In today's world, speed is everything. For the small business owner, that is doubly true. Small business owners often balance the operations, planning, supervising, financial decision making and a million other things in their day. To help small businesses make sure th...

It sounds too good to be true, but it's not.  Section 179 allows businesses to take full or accelerated depreciation of equipment you purchase or lease in any given tax year up to certain limits. What does that mean?  Well, in 2014 if you were to finance equipment...

Interest rates and where they are headed has been dominating the business world news lately. For many business owners the question of rising interest rates is important for many reasons. Higher rates mean  higher payments for the equipment and working capital loans th...

Restaurant owners are facing pressure to increase wages as the economy picks up steam. According to a recent report from the department of labor, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, restaurant wages increased at an annualized pace of 3% in the second half of 2014 c...

Good news for the restuarant industry in 2015. According to the National Restaurant Association, sales in for United States restaurants are expected to grow 3.8% this year. The industry is expected to hit $709 Billion from last year's $683 Billion. 

The NRA cites a few...

Food Truck revenue in the United States is expected to grow from $650 million in 2012 to over $2.7 Billion by 2017.  They are the fastest growing concept in the U.S. and exhibit no signs of slowing down any time soon. The cost to start-up a food truck average around $...

The U.S. market for automotive diagnostic scan tools is set to grow to $1.8 billion by 2018, a 5.75% year over year growth for the next several years according to a study by marketsandmarkets.com  By that time, the study says, the United States diagnostic scan tool ma...

The Federal Government's Bureau of Labor Statistics is predicting growth in Construction Industry jobs from 2012 through 2022. The Bureau is estimating growth of over $1.6M jobs, an annual rate of change of 2.6%.  The number of jobs increasing represents the largest nu...

One of the biggest challenges facing start-up restaurants is acquiring financing for new equipment. With Copley Funding, we can help true 1st day start-up restaurants obtain financing for equipment. With our start-up restaurant financing, start-up restaurants can obtai...

There is good news out there for the home building industry. The Natonal Association of Home Builder's is predicting home starts to increase to 1,162,000 in 2015 from 993,000 in 2014. The increase in new home starts is 167,000, a 17% increase. 2016 is expected to grow...