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 ‘fiscal compact’, signed before any fiscal / transfer union or any devalue/ [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | May 3, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Miscellaneous, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Monthly Noteworthy News: Bank Taxes to Fund Future Bailouts The IMF is set to propose new taxes on global financial institutions. FSC (Financial Stability Contribution) and the FAT Tax ( Financial Activities Tax) – did we just see irony? – will be placed on profits and pay. The next G20 held, Canada in June, is [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Nov 25, 2009 | Blog, Business, Finance
It has emerged that the Bank of England was lender to RBS and HBOS in autumn of last year, for the sum of £61.6 billion on top of the taxpayer bailouts. Revealing the bailout to the Treasury Committee, Bank Governor Mervyn King said "confidence can best be sustained if the Bank’s support is disclosed only when [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Nov 4, 2009 | Blog, Government, Uncategorized
Having recently talked about a theme tune for many a business as being Who Will Buy? following the European Commission’s concerns about the Government bailouts stifling competition and their pressuring the Government to scale-back state-aided Banks, over the next four years changes will happen and it could be our bailed-out Banks’ swan song. Although for [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Aug 10, 2009 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Very few people have been unaffected over the last 6 - 12 months, with small businesses and self-employed especially hit, so rather than keep shouting from the rooftops we felt inspired to turn to our favourite; Music. For holidaytime singalongs and karaoke the alternative lyrics to an all-time classic might be of use or raise a [...]
