Advice on Buying Insurance for Your Company

Let's face it: buying insurance is not a favorite topic of conversation for most business owners.

But it is one of the most important.

Click here to get quick tips on buying insurance from an article that appeared in the Chamber's Enterprise magazine.

BPU Offers Free Energy Audits to Firms

The state Board of Public Utilities recently launched Direct Install, a program offering small and mid-sized businesses free energy audits and covering 80% of costs for recommended upgrades.

It's available to commercial and industrial facilities with peak electric demand of 200 KWs. Buildings must be located in New Jersey and served by one of the state’s public, regulated electric or natural gas utility companies. For more information, click here.

Get On The Train

The 73rd Annual Walk to Washington and the Congressional Dinner - the state's premier networking event - is Jan. 28 & 29. The train trip is called "The Walk" because business leaders walk up and down the train networking while on the way to the nation's capital.

At the Chamber dinner or at many of the other events taking place at the Marriott, you will continue to make contacts, and leave Washington with plenty of business cards that otherwise would take months or years to collect.

Register now for the train and dinner. Book a room at the Marriott by calling (202) 328-2000. To register, click here.

Employee Benefits: Another Victim of the Recession

2009 may be remembered as the year of layoffs, salary freezes and furloughs -- a time when employers did all they could to keep their heads above water.

But there have been other, less storied cuts during this torturous economy: cuts to employee benefits.

Read article in Chamber's Enterprise magazine by clicking here.

Top Executives Worried About NJ Economy

About 68 percent of New Jersey executives believe the U.S. economy will get better in the next 12 months, and about 9 percent think it will worsen.

Meanwhile, 38 percent believe the state economy will get better, and almost 28 percent believe it will worsen.

The Rutgers survey results were released at the Chamber's Economic Policy Forum yesterday.

For Asbury Park Press story, click here.

The Solar Panel State

5,000 solar panel systems have been installed on NJ homes and businesses - 1,000 since August, said Jeanne Fox, state Board of Public Utilities president, during a breakfast this morning with Chamber members.

That's more per-square-mile than any other state, she said. "Energy efficiency is the most effective way to save money and carbon emissions," Fox said.

In 2009,$100 million in efficiency incentives have been available to the commercial and industrial sectors in NJ.

State Chamber Offers Suggestions on Health Care Reform

See article in NJBIZ newspaper by clicking here.