What About You

Do You and Your Employees Take Time off?

Capital Solutions Bancorp — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:04:13 -0400

Despite larger workloads and more work hours, Expedia.com 2009 International Vacation Deprivation Survey reports that 34 percent of US workers don't use their vacation days. Why don't people use their personal days to take a break from the extra hours they put in? More depressing is the fact that 27 percent of workers haven't taken personal time or a sick day in a couple of years according to the 2010 CareerBuilder work/life balance study.

Dropping Gas Prices and Taxes Affect Natural Gas Drilling Activity

Capital Solutions Bancorp — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:01:59 -0400

While natural gas companies have experienced growth in recent years, it's now facing a challenge as its volatility catches up with the industry. It's bad enough that in the summer of 2008, natural gas companies cut down on drilling activity and leases when prices started dropping. Since then, prices have fallen again. A pattern has emerged that natural gas prices do what oil prices do in terms of going up or down.

Better to Fail in Your Small Business than Do Nothing

Capital Solutions Bancorp — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:55:17 -0400

This sounds like a quote from one of those inspiring posters with a gorgeous photo and an inspirational quote. It's true that it's better to fail than avoid something because you're afraid of failure.

Watch Your Company's Finances

Capital Solutions Bancorp — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:09:39 -0400

It's not that you can't trust your employees. Considering we've reached 1997 financial crisis levels, people become desperate. They have bills to pay and a lifestyle to upkeep. This doesn't mean they're trying to maintain their BMWs and $1 million dollar homes. Instead, they struggle to help their kids with music lessons, sports and other extracurricular activities.

It's a case of desperate times calling for desperate measures. Fight or flight syndrome. Survival of the fittest (or weakest).

Meet a few simple qualifications today and get funded tomorrow

Capital Solutions Bancorp — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:25:57 -0400

When you come to Capital Solutions Bancorp for your financing needs, you can expect some of the easiest qualification requirements in the market. Hundreds of companies like yours have qualified for our services and you can too. If you meet the following qualifications, we will provide you with a funding solution that you will be thrilled with.

Take a Mental Health Day or Week

Capital Solutions Bancorp — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:29:08 -0400

"Mental health day," a phrase first coined in 1971, finally gets the recognition it deserves. Merriam-Webster includes this along with about 100 words in its 11th edition of its Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary hitting the shelves this September. Mental health day is "a day that an employee takes off from work in order to relieve stress or renew vitality."

7 Ways to Take Care of Yourself

Capital Solutions Bancorp — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:26:19 -0400

It's a known fact... stress and worries affect our health. It could manifest itself through physical and psychological symptoms including back pain, headaches, skin rashes, cardiovascular disease, and a weaker immune system.