by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Feb 16, 2012 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Market Update, Uncategorized
The celebration involved cake and tea the other day, as a small business owner spoke with us of her delight at maintaining a steady growth in her business. Confidence about the coming few months wasn’t quite as strong as the tea, but the controls implemented, during...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jul 1, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Small Business Blog, Uncategorized
‘I remember when’ can be an ageing phrase but here goes; I remember when a Saturday could be spent going through the shelves looking for something to alight the weekend in the local Independent Record Store. Willing the discovery of something never heard before,’ I...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
`At the end of the day’ is not only a well used idiom but also a state of fact, which is many things to many people. For example, for those involved with commercial transactions it might be their signal for the kettle to go on; in another time for those same...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jul 21, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Wandering through a UK Shopping Quarter on a summer evening, something was amiss. People in their choice of evening finery were mulling around and the wonderful sounds of summer were everywhere, as teens, families, couples, singles and groups created noise, laughter...
