Massey Services Acquires Middleton Lawn & Pest Control

Acquisition Propels Massey Services to 5th Largest Pest Management Company in the Nation ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Harvey L. Massey, Chairman and CEO of Florida-based Massey Services, Inc., today announced the closing of the company’s purchase of Sunair Services, Inc. (SNR-AMEX), parent of Middleton Lawn & Pest Control, Inc. Sunair and Middleton had been operating as a public company for several years and will now be taken private as part of the integration into Massey Services, Inc. “We are very pleased to welcome our new team members and new customers to the Massey Services organization,” said Harvey Massey. “The joining of … Read more

Christmas Trees: An Old Tradition Growing One Year at a Time

From Accuval. Read it all here. Year after year, many Americans take part in the holiday tradition of purchasing and decorating a Christmas tree. While decorating homes with greens and lights was started by the Romans, it was the Germans and Scandinavians that placed evergreen trees inside their homes in a demonstration of hope for the upcoming spring. It was not until 1510 in Riga, Latvia that the first Christmas tree was decorated. The Christmas tree was introduced to the U.S. much later, in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. However, it was not until 1850 that the first Christmas tree … Read more

Six Tips for Business Leaders to Consider as We Emerge From the Recession

From Accuval. Read it all here. Identify and maintain your strengths and your best customers Capture market share: consider opportunistic acquisitions Manage liquidity as closely as profitability Keep core activities in–house and outsource everything else Create new metrics and manage by them Communicate and reenergize!

The Christmas Tree Index

My wife and I recently visited a favorite high-end garden center in our hometown shopping for Christmas items.  She is a poinsettia fanatic (keeping them going nearly year-round) and also a very particular buyer of evergreen roping or garland.  This particular garden center had no less than eight different kinds of garland.  The kind my wife favors for our front door was out-of-stock.  When we visited with the owner about it, he told us he had sold out.  He added that last year, he had unsold inventory of the same product which he had to discard.  He quickly added  that … Read more

Sunair Services Shareholders Approve Merger Agreement

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sunair Services Corporation (NYSE Amex: SNR) announced today that its shareholders, voting at a special meeting, approved the merger of Sunair with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Massey Services, Inc. In connection with the merger, each outstanding share of Sunair’s common stock (other than shares held by Massey) will be automatically converted into the right to receive $2.75 per share in cash. About Sunair Sunair Services Corporation, a Florida corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Middleton Pest Control, Inc., with headquarters located in Orlando, Florida, provides pest control and lawn care services … Read more