Davey Tree Acquires Tree Health Professionals

Kent, Ohio — The Davey Tree Expert Company has acquired Tree Health Professionals Inc. of Campbell, Calif., and will integrate its expert services into its residential/commercial operations. Tree Health Professionals provides tree and shrub care services to residents throughout the South Bay and Mid-Peninsula areas. It will merge its operations with Davey’s Santa Clara territory, which serves clients throughout the Santa Clara Valley and surrounding communities. Gil Mitchell of Tree Health Professionals said he is excited that his clients will benefit from Davey’s resources, including its workforce, equipment, and the technology and research developed at The Davey Institute. “While the … Read more

ServiceMaster Sells TruGreen Landcare

On April 25, 2011, The ServiceMaster Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its commercial landscaping business, TruGreen LandCare, to an affiliate of Aurora Capital Group. TruGreen LandCare is a leading U.S. provider of landscape maintenance services to commercial, industrial and municipal customers.  It will continue to offer a comprehensive suite of landscaping services through a network of 60 branches in 17 states.  The sale of TruGreen LandCare’s business does not impact ServiceMaster’s TruGreen lawn care unit, which provides residential and commercial lawn, tree and shrub care to 14,000 commercial customers within the United States … Read more

SAVATREE MERGES WITH NEW JERSEY-BASED TOWN & COUNTY TREE EXPERTS

Bedford, NY. March 28, 2011 — SavATree, a leading provider of tree, shrub and lawn care services, today announced a merger with Town & Country Tree Experts. SavATree has been serving customers throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West regions for over 25 years and now, due to this recent merger, has expanded their market share in New Jersey. They hold the prestigious accreditation from the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA). The TCIA accreditation program is a stringent and documented company analysis built on the foundation of ethics, quality and consumer confidence, and is designed to protect consumers. “The decision to … Read more

Survey Has Encouraging News on State of the Business for Sale Marketplace

A recent survey of the nation’s business brokers on the state of the business-for-sale market has encouraging news for business sellers.  The survey was completed by BizBuySell.com, the online marketplace for buying or selling a small business. 76% of responding brokers nationwide anticipate that 2011 will be a good year to sell. A generally positive feeling about economic recovery seems to be the driving factor for the encouraging reports about the business-for-sale market this year. More than two thirds of the brokers – 69% – who anticipate that this year will be a good year to sell a business cite … Read more

Knowing When the Time is Right

Most everyone knows that there will come a time to transition the ownership of their business, whether by a sale to a third party or a transition of ownership to employees or family members.  For some business owners, this will come on an involuntary basis due to death, disability or other pressing matters.  However, most business owners have the opportunity to plan for that transition with the goal of making the transition happen “when the time is right.” Some business owners have a clear idea of when the time will be right for them.  Perhaps it is when some business … Read more