Numbers mean a lot when you look to the Energy InformationAdministration for price information on domestic crude oil andimports. The propane industry often looks to EIA’s Heating Oil andPropane Update during the winter months, as well as the This WeekIn Petroleum report for important data related to price and supply.
Read More In this business, accidents happen. Accidents that happen as aresult of mistakes are almost always discovered at some later date,at which point the problem must then be confronted and resolved.
Read More When Monica McCarthy Clark took over at Glades Gas of Okeechobee,Fla., in 1987, she knew she faced an uphill battle as a woman inthe propane industry.
Read More Las Vegas. Gambling. Shows. Dining. Shopping. Golf. Nightlife.Business conferences. It’s a lot to keep up with, and despiteeverything being in relatively close proximity, taxicabs aredesperately needed to transport millions of visitors from Point Ato Point B.
Read More For more than 20 years, the No. 1 concern of small-business owners nationwide has been the runaway cost of health insurance.
Read More Arecent study of propane-related incidents and accidents indicates that the industry has a safety record that demonstrates responsible risk management and control of the distribution of a flammable material.
Read More This is the second in a series of columns inspired by the late management guru Peter Drucker. This month, we apply Drucker’s thoughts on the hiring and promotion process to the retail propane company.
Read More Statutes, codes and customs are important in a legal context, as lawyers and judges spend a lot of time in liability cases looking at these three categories of rules to apply to the conduct of the parties before the court.
Read More Implications of this redefinition of profits serve a useful purpose in the measurement of a retail propane company’s performance. The first purpose cited above is how we historically view profits — the excess or what’s left over after we have paid our bills. However, in the second point it may be that the profit is not sufficient to replace capital for worn-out equipment.
Read More Virtually all propane marketers have seasonal customers, primarily on their residential accounts and usually in areas where vacationing is a big part of the local economy. People often purchase second homes or have a hunting lodge that they might only use for a portion of the year or just on weekends.
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