by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, In Business, Insight, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
Today, I am proud to have achieved reaching the 25th year of my working independently in the world of finance solutions. My watershed of changing gear and flying solo felt right the year the UK Eurovision entry gave out other advice - ‘Better the Devil You Know’ - but I chose to move in another [...]
by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, In Business, Small Business Blog
I’ll hold my hands up – I’ve ‘signed’ Agreements without reading the small print. Foolish? Yes. Have I got caught out? Not thus far (insert grimacing Emoji) I am referring to the myriad of ‘I Agree’ website check-boxes with their enclosed small print the length of a holiday book beach read. Not dissimilar to financial [...]
by admin | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, Market Update, Small Business Blog
The finance news trundles on, each day offering something new which, for most going about their day, is irrelevant beyond the headline. Excepting when someone decides they’re ready to make their move with a lender, the comings and goings of finance worlds don’t come near the reality check news of un-imagined tragedy. The headlines create [...]
by admin | May 30, 2016 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, In Business, Insight, Monthly Musings, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
"According to......." According to @enf collecting data about housing costs is a worthwhile exercise. Kudos. 1979 was the year that San Francisco’s Mayor imposed a rent control, 70 years later, data inspection shows an average 6.6% increase (mostly year on year since 1956) – rent control or not. Eric Fischer cites ‘It would take a [...]
by admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, In Business, Insight, Market Update, Monthly Musings, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
Rules Change What’s Changing? Accounting Standards Financial instruments (debts and liabilities) of a company. When? Mainly accounting periods on or after 1 January 2016 What’s the Difference? Various including, where loans have been made at non-market rates (i.e. shareholder interest free), the company is required to fair value the loan assuming that a market rate [...]
by admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, Government, In Business, Market Update
The spare 0.3% capacity of GDP leaves little room for manoeuvre. Although productivity in the UK is rising without business investment, inflation is likely to end 2016 higher than this current rate, plus, the gap in GDP growth has narrowed when compared to the rest of the Eurozone, which has been reflected in the value [...]
