by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
One of us once worked in a situation in which we were told that the dress code for women didn’t include trousers. The `sting in the tail' is that this wasn’t part of a business culture, it was a school, a place that has an obligation to promote equality, and, in the grand scheme [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 24, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
How Not To Get Fried in Business? Think National Institution and, amongst many things, you’ll likely think Fish and Chips; the salty seaside traditional partnership superlative, which, because everything moves on and changes, needs outside the box thinking such as John McNeill’s and Hugh’s Big Fish Fight, to adapt in business. A combination of, [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 23, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
When our website went down (to where, we don’t quite know) it was a brain-freeze moment until our talking Haynes Manual, Matt Densley came to the rescue. Along with his explanation came reassurance, and the follow up adjustment meant a brain-freeze melt, and no after effects. It would have been helpful to have some equivalent [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 13, 2010 | Blog, Business, Business Beasties, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Slump monster lies in wait on the path of least resistance, in the nooks and crannies of distraction, however, venturing over the hill and too far away there is always the chance that the All Seeing Befogged will do some chasing. This monster seeks out victims when they are wearing the goggles of far sightedness, they [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Uncategorized
Inflaming Opinion. "Do you mean to tell me, that you have hung your slender reputation on the broad shoulders of a eunuch cat?" A sarcastic comment made about a Marmalade Cat character in the Orlando books, bitter response when success was observed by a less successful peer of the author. Written by a painter the [...]
