Step-Up Finance
The Business Equivalent of Lactic Acid – Am I Bothered? It would be too simple to blame the Olympics, too easy to blame the holiday period and too British to blame the weather for absorbing business focus. But, without wanting to sound like a easily forgettable Award speech that lists the team involved – amongst the landlords, property developers, retailers, publicans, pharmacists,...
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The storage boxes held the detritus of family shifts and changes, much had gone to charity shops but there were several pieces that had been hanging about the corners of the garage, which ‘collectors’ might appreciate. “Head off to a car boot”, was the suggestion put forward to me: a business area that I know nothing about – and how quickly I was made aware of being a novice. I...
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This was a character who understood that every aspect of business processes has its complications; he dealt in facts…. not opinions. ‘Earlier this year we had some trouble with seahorses’ – so went a line in a weekend read about the trials and tribulations of a chef who was having difficulty getting kosher certification ‘it’s a tough business – tougher than the pharmaceuticals business’....
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If you are a Trooper under fire, you could be forgiven when you swear like a Trooper under fire, BUT swearing like a Trooper under fire, via a member of staff, to someone on the end of the phone who’s come to your business with beneficial information (although you don’t know that because you’re too busy growling in the background)…..Come on!…..REALLY? This wasn’t a first in...
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Old news, the UK is in recession (again) as the Office of National Statistics said Britain’s GDP fell 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012 after contracting by 0.3% at the end of 2011, forecasts were upset by a big fall in construction output and industrial output. Therefore, with a sinking-ship type economy, apt news via an Australian whose planning on constructing Titanic II in late 2013, with...
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Anything is Possible, Not Probable: In Business. In Finance. Any business managing to track a path throughout the last few years and get to now, which is the majority of small or micro business (and includes new entry), should be very proud. What next, what’s the future of your business? Why should you want to think about future business, you enjoy a peaceful life and don’t want to rock any...
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Fuzzy Numbers… 2 signatures were missing from the EU Fiscal Compact, UK and Czech Republic were the 2 out of 27 EU leaders who didn’t sign the new treaty, enforcing budget discipline and aiming to prevent huge debts and potential consequential bailouts. The ‘fiscal compact’, signed before any fiscal / transfer union or any devalue/ leaving, will now to go before national parliaments. 3...
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Talking with someone about the difference between a plan and planning in business highlighted the importance of defining objectives. It had become obvious that `he who shouted loudest’ was distracting, blocking out necessities to leading their business profitably. Urgent demands understandably surface but too often scream for attention disproportionally loud at the cost of more complex...
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