AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Mr. Fix-it.(Smart Ideas)(Fixx Services Inc. )(Brief Article)(Company Profile)

Entrepreneur

| March 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Entrepreneur Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WHAT: Restaurant and retail facilities management services

WHO: Mark Bucher of Fixx Services Inc.

WHERE: Bethesda, Maryland

WHEN: Started in 1999

MARK BUCHER TAKES THE HEADACHE out of handling the kind of maintenance nightmares that restaurants and retail stores routinely face. In fact, years of firsthand experience with managing such properties inspired him to launch Fixx Services, a company that offers facility management services.

Now businesses that have maintenance problems can call Fixx to get help 24/7; third-party plumbers and other professionals are sent to the site by Fixx representatives. "[Customers] want one number to call if their oven breaks or ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Check-mate: protecting workers' paychecks from predatory unions is good...
Magazine article from: National Review Rapp, Christopher January 26, 1998 700+ words
...office." Ury and his partners at the Education Alliance, Mark Bucher and Jim Righeimer, were chastened by the experience -- but...taken out of their pay without their permission," explains Mark Bucher, "and it doesn't matter whether it's being taken out...
Slicing up the gourmet bread market. (Baker Street Artisan Breads)
Magazine article from: Pittsburgh Business Times Fitzpatrick, Dan November 7, 1997 700+ words
...six more in places such as Shadyside, South Side, Monroeville and Downtown. "We're taking them one at a time," said Mark Bucher, a Baker Street partner handling Baker's expansion. Mr. Bucher and his partners, company co-founders and brothers...
First-of-its-Kind Program for Restaurant Industry Offers Complete Repair and...
Press release article from: PR Newswire April 6, 2005 700+ words
...TM) offers complete repair and maintenance management services with no deductibles or additional fees. Restaurant veteran Mark Bucher, co-founder of DineAssured(TM), says the company's programs offer restaurants a tremendous opportunity to save money...
Spitzer won't run for DA.
News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 23, 2005 700+ words
...Rackauckas would take time from his wife, Jamie, and son, Justin, 6. With Spitzer now seeking re-election, GOP activist Mark Bucher said he is considering whether to abandon his campaign for that Assembly seat. By John Gittelsohn And Martin Wisckol To see...
California Campaigns for U.S. House Skirt Payroll-Tax Laws.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Wisckol, Martin October 14, 1998 700+ words
...payroll rules said the three campaigns are in clear violation of tax laws. "They're cheating the other taxpayers," said Mark Bucher, president of Employers Resource, a Tustin firm that provides payroll services to political campaigns and other small businesses...
FIXX.(maintenance company serving restaurant and retail operations)(Brief...
Magazine article from: Washington Business Journal CHAMIS, ELENI April 27, 2001 700+ words
...vendors and resells them to restaurateurs and other retailers at reduced rates with a monthly subscription fee. Fixx is run by MARK BUCHER, who previously worked in real estate for CHICKEN OUT ROTISSERIE, CHESAPEAKE BAGEL BAKERY and DUNKIN DONUTS. Bucher says...
Just fix it: New company helps restaurants in crisis.
Magazine article from: Washington Business Journal CHAMIS, ELENI February 2, 2001 700+ words
Mark Bucher knows the pain well. He's been there when the phone rings -- sometimes at a very inconvenient time -- and a store manager...
The Assured Companies(TM), Through its RestAssured(TM) Division, Launches...
Press release article from: PR Newswire April 20, 2005 700+ words
...excited about our new hospitality division and we've already signed with Fairmont Hotels and Columbia Hospitality," states Mark Bucher, founder of The Assured Companies(TM). "Our programs are saving businesses up to 20 percent of annual expenditures on...
Score at lunch in Bangladesh vs England first test.
News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 23, 2003 700+ words
...203 all out England, 1st Innings (111 for no loss) Marcus Trescothick c Mahmud b Haque 113 Michael Vaughan b Rafique 48 Mark Bucher lbw Rahman 0 Nasser Hussain c Mashud b Rahman 0 Graham Thorpe not out 17 Rikki Clarke not out 1 Extras (2lb 1w 3nb) 6 TOTAL...
Score at tea in Bangladesh vs England first test.
News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 23, 2003 700+ words
...203 all out England, 1st Innings (111 for no loss) Marcus Trescothick c Mahmud b Haque 113 Michael Vaughan b Rafique 48 Mark Bucher lbw Rahman 0 Nasser Hussain c Mashud b Rahman 0 Graham Thorpe c Saleh b Murtaza 64 Rikki Clarke b Rafique 13 Chris Read c...
For more facts and information, see all results

Source: HighBeam Research, Mr. Fix-it.(Smart Ideas)(Fixx Services Inc. )(Brief Article)(Company...

©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA