Small Business Tips (Page 52)

Jicarilla Apache Nation’s former purchasing agent has been charged with embezzling over $20,000 from the Albuquerque tribe. Vanessa Cohoe, 46, was a purchasing agent for Jicarilla Apache Nation for four years. An indictment was filed on her behalf in December of 2015 regarding theft pertaining to the Jicarilla Apache Nation.Continue Reading

Are you doing all you can to expand your business? If you’re one of the 99.7% of companies that employ fewer than 500 people, chances are the responsibilities for growing your customer base and broadening your range of service falls close to home. When you’re trying to obtain those lucrativeContinue Reading

Does your company struggle with staffing? Perhaps you have a hard time with retention or maybe you are just going through a restructure and need to find an executive but aren’t sure where to turn. Whatever your staffing situation might be, you aren’t alone. Companies all across America are tryingContinue Reading

It’s so easy to take clean water for granted living in America. We don’t tend to think about the dangers of unsanitary water. But, thank goodness someone does. Because even here in a first world country, if the waters were not purified and sanitized through the use of water electricalContinue Reading

When dealing with heavy equipment and machinery, you are going to want to make sure that you have everything in order, from the correct machines in place down to the proper documentation and safety certifications of those operating them. Passersby on the street may not always realize it, but thereContinue Reading

Are you wondering about when to donate clothes? You’re in the right place! It’s always a good time to rummage through your closet and pick out unused and unwanted clothing articles, as charity organizations are always looking for wares to pad out their shelves and help people in need. CharitableContinue Reading

While hiring the right staff member is important, keeping that employee is vital. In today’s competitive job market and with a rising number of millennials – as much as 42% according to Jobvite – wanting to change jobs every one to three years, employee retention is one of the biggestContinue Reading

Business sign manufacturers understand the importance of having a sign outside your store. Without the sign, there is really no way that anyone will know where you are or how to locate you without outdoor business signs. While most people might make use of the Internet before actually venturing outContinue Reading

Too much street sweeping is actually causing problems. Jersey City’s road sweeping services are being utilized too much and it’s beginning to cause some issues. Working with private street sweeping companies has much more benefits than cities who don’t take everything into account. Jersey City is sweeping their streets fourContinue Reading

Employee retention is a serious issue. Nearly 57% of American organizations say this. Poor performance and issues with temperament are the reasons that nearly 22% of new hires leave within 45 days. There are ways to keep employees happy and with a company for longer than a month and aContinue Reading

According to Packaging Digest, the European Aluminum Foil Association is celebrating pharmaceutical blister packaging solutions for their resource efficiency. This announcement may surprise some people, who haven?t considered the additional economical design advantages of blister packs. Why blister packaging? The EAFA was celebrating Amcor Flexibles, which created a technology thatContinue Reading

Having a restaurant cleaning job or office cleaning service company or school cleaning services, or whatever type of janitorial services that you offer can be a difficult business to get into. There are many things that people are looking for when they hire a cleaning service, no matter where itContinue Reading

More and more companies and workers are choosing to work remotely. It is seen as being productive by at least 67% of all American professionals and is seen as being a perk of a job by nearly 80% of them. The ability to lose the daily commute is seen asContinue Reading

Water cooling towers are a part of our lives virtually every day. Whenever you go to work or shop at a big box store you are likely to be the recipient of their efficiency, so much so that you likely do not even notice them. A cooling tower is aContinue Reading

According to Albany Star, birth control failure for 100 women prompted them to file a lawsuit against the packaging company, Qualitest (a subsidiary of Endo). In 2011, the company issued a large-scale voluntary recall because a blister packaging error led to the weekly tablet orientation being reversed — this meansContinue Reading

Whether you need a construction crew to make roofing repairs on your commercial complex or need to build a new warehouse, your project must follow construction guidelines for safety. Let’s consider what that means. When referring to safe construction, the term encompasses security on construction sites, following government regulations regardingContinue Reading

Your product could be a top-of-the-line, industry-changing, ground-breaking creation, but without the proper exposure, how will we ever know? Besides marketing campaigns, trade shows are vital to getting your product out there. The average company allocates 31.6% of its total marketing budget to events, and over $24 billion is spentContinue Reading

The statistics are in regarding signs: about 35% of people would not have arrived at a business if it wasn?t for their sign. Studies have also shown that even just upgrading to a larger sign can increase in-store revenue by 7.7% — an important number for places that rely onContinue Reading

A construction site can be a very dangerous place if things aren’t handled correctly. There must be proper safety protocols in place in order to ensure that the entire operation is run smoothly and that all of the works are secure and safe from work related accidents. The use ofContinue Reading