Industry attorney Ed Cross has announced the launch of a new business venture to add to his current list of offerings to restorers.

Learning from experience is one of the best forms of training.

Take care of the details to solve most business problems.

Construction sector faces shortages of inventory, employees.

If you do this, you will ensure the health of your restoration company long after you are gone.

One thing you might want to consider: Is your goal to take the most risk with the highest volume or is it to manage the lowest volume to give you the most money to take home? So, the question to you still is "Should I Stay or should I go?" Google the song and see if it helps your thought process.

Morton will act as the marketing coordinator and executive assistant to the leadership staff.

Ours is an industry where entrepreneurs cling to traditional ways of doing business. It’s an in-person service, after all. We work with our hands, we serve clients face-to-face. Who cares how tech savvy we are? Everyone cares, and if you don’t see that reflected in your customers’ priorities now, you will soon.

To pay homage to an eventful 2021 and help restorers ring in a prosperous 2022, R&R decided to go beyond the standard year-in-review piece. We asked leaders from across the industry to share what they consider strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. With those perspectives, we curated a comprehensive, long-form collection of restoration industry SWOT analyses for your exploration.

Les Cunningham shares 13 reflections and predictions for restoration business owners to consider as they plan for 2022, from working with TPAs, to increasing labor and material prices, to COVID-19 effects.