HVAC companies can expect a busy summer. As the summer rapidly approaches, one question is on everyone’s mind: how hot can we expect it to be? To answer that question, many turn to the Farmer’s Almanac. This year’s Almanac doesn’t appear to have good news. It predicts that this summer will be hot and “oppressively
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The most popular months for weddings are June and August. With Memorial Day squarely in the rearview mirror, summer is fast approaching. That means a few things: the pools open, people start heading off on vacation, and food starts to be cooked outside in some sort of grilling fashion. It also means another thing: weddings.
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This summer is expected to be a big one for the tourism industry This past Memorial Day weekend was the unofficial kickoff of summer, and was one of the busiest Memorial Days of the past decade, with more than 30 million people traveling. This summer looks to be just as busy in terms of travel.
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Transportation industry affords opportunity for consistent growth Polina Raygorodskaya started her own online travel startup after getting stranded on a cross-country trip in 2011. Her company, Wanderu, helps bus and train travelers in the US book their next reservation. Raygorodskaya says she saw an opportunity for Wanderu when she noticed that many bus services in
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Small business owners appear increasingly optimistic Encouraging news for anyone thinking of starting their own small business: a new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of small business owners wouldn’t change anything about their choice. A new Gallup poll found that 84% of small business owners have no regrets about making the decision to start
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Even small biz owners can have big profits Who would have known that J.B. Hunt Transportation Services of Lowell climbed to number 1 in freight services in Arkansas in 2013 after topping the former #1, FedEx Freight? According to a recent article on their rise, they “did it by continuing to emphasize services and not
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Really exciting news from the Associated Press: Female small business owners continue to grow in numbers “Women are starting companies at a torrid pace. Between 1997 and 2014, the number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. rose by 68 percent, twice the growth rate for men and nearly one and a-half times the rate for
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More Americans are Expected to Travel This Memorial Day After a rough winter, businesses and consumers alike are expecting a better summer than in years past because more people have cabin fever. According to AAA, the automotive travel club “a total of 36.1 million people to travel 50 miles or more. If that estimate holds
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Happy 74th Birthday Stockings “I remember seeing two things at the World’s Fair: the first television set and nylon stockings…I thought they were amazing.” – 91 year old Rosa Shufleder, who attended the fair with her father 74 years ago today, on May 15, 1940, nylon stockings were introduced to the world by
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Physical changes to your business location pays dividends Dr. Susan Dimick had an idea. Let her patients enjoy their time in her waiting room and not loathe waiting for her services. So she spent time and money fixing up her small practice, the Central Oklahoma Early Detection Clinic in Edmond, Oklahoma. As one journalist put
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