The Lending Forecast With all of the economic uncertainty in the business world, is it in fact possible to make a determination on the stability of the markets? Some recent surveys and studies have found small business lending corresponding with an easing of credit restrictions, with a few exceptions. One prominent leasing index showed a…
The Equipment Leasing Forecast The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) has just released its projections for the top equipment acquisition trends for the coming year. This takes into account data from last year as well as patterns that have been established in the leasing and financing arena. Collated data is used to make the…
The Protein Shake – Myth or Not? Okay, we’ve heard people talk about them, those fitness programs where you have a shake in place of one or two meals each day. Doing this for a month and the weight falls off, right? Does it actually work the way it is often described? Better still, movies…
Restaurant Equipment Leasing When furnishing your home kitchen, you probably would not consider leasing kitchen equipment. The various units are not subject to nearly as much wear and tear as commercial kitchen equipment, so buying the pieces outright makes the most sense. In a restaurant setting, however, everything changes. The units are in near continuous…
As we enter 2013, there are several schools of thought in the lending community regarding access to capital and what may or may not happen with small business lending in 2013. One of the problems in making a clear prediction is the number of different sources providing numbers and specs, such as the Small Business…
The Restaurant Equipment Leasing Dilemma When starting or upgrading your restaurant, badly needed equipment may be purchased outright through cash, credit, or bank loans, and if these options are not available to you, then many times you have the options of restaurant equipment leasing. Leasing kitchen equipment can be thought of much the same way…
Restaurant Leasing Options Today we continue looking at the benefits of leasing restaurant equipment by looking at some of the steps that are necessary when it comes to successful kitchen equipment leasing. Through careful planning and execution of that plan, then you may be able to save a significant amount of capital through a commercial…
Operating Your Restaurant Efficiently If you are a restaurant owner, or are looking to open your own restaurant, then you no doubt are aware of the massive amount of equipment that will be needed to do it properly. This sort of equipment is not inexpensive, especially when you consider that most of it is designed…
Most of us do it every year, we make plans, resolutions for the coming year to get in shape and stay there, and like most resolutions they are broken quickly and forgotten even faster. Months down the road, we look at ourselves and think “if only I’d stuck with it, I could be thinner by…
Nowadays, when it comes to getting fit, your smartphone needs to come along with you, right along with your running shoes, sweats, weights, and the rest. A recent study reports that more and more Americans are now using their smartphones to look up health related information than they did just two short years ago, and…