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 mud. It wasn’t until (eventually) meeting an appropriate manager who could efficiently illustrate that combining knowledge with [...]
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 indicators other than the previous indicator of unemployment falling to 7% or below. The [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 3, 2014 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, In Business, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
Pollex’s Up! Time Thief Where is the human Pollex situated? First day away from the office and, blessed crackers, I was exposed as a lazy thinker... I’d have to Google that one... I had no idea Thinking takes practice - When it comes to cramming certain facts, I’ve never managed to hold the map of routes [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, In Business, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog
Businesses Break Up All The Time - Not Always for The Right Reasons There are some get-togethers of which I’m partial to. But, unless the invitation is from nearest and dearest, sometimes there can be a palaver of what bottle to take (are these folks wine buffs...?). For those I know better I’m usually safe in [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Finance, In Business, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog
Mean Business Once-Upon-A-Time (in the real past) a Builder Developer was in the middle of developing an industrial estate when he came stuck (Historical note: *even in pre-recession days, High Street Banks changed lending rules as deftly as the Academy of Dark Arts). Having cast comfort blanket salaries aside, he and I both were in the [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 1, 2013 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, In Business, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Small Business Blog
Should A Business Borrow Money Because It’s Cheap? There’s no straight answer....and depends fundamentally on how a business funds its current operations. Wanting to increase their reward is how the business owner accounts for their decisions, therefore, when it’s running consistent and there’s opportunity to benefit from that consistency by increasing turnover and further growing retentions [...]
