by admin | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Small Business Blog
‘I don’t envy your job on a day like today’ I’d said to the safety-jacketed, steel-booted and hard-hatted workman turning the Stop/Go notice on the hottest day of the year. ‘I don’t envy yours’ he nodded to me sitting in the car. How right he was. Planning had started...
by admin | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Small Business Blog
There is a freedom to walking away, to being able to move on with a clear mind. These are the people I work with. Looking at the usual suspects – Ads – anyone would presume that getting a mortgage or loan is quick and easy. It’s quick and easy to...
by admin | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, In Business, Small Business Blog
By chance, I witnessed a Stoat chasing a Moorhen at a sun-dried pond. The remarkably skillful hunter with staying-power and the courageous and resilient hunted was edge-of-the-seat viewing. I’ve previously seen this hunter doing the same with a Rabbit – which...
by admin | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, In Business, Small Business Blog
Today I’m a day older than I was yesterday and this month marks the bridge between two significant anniversaries for me this year: twenty-five years of self-employment and fifteen years since developing into Step-Up Finance. But there’s a problem with marking birth...
by admin | Jun 1, 2018 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, In Business, Small Business Blog
The man who founded the garage was able to detect the source of a problematic vehicle solely by intent listening and, if a part wasn’t available, he’d make whatever was needed in the workshop. He shared all he knew with his son, who eventually joined him at the...
by admin | May 9, 2018 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, In Business, Market Update, Small Business Blog
Some time ago (late 2016) UK Base Rate was reduced to 0.25% and an additional scheme to the stable of QE was added next to Funding for Lending. Term Funding Scheme (TFS) was introduced by the Bank of England at a time of falling lending amounts, for banks and building...
