by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Sometime in the 80’s, John left school and started general jobbing for a local builder. By the early part of the 21st Century he’d worked through the slowdown of the 90’s and had his own small construction business, employed several people and did some property...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Aug 24, 2010 | Blog, Business, Business Beasties, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
An evil little beast that creeps up unannounced, self-perpetuating and quietly feeding away on procrastination until the point of bursting, with the potential of burying its host. The host can be any one of us, business or individual, it doesn’t differentiate. As...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Dec 21, 2009 | Blog, Business, Outside the Box
A genuine thank you to all our colleagues in business and to those who have allowed us to present their business models over the past year. Thank You, we not only enjoyed writing them but learnt something from you all, especially: Fraser Doherty – SuperJam...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Do you squeeze or massage? A review of the mortgage market is to be published today by the FSA. Expected to tighten up Regulation and telling lenders, amongst other things, that they must carry out in-depth examinations of households’ disposable income before...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Aug 10, 2009 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Government, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Very few people have been unaffected over the last 6 – 12 months, with small businesses and self-employed especially hit, so rather than keep shouting from the rooftops we felt inspired to turn to our favourite; Music. For holidaytime singalongs and karaoke the...