Houston business owners know that a successful company is more than just a product or service. It's a combination of important components such as an office or warehouse, employees, outdoor signs, beautiful landscaping and trees, equipment, company vehicles, inventory, and furniture. Businesses often utilize all these assets in order to achieve maximum productivity and value. When these assets are threatened or damaged, it can put business owners in a dire financial situation as the replacement and repair costs can be astronomical.

Growing businesses often come with growing pains, as owners usually need additional revenue, labor, equipment, inventory, and vehicles in order to meet customer needs and complete daily activities. As businesses expand, they may need to transition from using a single company vehicle or personal vehicle for business to company fleet vehicles to complete service calls and deliveries. Purchasing or leasing fleet vehicles is an important investment for any business owner, so it's important to protect fleet vehicles as well as the employees using them.

Tax time can be a revealing time for business owners, as receipts and accounting records can clearly indicate spending trends and expenses that exceeded budgets or expectations. However, businesses still have an opportunity to reduce business expenses for the current year and improve their bottom line with a few proactive steps. In today's blog post, we'll highlight three areas in which business can realize significant savings in their annual budget to allow financial resources to be focused elsewhere.

A large number of Houston area businesses, offices, and schools have found themselves victims of a theft growing in popularity among criminals, which is stealing valuable metals. Thieves will often strike at night and make off with copper and aluminum components from air conditioning units, manufacturing plants, or construction sites to sell to scrap metal recyclers. Metal thieves can cause thousands of dollars in damages, repair costs, and property and inventory loss for property owners, as well as revenue losses while repairs are made.

Business owners know that there are a variety of obstacles to overcome in order to achieve success and growth in their business. In addition, businesses must avoid common pitfalls and mistakes that have doomed other businesses, such as hiring the wrong people, buying poor quality equipment, or choosing the wrong location for their office or storefront. In today's blog post, we'll look at three insurance mistakes that all new businesses should avoid, to ultimately help their businesses achieve future success.

Business owners are constantly striving to increase their customer base and revenue streams to stay competitive in the Houston marketplace. However, business owners also face the reality of needing to make their workplace safer for the company, the employees, and clients. Unfortunately, a growing number of businesses face threats from thieves, hackers, disgruntled employees, or irate customers. It is prudent for companies to take proactive steps to increase their safety in the New Year.

The Internet allows consumers to purchase pretty much anything online, such as clothes, cars, food, and even houses. We buy more and more things online because it's often faster and less expensive than purchasing it ourselves in a store. However, insurance is one of the few items that should not be purchased online, and in today's blog post, we'll look at the top three reasons why it's best to avoid buying insurance direct.

Business owners are often eager to find ways to increase their customer base and bring in additional revenue. This can sometimes be accomplished through business renovations, clever marketing, or other common business strategies. One behind-the-scenes method to help grow businesses that is often overlooked is having better tools and newer equipment for daily business usage. Utilizing new tools and business equipment can positively impact your business in three key ways.

There are a wide variety of issues that can impact businesses, such as rising costs of raw goods and materials, nearby construction, downturns in the economy, more competition within the industry, and lack of adequate staff. However, one of the most common impacts to businesses and business owners comes from power outages. The loss of power can be devastating to a business, since it can hinder sales, productivity, security, manufacturing, customer access, and inventory volume.

Since its foundation, America has always been a country of entrepreneurs and hard-working individuals. Because of this great enterprising spirit, there are thousands of small businesses that start up each year, many of them based inside home offices, garages or basements at the beginning. Although these businesses might start off small, it is critically important to get proper business insurance to protect the assets and financial future of the business in case disaster strikes.