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COVERALL CLEANING CONCEPTS^® WINS INTERNATIONAL STEVIE^TM AWARD IN FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS^SM

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – (January 5, 2004) – Coverall Cleaning Concepts has won an International Stevie Award for Best Support Organization in the first-ever International Business Awards.

The International Business Awards are the first global, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at an awards dinner on Monday, March 22 in the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City. The dinner will benefit the Global Business Coalition Against HIV/AIDS, and will be broadcast live on radio in the U.S.A., and via the Internet worldwide, by the BusinessTalk Radio Network.

Recipients of 67 International Stevie Award trophies were selected from among almost 500 nominations received from companies and individuals in more than 30 countries. Countries with at least one International Stevie winner each include Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, South Korea, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.A.

Companies from all over the world are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards, and can enter in any of more than 40 categories from Best Multinational Company and Best New Product to Best Sales Team and Best Executive. United States companies that generate more than 10% of their sales internationally are also eligible to submit nominations.

Over the past year, Coverall Cleaning Concepts has initiated changes in its corporate structure to exemplify a focus on supporting Franchise Owners and customers. To illustrate this focus, Coverall renamed its 85 Regional Offices as Regional Support Centers, since their main function is to “support” Franchise Owners and customers. The corporate office was renamed the Global Support Center, to express its role as a support mechanism for all 85 of its Regional Support Centers worldwide.

Coverall Cleaning Concepts has also created a specific department based out of the Global Support Center entitled, the Supportive Services Department, to provide ongoing support and training to Operations Departments throughout the world. This training and support is provided in order to maintain the high quality business practices of their Franchise Owners, therefore preserving the strong relationship with their customers. By acting as a liaison between their Franchise Owners and customers, Coverall Cleaning Concepts distinguishes itself from others in its industry. With the organizational changes that have been executed within the past year, Coverall Cleaning Concepts has truly exemplified itself as the “Best Support Organization.”

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected International Stevie winners from among the Finalists, which were determined by volunteer judges around the world during two months of preliminary judging.

"We congratulate all Finalists and winners of the historic, first International Stevie Awards," said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards, the organization that runs The International Business Awards. "Their stories of integrity, creativity, perseverance, humanity, and profitability will be rightly honored during our gala March 22 awards dinner in New York."

“Coverall Cleaning Concepts is proud to be recognized by the International Stevie Awards for our support of our Franchise Owners and customers,” states Ted Elliott, President and COO of Coverall Cleaning Concepts. “The changes in our corporate structure to enhance our support system have been instrumental in the growth and development of Coverall and are at the core of our passion to help our Franchise Owners build successful businesses.”

About Coverall Cleaning Concepts
Coverall Cleaning Concepts is one of the nation’s leading commercial cleaning franchising companies, servicing nearly 40,000 customers in over 85 metropolitan cities worldwide. Coverall’s extraordinary growth is attributed to its system-wide network of Regional Support Centers, franchisees and support staff that are dedicated to serving the needs of its customers. Small and large office buildings, industrial complexes, medical facilities, banks, department stores, and corporate headquarters are among the many types of accounts Coverall services. When it comes to value, quality and responsiveness, Coverall Cleaning Concepts is the company Facility Managers have trusted for more than 19 years.

About The Stevie^TM Awards

The Stevies^TM were created to honor and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide. Beginning with the introduction of The American Business Awards^SM M in 2002, and The International Business AwardsSM in 2003, the organization’s mission is to raise the profile of exemplary companies and individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public. The New York Post called the Stevies "the business world's own Oscar Awards."

Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Awards recognize outstanding leadership, innovation, perseverance, creativity, teamwork, and integrity through more than 40 categories. Sponsors of the 2004 International Business Awards include BusinessDay, the BusinessTalk Radio Network, Clickmedios, Financial Times, Mundo Ejecutivo, Propaganda & Marketing, Selling Power Magazine, and Semana Economica.

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