by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Mar 15, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
An excuse we hear from ourselves, and other quarters, seems to be on the increase; everyone is ‘too busy’. It’s not a new idea being busy in business, it`s par for the course, a part of the territory as models adapt and develop, strategies are placed to structure the model. It`s simple to understand [...]
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) | May 10, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Slow reactions, not enough investment, economic decline, the list goes on. Reasons or excuses, the domino effect of high street businesses struggling extends a death - knell further than the high street through a vampire-like sucking of the lifeblood of businesses. `For Sale/Rent' signs can be witnessed by driving around any business or industrial park/estate and, [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 23, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Look around the numbers and, if equipping yourself with statistics, get some probability for an emergency. Fuelled both by the Winter Olympics and extended British Winter, much discussion continues here at Step-Up HQ about metaphoric mountains. Having likened the climbers and their mountains and considered skills for survival in a wilderness it was interesting to [...]
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 19, 2010 | Blog, Business, Green, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
"A man raised in one part of the desert would know its flora and fauna backwards. He knew which plant attracted game. He knew his water. He knew where there were tubers underground. In other words, by naming all the 'things' in his territory, he could always count on survival." A line from Bruce Chatwin’s, [...]
