Harpic

You will have to rename Byrne 'Harpic' to clean out this stench.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Sadly the attack saw the end of "Harpic" Dodds game as a leg injury caused him to leave the game.

HX News and Sport 2009

Reckitt is a household, health and personal care firm whose brands include Durex, Dettol and Harpic.

European Bank Shares Hit Ishaq Siddiqi 2011

Its portfolio has come to include all manner of lucrative, if unglamorous products, such as Clearasil acne cream, d-Con mousetraps, Harpic toilet cleaner and Veet hair remover.

Reckitt's CEO to Step Down Paul Sonne 2011

The company said its Dettol brand performed particularly well in these markets, while sales of Harpic cleaner were also strong.

Reckitt's Profit Rises 9% Simon Zekaria 2011

The company said its Dettol brand performed particularly well in the health and personal-care division, while sales of Harpic cleaner were also strong.

Reckitt Taps Emerging Markets as Profit Rises 6% Simon Zekaria 2011

Bart BechtThe chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser, the firm behind Dettol, Finish, Harpic and other household brands, set a new high-water mark for executive pay with £91. 5m in cash and shares last year – equivalent to more than 12% of the wages received by the group's 24,900 workforce.

Invasion of the booty snatchers: how greed is spreading out from the City 2010

Reckitt has built a big business specializing in hundreds of products to deal with stuff people would rather not talk about, many of them decidedly unsexy: Clearasil acne cream, Mucinex decongestant, Veet hair remover, d-Con mouse traps, Harpic toilet-bowl cleaner, Lysol disinfectants and even a drug for kicking heroin addiction.

Never Squeamish, Reckitt Adds Condoms to Its Cabinet 2010

The rest, Jowell, nuff said; Harpic (clean round the bend - for those old enough to remember the advert); Millipedia?

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

I'm not sure quite why - perhaps it's because it has a similar feel to Harpic - but that image springs to mind every time I see the van.

Archive 2009-03-01 Brian Clegg 2009