by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jun 1, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Uncategorized
Calculate the Cost of Heating Water... Casting our minds back to a time of previous Summers, in which every primary school up and down the land had a fish tank full of tadpoles, our early learning was that tadpoles have limited choices; they swim, they get to eat algae and they grow legs. When real [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | May 24, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
When you want a dog that is obedient and under control, it`s straight to obedience training. If you want additional bulging eyes, blue tongue and permanent bald patch around its collar, use a choke chain. The reaction, because the chain causes pain from a short sharp jerk, is for the dog to pull even more [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Apr 9, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
The sun shone this week and we’re feeling better than ever; ice-creams all around. Last weeks' rain had us needing a boost, the cinema was just the (apologies for pun) ticket and Masterchef’s Greg Wallace- type ‘lovely’ puddings helped. However, guilt then set in and we cut back for a while; which is different from [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
As main thoroughfare for towns, the high street reflects the history of a place and its people, with its social habits and economy reflected in the shop windows. We were therefore intrigued by a recent talent show for various occupations, entitled Young (Whatever) of the Year, with the first episode finding talent from the world [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Aug 27, 2009 | Blog, Business, Economy, Green, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
The British Inventor - Going for Gold Fixations come and go, however, the one outstanding compulsion we British seem to have is talking about the weather. And who can blame us with our inclement climates? Reporting Reaction is the consequence, and conversation based in rotten weather as the automatic response we’re all guilty of, takes [...]