by admin | May 5, 2015 | Blog, Business, Business Notes, Economy, Finance, In Business, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
Heckling A Comedian Never Works Out As the campaign trail days are almost through (or might actually be through by the time you read this) I’m curious to know if the hecklers that politicians face are the same as those who take on comedians. Either way, unless there’s a hung parliament to extend the haggling, [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 8, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Taking a business through the early 90’s recession was a medal-giving moment to any small business. So, for anyone that has managed to keep going through this one, opening the doors at the New Year should be giving off a similar feeling to opening an Oscar nominee award. Why? Well, in the previous recession, [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Nov 1, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Miscellaneous, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Uncategorized
Doing The Dip. First it was the news from the BBA about mortgage approvals being at an 18 month low, followed by the Nationwide price index showing a price fall in October and there are many articles and market data about which should put the numbers into perspective regarding a consistent weakness and the problems [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Aug 27, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
Mud... Mud... Glorious Cob! Unclogging the brain is a good thing; it brings in fresh ideas, inspirational thinking, and, our old favourite, new perspective. Fulfilling requisites for after work play; a change of scenery, a little exercise, some fresh air and maybe some quiet time can be accomplished in many ways, but unless ‘away from [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 10, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
One-size-fits-all rarely works. It rarely works for business models, customer service, education, hats, pants or people. Although it might work with the newly proposed hospital dignity gowns, standardising can’t react, therefore isn’t sustainable and results in availability vying with attainability. How does this reflect in our industry? An example we could give is the phrase [...]