by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Management, Miscellaneous, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
If a small business was being interviewed for a job it might go something like this: Interviewer: What are your strengths and weaknesses? Small Business: I’m flexible, I’m able to react and respond to shocks, adjust my processes, products and pricing accordingly which makes me a survivor. Mis-management is a weakness, however, that [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 11, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
Business X-Ray Why fix something that isn’t broken? It’s always been done this way. What we do works. So, indeed, why fix something that isn’t broken? Who can blame a business with responsibilities vying for attention, choosing to put self-examination on the to-do list in favour of dealing with the more pragmatic matters such as [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 11, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Market Update, Miscellaneous, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
It is becoming prohibitively expensive for the lenders, who rely on cheap short-term financing to fund a part of their balance sheet, to fund for more than 3-5 years, hence, traditional banking, which supports the wider corporate client, is facing further shrinkage in the corporate banking world. Businesses and motorists are bracing themselves after the [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 1, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship but never in want. No.1 Prediction: 90% of all the 2012 predictions will be wrong .... but.... that doesn’t stop some still wanting to read more ... 2. Predictions (and hopes) for analytics in 2012 3. Experts [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 23, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Reading an article about The Future of Shopping in all its glory, the browsing online, videoconferencing, superimposing items, click-and-collect, scanning barcodes, price-matching , Quick Response and technological advances mean the future seems less leaps-and-bounds and more vaulting and ricocheting. With a question being posed: ‘Is E-Commerce a disruption for retailers'? For the small business that [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 19, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Could 2012 see the appreciation of customers being a new currency for banks? (Space has been left for any comments of the sarcastic variety) Although.... could be as Banks, previously reluctant to join in with social networks are beginning to realise they might be missing out. Aware of the big numbers therefore potential, banks will be [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 16, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Management, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. A statement which might truly, according to promoted top ten lists, be relegated to Christmas’ past, as real time toys in emails to the North Pole seem to eschew traditional play for interactive with added technology. Updated after Christmas dinner games, such [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
An Email sent to us which we’d like to share: It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village, [...]
