by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 23, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Cue the music: "I'm on a low budget , I'm on a low budget , I'm not cheap, you understand I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land". With an uncertain growth outlook and rising unemployment, the least our Chancellor could do is make his budget for growth [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 15, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
An excuse we hear from ourselves, and other quarters, seems to be on the increase; everyone is ‘too busy’. It’s not a new idea being busy in business, it`s par for the course, a part of the territory as models adapt and develop, strategies are placed to structure the model. It`s simple to understand [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 24, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
How Not To Get Fried in Business? Think National Institution and, amongst many things, you’ll likely think Fish and Chips; the salty seaside traditional partnership superlative, which, because everything moves on and changes, needs outside the box thinking such as John McNeill’s and Hugh’s Big Fish Fight, to adapt in business. A combination of, [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jul 21, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Wandering through a UK Shopping Quarter on a summer evening, something was amiss. People in their choice of evening finery were mulling around and the wonderful sounds of summer were everywhere, as teens, families, couples, singles and groups created noise, laughter and some raucous banter. But something was amiss. Some shops were open, every window [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jul 12, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
The silence over Spain this morning won’t have anything to do with their wordless National Anthem.... No, it’ll all be about the National hangover following their World Cup Win. Flamenco shoes and castanets up and down the country will have silencers attached whilst Spaniards host the internal glow of ‘Ouch! .... it’s all worth it [...]