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Keep it Green Landscaping Safety Training pictured above April 15 is the deadline to participate in the Safety Recognition Awards. Author Rod Dickens talked with two winners of the Best of the Best safety recognition awards to see what they are doing right when it comes to safety at their companies. Keep it Green Landscaping […]
Author, Alain Parcan, director of marketing for Market Hardware, Inc., and NALP consultant, contributed this article.Ā One of the most common questions we get while speaking at industry tradeshows or providing educational Webinars is, āwhich strategy is right for me?ā Businesses are constantly focused on finding the right marketing plan when it comes to generating […]
Author Marty Grunder, consultant, speaker, and owner of Grunder Landscaping, one of the largest firms in the Midwest, gives his advice on making the sale when you arenāt the lowest bid. Catch Marty at his 2018Ā NALP Sales Boot Camps in Dallas and Philadelphia this coming March.Ā My experience, and the success of my clients I […]
The author, Peter Holton, of Caber Hill Advisors, a mergers and acquisitions firm, is an NALP Consultant member.Ā In the last two months, several business owners have asked about the M&A outlook under President Trump. We point owners of landscaping companies toward three important macro factors ā tax rates, interest rates, and population demographics. Here […]
April 15 is the deadline to participate in the Safety Recognition Awards. Author Rod Dickens talked with two winners of the Best of the Best safety recognition awards to see what they are doing right when it comes to safety at their companies. The Raimondi Horticultural Group in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, has won the Best of […]
Author, Drew Garcia, with Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, is the program director for NALP’sĀ Workers’ Compensation Program.Ā Ever wonder why your insurance rates high when your competitors are low? There are reasons for that including, frequency of claims, severity of claims, experience rating, average claim cost incurred, operations, trends, loss ratio etc. If you evaluate your […]
In the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the city council recently introduced a resolution calling on state legislators to repeal or amend a state law that prevents municipalities from regulating the use of pesticides themselves. In Utah, the House of Representatives approved HB 280, legislation preempting local governments from regulating fertilizer, pesticides and seed. The […]
If you’ve been to an NALP, PLANET, or PLCAA event in the last 25 years, then you have definitely seen or been helped by Betsy Demoret.Ā With a big smile and lots of energy, Betsy has been a bit of a āden motherā to many staff and members. She loves to stay behind the scenes, […]
Last week, two pesticide-related bills supported by NALP and other industry stakeholders sailed through the House Agriculture Committee.Ā The committee passed both bills by voice vote in the first 10 minutes of the Committee meeting, and provided renewed hope that Congress will take much needed action to help ease the current regulatory burdens related to […]
Author Marty Grunder, consultant, speaker, and owner of Grunder Landscaping, one of the largest firms in the Midwest, gives his advice on making the sale when you aren’t the lowest bid. Catch Marty at his NALP Sales Boot Camps in Baltimore and Charlotte the week of March 27, 2017.Ā Of all the questions I get […]
