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As business owners plan to purchase sweeping equipment, trucks, or other machines to fuel business growth in 2024, it’s helpful to understand the decision-making process that qualifies an applicant for an equipment loan. As a direct lender in business for over twenty-five years, Oakmont Capital Services is happy to “pull back the curtain” on our …

Breaking Down Credit: The Good, The Bad, and the Benefits for Your Business Read More »

Our job as street sweeping and paving contractors is vital to the environmental health and aesthetic quality of our society. As such, we have to be devoted to ensuring that we deliver excellent service to the constituencies that we serve. In order to do this, we need to maintain our equipment effectively. Proper maintenance of …

Best Equipment Maintenance Strategies for Prolonged Lifespan and Cost Savings Read More »

Your small commercial sweeping business has withstood the test of the early 2020s, a stellar achievement. Your company survived the extreme impacts of COVID, the resulting economic crisis, and here you are, still afloat after these years of stubbornly resistant national recovery. Maybe you’re seeing some promising hints of a better 2024 but are still …

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Many surprising effects from AI can be expected for competitors in commercial pavement sweeping as in most other industries over the next few years. Integration of, or declining to implement, artificial intelligence (AI) will impact your business. Its overall efficiency, speed of operations, product and service quality, reliability of processes, and changes in profit margins …

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Paving and sweeping companies offer a valuable service to communities across our country. By paving damaged roads and parking lots and sweeping to maintain their cleanliness and curb appeal, your company ensures our streets, shopping areas and other places of business are clean, safe and attractive.  As you are aware, the possibility of safety risks …

Ensuring Safety on Paving and Sweeping Job Sites: Best Practices Read More »

There are natural advantages for business competitors who prioritize increasing employee engagement and tracking the progress of their efforts. But, “employee engagement” is often misunderstood, improperly defined, and ineffectively pursued. Some leaders may also be uncertain about the skills they need to sustain the engagement of their team members. Let’s look at some ways to …

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West Chester, PA, October 2023 – If you’re a small- to medium-sized business owner, you know that running a business requires purchasing (expensive) equipment and software. The good news is that a tax deduction could help alleviate some of the financial burdens of those operational expenses. The catch? Your business needs to finalize purchases before …

It Is Time to Take Advantage of Section 179: Is It Right for You? Read More »

Added services for pavement-sweeping customers are increasingly common. There are sweeping company owners who maintain a purist model, committed to sweeping only, reasoning that they should stick to what they do best. Others have expanded their service offerings to provide various related pavement maintenance services. Some have gone further to offer other exterior maintenance services, and some …

7 Easy Added Revenue Generators for Sweeping Businesses Read More »

Happy and healthy employees are critical elements that enhance business success and profitability. When staff members are satisfied and well, they perform better. Conversely, when employees feel unhappy and wasted, productivity suffers. This results in declining profits, with losses hitting an average of 34% each year for companies in the U.S! In this blog post, …

Keep Staff Members Happy and Healthy With These Enhanced Benefits Read More »

Running a street sweeping/paving contracting business has its fair share of challenges. For newbies, it is a cycle they can’t wait to escape. The veterans see it as another day at the office. Imagine how defeating this can make one look if it goes on endlessly. Every business person gets to contend with this idea …

How To Balance Quality Service with Quick Growth Read More »