Small businesses have historically turned to banks to get the funding they need, but traditional funding is expensive, and it’s always been tough to get approval. In the throes of COVID-19, approval rates further plummeted to a mere 11.5 percent, …
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If you’re worried your clients won’t pay their invoices due to COVID-19 and the residual economic ripples, you’re not alone. In an era where 55 percent of “temporary” business closures have become permanent, according to Business Insider, and business bankruptcies …
How Do You Know Your Clients Won’t Leave You with Unpaid Invoices in 2020 and Beyond? Read more »
Global demand for fuel is down and consumers are paying less, but transportation & freight companies are facing new challenges. Get the details & solutions here.
Nearly 800 trucking companies failed in 2019, taking almost 25,000 trucks out of the industry’s capacity. Is this a sign of things to come? Or is it an overdue correction? Celadon Group, by far, represented the biggest name to fall …
Was 2019 Just a Pothole for Trucking? Or Something More? Read more »
The opening days of the year represent a great opportunity to lay out a road map for future success. A solid, well-founded plan with clear goals can ensure you’ll end up right where you want to be instead of someplace else wondering what went wrong.
The next time a semi tractor-trailer truck picks up or drops off a load at your dock, you may well encounter a woman behind the wheel. Once almost exclusively the bastion of men, the trucking industry is now welcoming more …
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Trucking is a race against the clock. No matter the cargo, the trucker faces constant pressure to navigate traffic snarls, avoid highway closures, overcome mechanical problems, and stay awake and alert to deliver their load at the contracted time. But …
For a bettor or a gambler, few things are as revered as a “sure thing.” That’s because few things are ever truly assured. OK, in horse racing, seeing Secretariat’s, Seattle Slew’s or Seabiscuit’s name in the lineup is never a …
Improving Your Odds of Getting a Small Business Loan and Identifying Your Alternatives Read more »
America’s transportation infrastructure is crumbling, with traffic-clogged freeways, pothole-strewn side streets and aging bridges making travel as much an aggravation as an adventure. But for the nation’s 3.5 million truckers, these troubled byways have lately proven to also be yellow …
Not long ago, a well-known professional wrestler had a popular catchphrase he would shout out during TV promos. “That’s the bottom line, ‘cause Stone Cold Steve Austin said so!” This meant the audience could bank on what the hulking grappler …
