by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Market Update, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog
Bank of England is to have a new Governor when Sir Mervyn King’s term ends (June 30). Mark Carney, currently Governor of the Bank of Canada, will be taking his post ‘at a crucial time in the Bank of England’s history’, as the first non-British national to lead the...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Nov 6, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Market Update, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog
Rising Froth: Assigning Value Discipline Just as the economists are said to be puzzled by ONS statistics showing a rise in employment during recession, I’m hearing some business owners being equally puzzled as to why, with an increasing roll-call of practicing...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Nov 6, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Management, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog
Although annual inflation had dropped to its lowest in 3 years at under 3%, Inflation and Productivity research by the Forum of Private Business’s (FPB) showed, from those who took part in the referendum survey, inflation was running at 6%-7%, with the most common...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 8, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog
‘Business Bank’, for increased lending to businesses has been announced by business secretary Vince Cable, who is ‘working with the Chancellor to develop a state-backed institution that will combine up to a billion pounds of new government capital with a larger...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jul 4, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Small Business Blog
Let’s start with what we Brits seem to like talking about instead of leaving it until the end as an …and finally…. the weather – June was the wettest on record, ‘Nuff said! Although water restrictions have been lifted, some farmers, such as apple...
