by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, Monthly Musings, Newsletter, Small Business Blog
App for Business - One Direction Aimed towards those who are too under pressure or routinely protective (I don’t need anyone telling me how my business is doing) to not monitor their own pressure points, I’d guess that if there was an App for smaller businesses to reassure themselves of motivation levels.... it might not [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Apr 2, 2013 | Blog, Business, Business Finance Junction, Economy, Finance, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News
The automatic Escalator Tax (alcohol and cigarettes) which was to be applied this month (by at least 2% over inflation until 2014) was removed for beer in the recent budget. CAMRA had been vocal in pointing out that beer duty has risen 42% since 2008, the beer industry had cited the tax as reason for [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 20, 2013 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Government, Market Update, Miscellaneous
Probably, down at No.11 after some gradual stretching exercises and a crack of the knuckles, Mr O’s spring in his step bounce downstairs turned to frantic running around; throwing things out of the cupboard under the stairs, and shouting "who's moved the red bag again?" ......Because, as we’ve heard from pre-budget snippets, it’s a visit to [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, Monthly Musings, Newsletter, Small Business Blog
Game Changer! You Hold The Key. I’d never thought it would take some thirty years before I could open an ordinary door with such a sense of achievement. And when I did, the infill storage area didn’t disappoint. Although its contents had long since changed, I was amused by the minute space which I’d always [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 3, 2013 | Blog, Business, Business Finance Junction, Economy, Finance, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News
Deciding factors for shopping commonly include price, quality or choice. Deciding factors for personal banking might be interest rates, additional services, convenience or, it seems from Sainsbury bank’s pre-tax operating profit increase of 40% last year, the loyalty card points. Ways to tap into potential customers: It is our business to quickly restore value-added infrastructures that [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 27, 2013 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous
The cautionary attitude of some lenders and landlords guarantees no access to properties for anyone on benefits – Full Stop. A general circumnavigation of financial issues surrounding such a landlord market often supports the attitude of no interest for the landlord, similarly the financial people (lenders) usually root their perspective further along the chain to [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous
What is it about a deviant building, reaching across the borders of Steampunk, that so terrifies the lenders? I was recently reminded about this adversity by lenders towards non-standard constructions when a project, happened to be built with a concrete frame, came my way. The build materials weren’t all ‘non traditional’ and from the outside there [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, Monthly Musings, Newsletter, Small Business Blog
Attitude Is Everything: Operate Like A Manager An opinion from a man who’s spent his life determining the making and saving of money in business, nine years from now `the major banks will be worth considerably more money than they are now'. Said Warren Buffett. Putting that aside, businesses of all size or type have [...]
