by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 6, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
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...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
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...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 16, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Market Update, Uncategorized
The celebration involved cake and tea the other day, as a small business owner spoke with us of her delight at maintaining a steady growth in her business. Confidence about the coming few months wasn’t quite as strong as the tea, but the controls implemented, during...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 2, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
The Commonality of Business:The economy has uneven impact, independent businesses have their own identity therefore there is no `best way’ or `single fix’ for the commonality of businesses in which no credit means no business.Not too long ago, anyone on...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 2, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
Apologies to any polar bears coming out of hibernation, as you rub your eyes against the bright lights of headline glare, don’t panic you haven’t overslept and the hunting season isn’t for you. No, far more fun… it’s the bankers’ bonus season, that time of year...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 25, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
“The secret to creativity is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.” – Richard Harding Davis (author) Immunity to change on the high street is relative to managing and taking advantages which, for the high street retailer means practicing the...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 21, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
3 Degrees C. Almost tropical compared to conditions faced by Shackleton. A UK chilly winter morning reminder of the decision, almost 103 years to the day, ‘it was better to be a living donkey than a dead lion’; winter clothing layers were required. Shackleton’s...
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...
