by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 18, 2014 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Small Business Blog
Step-Up Finance Slang: Short-Termist : Someone who chooses the path of least resistance instead of unscrambling the jigsaw for a clearer picture. The Long and Short of it. Shopping around IS time consuming and when you want to access accurate advice or...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous
For a bank which had the resources to be ethical and promoted itself as ‘ethical’ – it’s fallen short. Acquiring a load of toxic debt along with Britannia Building Society and thus far avoiding being wound up, it’s been a painful year for the mutually owned...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 27, 2014 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, In Business, Management, News, Small Business Blog
When things went wrong…. Coming about in relation to an outsourced service not meeting standards, the matter escalated when Customer Services proved ever more disjointed. I’d contemplated the situation with an initial conclusion, the situation was as clear as...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 14, 2014 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Government, In Business, Market Update
The latest Bank of England Inflation Report has altered Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s Interest Rate Policy since the first Report (August 2013). Now, reflecting the falling unemployment and economic recovery, policy will be determined by a wider range of...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 3, 2014 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Small Business Blog
The Gatekeepers of Your Business (Part One) Any sized business can make a big promise happen by delivering the value proposition, specific to that business, when its committed to and supported by the right gatekeepers – from an answerphone holding the fort, to a...