Knight’s Pumping and Portables, a division of Knight’s Services Inc. in Bakersfield, Calif., is seeing something fewer small businesses these days can claim: growth. Against the trend of contracting bottom lines, Knight’s has created slow but steady expansion of its annual revenues.Tracey Lince, vice president of business development, keeps a steady thumb on the company’s financial pulse while turning a watchful eye toward market developments. The large operation continues to thrive through a gut-wrenching economic downturn by serving strong customers, using technology to create operating efficiencies, and never losing sight of the fact that in the end, it’s all about
