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Congress Renews Tax Break on Equipment Purchases
Small-business owners who made a substantial equipment investment in 2015 can head into the new year knowing they will be able to...
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How Did This Service Truck End Up in Hands of Terrorists?
The next time you sell or trade your service truck, you might make sure your company name and phone number are removed from...
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From Drug Smugglers to Snakes: The Top 10 Stories of 2015
Emergency crews in Nogales, Arizona, were called to a house that flooded as a result of a wastewater backup Fourth of July...
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4 Questions to Consider When Choosing a Pipe Inspection System
Pipe inspection and location systems represent a significant investment for most small businesses. In return they offer a unique diagnostic and marketing...
Editorial
Save Your Business from Divorce
When we start a business, we naturally hope that it will succeed and grow. And when we get married, we expect it...
Editorial
Optimize the Mobile Office
We’ve all seen them. The guy outside the seminar room on Education Day at the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport...
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Contractors Spread Holiday Cheer
The team from Mr. Rooter, Greater Houston, participates annually in the Jingle Bell Walk/Run, a fundraiser for the Arthritis Foundation.The holiday season...
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Allied Plumbing Improves Service With Software
Success depends on more than good equipment and up-to-date technology. It starts with the handling of the initial call and performance of...
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The Going (Broke) Rate: Why Let Competitors Run Your Business?
Most contractors I talk to that do service and repair have no idea how to properly price for their work. What they usually...
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When Things Go Wrong on a Lining Job
John Heisler is the owner of Quik-Lining Systems Inc. He has 20 years of experience in the CIPP lining business and over 40 years...
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10 Success Tips for Small-Business Owners
There’s no way to guarantee success — but there are plenty of little things you can do, habits you can form, to...
Editorial
Spend for Success. Save for Survival.
Trying to digest and implement business advice can be like trying to fill a squirt gun from a fire hose. There’s no...
Editorial
A Foundation for Good Business
People are the foundation of any business. Both of the profiles in this month’s issue of Cleaner discuss growth and the priorities...

















