by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Uncategorized
Language You’ll Understand: Business Whilst amongst French friends a phrase was required but missing from known vocabulary to convey appreciation of their generous hospitality. Having later obtained the missing phrase it was repeated to the accommodating hosts during a car journey. The car came to a grinding halt as the French host, agitated, reverted to [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | May 25, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
Mooo-ve Over: Business Strategy. Stand still and silently watch the world go by – and it will. A wonderful thing to do but ill advised for businesses as, to be able to stand on your own two feet, business needs to keep moving. By complementing the core, the `risk' that all business is prone to [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 19, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
Complex, chaos, overwhelmed? Sounds like an ad for headache medication or some form of network marketing business financial hype. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your stance, it’s the language of our era. Every day some form of chaos or complex crisis is brought to the fore and as we’ve quoted before "any fool can make [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jan 22, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
Free as a Bird As businesses operate from one business cycle to another any economic uncertainty results in change and, as business models change, reorganization occurs which can further fuel economic uncertainty. Enter the Freelancer, the person who doesn’t want, to or can’t risk being, the employee that is laid off. The fields in which [...]
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 [...]
