Attorney discusses why incorporation is often not enough to keep others from using your company tradename.
Title:Guardian Management Company Strives to Nurture Both Customers and Employees
When Ross Barton got into the sweeping business he already had strong credentials as the manager for a large landscaping firm. That, combined with the positive way he and his wife, Tina, choose to run their business, has provided them with a path to success.
Yes, you can fire your client! (Sometimes you have to…)
If you are using independent contractors in your sweeping business, you need to make sure you’re doing it legally.
Title:Accusweep Services has Gained Long Term Success by Being a Team Operation
In 1987, David McCaskill worked as a sales rep for a local radio station. One day when he was at lunch with one of his clients, as he often did he asked the man what type of job he thought David would be best suited for. The customer said “What about the parking lot sweeping business?” He then went on to explain that he, himself, had a sweeper truck and swept his own parking lot.
After asking some of his other customers if he could sweep their lots, and getting positive answers, McCaskill got a sweeper and got to work. Today, going on 25 years later, the Accusweep Services Team sweeps parking lots and much more.
After 32 years of sweeping, here are the thoughts of Hank Rodio on the topic of the street side of sweeping.
Internationally recognized safety expert, John Meola, provides WSA with a monthly Safety Bulletin. These are available and archived in this locale.
Title:Centroplex Sweeping Combines Savvy, Safety and Emphasis on Community Involvement
Alfred Lopez grew up around his father’s sweeping and pavement maintenance company. He clearly recalls that the part that fascinated him as a boy was watching the sweepers. There was even the night when he was about 12 that he snuck out to watch the sweeper go around in the parking lot nearby.
Today, as owner of Centroplex Sweeping, he runs a high profile company in which he combines business savvy with an emphasis on safety training and community involvement.
Title:C&J Parking Lot Sweeping, Inc. – One of America’s Top Echelon Sweeping Companies
Ray Confer already owned a landscaping business in 1978 when he started into sweeping. His new venture resulted from a request by a property manager that was a client of Confer’s landscaping company. At a Rotary meeting, the mall manager asked if he knew anything about sweeping parking lots.
Ray confessed that he didn’t know anything about sweeping – especially how to bid it. The mall manager responded that his current sweeping contractor had come into his office yelling and screaming at him. “If you go out and get a sweeper,” the manager told him, “I have a contract waiting for you.”
This article shows how important it is to track your employees’ comp. premiums, as well as tips on making sure you are in the best classification.
