by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance
Small businesses, currently feeling the grip of their (not necessarily of choice) bank’s remit response to commercial borrowing, understand, as do some outsiders, the seemingly labyrinth like business models used by capital market bankers have a down the line impact. With a UK factoid of 5 main lenders lending to 90% of small and medium [...]
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 the last 9 months, could be as significant to the [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
An Email sent to us which we’d like to share: It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village, [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Aug 17, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
The Martians Have Landed has probably got good odds of being an unlikely news headline even amongst a time of historic and previously unthinkable ones. The survival of society has had the attention of gusto reporting because of the August Riots in London detracting from the continual uncertain headlines relating to fiscal survival. `How big [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Apr 4, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Miscellaneous, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Uncategorized
April Brings a Shower of Changes. Most small businesses look out for the perpetual barrier to their growth, tax and red tape, amongst the Budget. Amongst this years’ was a reduction in corporation tax, measures to scrap large amounts of legislation, a three year freeze on new regulations for small [...]
