GCL conference in Birmingham (UK): “Best Practice, plus profitable and sustainable business”

The Guild of Cleaners and Launderers (GCL) organized a well attended conference in Birmingham (UK) on the 10th of March. In total some 110 were in attendance on this day full of interesting presentations from 9 speakers and a panel discussion with some of the UK’s finest dry cleaners. Central theme of the conference was “Best Practice, plus profitable and sustainable business” which was addressed by the speakers covering new business models, European & global trends, new technologies, laundry management, most common mistakes in dry cleaning and a master class on spotting. On behalf of CINET, Leon Wennekes presented global innovations in professional textile care based on some the world’s most extraordinary laundries which participated in CINET’s Global Best Practices Awards Program.

GCL & CINET partner up for e-learning in the UK!

On the eve of the Conference Saturday 9th March the Guild and CINET signed a partnership agreement “that the Guild should Brand and Market an E-Learning Package created by CINET Exclusively in the UK”. It was agreed that the Guild will make the package UK-ready and CINET will market Guild text books internationally via the WOPCOM platform.