Posts by Step-Up Finance (Business)
Don’t be an April’s Fool
New landlord legal requirements on gas safety come into force on April 1st and a Gas Safe Register (GSF) official has urged those in the private rented sector to be aware of the changes. 1 April sees the replacement of CORGI gas register with...
Read MoreBig Bucks but Small Change
On Monday 30th March the BBC present their first online pitch in the Online Den, the web version of Dragons’ Den. Aspiring entrepreneurs will have the chance to secure up to £50,000 worth of investment. Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis are also experiencing a change in one of their...
Read MoreNo Umming or Aahing … the money supply is still here.
Interest rates cut to 0.5% and quantative easing two weeks old, yet according to the CML any ‘meaningful revival’ in mortgage lending is unrealistic in the foreseeable future. Umm…. Aaah…. With lots of Umming and Aahing, one of the main problems is determining the real value of a home or business in a falling market. These are uncertain economic times. With no umming,...
Read MoreMoney Stress Test….
Financial Institutions’ ‘Stress Test’ is unlike a test of stress for the majority of us. Credit Scoring, central to the lending process, can be a test of stress for us all. It can be stressful for Financial Institutions finding, altering and adapting credit scoring models and deciding whether to use people or computers. It can be stressful for Financial Institutions trying to assess a...
Read MoreAbracadabra!
When the curtain was removed, the Wizard from Oz was revealed to be an ordinary person. A charade was exposed – The wizard was found out as a con-man and fraudster, but what, as so many believe, were the hidden symbols? The celebrated Wall Street investor, Madoff, aroused little suspicion with his investment strategies and it is being said that now his curtain has been pulled away, it`s...
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