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Use the government and banks to your company’s advantage

Jagger vows not to give up his PST fight, although he has put this old saw into practice: “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” This year, he joined a 25-member advisory panel that meets every two months to discuss business issues with B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Hansen.

“The ability to get yourself to the table in advance is so much more productive,” says Jagger. “It’s easier to help shape new policies than to get government to change bad ones.”

Fleet Managers Share Best Practices

Mike Jagger, president and founder of Provident Security in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has built his 36-vehicle fleet by procuring his installers’ Chevrolet Safari and Astro vans from a car dealership. He prefers to lease, but on an extended term. Jagger’s operation is unique in the industry for operating response as well as installation vehicles.

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Mike Jagger, president of Provident Security in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has been cycling Toyota RAV4s into his fleet for several years. “The RAV4s are more expensive, but they work for us,” he says. “I have found that, the more you spend upfront, the fewer maintenance issues.”

Social media are your friends

Looking for a success story? Meet Provident Mike, aka Michael Jagger, founder and CEO of Provident Security in Vancouver. He founded his company in 1996 to provide security services for special events and pay his university tuition.

Today, Provident offers alarm and security-guard services for business, and residential security services — including a guaranteed “five-minute” response time for homes in Vancouver’s west end.