around
• Glass tables & shelves – once you have dusted these you go back to it, it is full of dust again
• Patio doors – in the summer children always cover the glass panes with sticky marks from when they have eaten loli-pops
• Tidy up – the tidying up of a room always takes longer than the actual cleaning (eg, moving items to hoover & polish)

i am really funny when it comes to washing up as i don’t like the feel of my hands once i am finished and i am not lucky enough to have a dishwasher so i use washing up gloves.

My friends think i am funny how i have to use washing up gloves and i have been bought all sort pairs of gloves for xmas, birthday or just everyday from black with fluff around the wrist and a ring on to pink spotty ones.

I don’t know what it is but all i can think of is the washing up liquid does not react well to my hands.

I am sooo lazy when it comes to cleaning and i have found a great product which i would recommend to anyone and this is multi purpose wipes which can be used on glass, wood & stainless steel.

below is a list of manufacturers of the wipes:

• Ciff
• Dettol
• Flash
• Tesco
• Sainsburys
• Asda
• Mr Sheen
• Pledge

I think you get the idea that most brands do these.

i use them when cleaning my bedroom, lounge, floor and they even work great on your car dash board.

let me know what your favorite brand is of these as i have not yet found mine.