by Step-Up Finance (Business) | May 31, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Business is ‘terrible’, we learnt today, from someone we’d worked with. ‘It’s hardly better than last year’. ‘Great!’ Was our response, as we waited for this individual’s usual stoic resolve and general philosophy to give us their punch line. ‘And how was last year?’ ‘Best year we’ve ever had!’ We already knew that. We’d also [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 15, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
We could be in danger of showing our ages but, on a sunny March Monday with a gentle breeze, we’re reminded of the days when Monday was traditionally washing day; which in turn reminded us of a brilliant article, last year, in the NY Times . The premise was that looking around at the way we [...]
