You get good smells, you get bad ones … and then you get the downright nasty ones, like foul smelling bathrooms. Here are a few reasons why some bathrooms continuously have malodour and how to remove that foul smell...
Initial, the experts in hygiene, are the topic for Gugu’s first blog post since joining the Rentokil Initial Marketing team. Here she gives us her top 5 reasons why Initial is the best hygiene company around. There’s truly something...
This blog investigates the link between colour and hygiene and whether using colour theory psychology can encourage better hygiene practices – such as handwashing and drying – in the workplace. Artists and interior designers alike agree that colour can...
At this time of the year when there are a number of people fighting off colds and flu, there is always a discussion about absenteeism and presenteeism – and which one is worse. When colleagues are off work unexpectedly,...
She goes by many names around the world, and shares a different experience with every lady and girl, but many of us know her as ‘Aunty Flow’, and oh boy, sometimes she can ruin your panties and clothes. She’s...
Our sense of smell is so powerful that it can trigger memories and deep-seated emotions that we associate with our childhood, or with milestones and events in our lives both good and bad. If you ever mention selling...
Is it a good idea to buy a car online? In this latest blog we try to answer the question “is it a good idea to buy a car online’ by looking at the changing retail landscape for vehicle...
Tomorrow (28th of May) is Menstrual Hygiene Day! Initiated in 2014 by WASH United and the UN, this day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about the importance of good menstrual hygiene. If you’ve been a blog subscriber for...
Here at Initial, we are publishing a series of fun hygiene rhymes to help explain the importance of good hygiene. Not as serious as a ring around the Rosie (associated with the great plague of London, better known as the Black...
Growing up we always heard the saying “goedkoop is duurkoop” (translated as ‘cheap is expensive’). Sayings like these have – of course – become part of the ‘Rules to live by handbook’ and together with tough economic times, may...