Elevate - for business leaders
Thursday, November 04, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing ,
Media sector
| Tags: business,
tax,
risk,
debt,
corporate finance,
value,
Story of the Deal,
disposal,
selling a business,
negotiation,
Ali Sharifi,
case study,
RDG,
United Business Media,
warranties,
grooming
Selling a business is usually a one-time-only deal, so owners are often unaware of what to expect, the potential pitfalls or how to get the most out of the sale. In our new series telling ‘The Story of the Deal’, we go behind the scenes of our work to explain what’s involved. Our first case study is RDG’s £9.3 million sale to United Business Media in August 2010…
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: economy,
reaction,
analysis,
George Osborne,
Budget,
recovery,
deficit,
Stephen Gifford,
CSR,
risks,
spending review
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
list,
sponsor,
mid-market,
Top Track 250,
Sunday Times,
league table,
Fast Track
If you didn’t catch it at the weekend, the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 list, sponsored by Grant Thornton, was published. The Fast Track league table features UK companies ranking just below the top 100 private firms for sales, provided they have also either increased sales or operating profit. Here is the lowdown…
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: tax,
education,
George Osborne,
NHS,
public sector,
university,
mergers,
CSR,
predictions,
tuition,
defence,
local government,
spending review,
departments,
police,
Budget, cuts
Clive Sparrow, Director in
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
finance,
research,
survey,
report,
growth,
talent,
FD,
Directorbank,
finance director,
competition,
people,
communication,
director,
recruitment,
Grant Thornton has been working with the Directorbank Group to answer this very question. We asked nearly 350 directors, chairmen, chief executives and executive directors to nominate the best finance directors (FD) they’ve worked with. We then interviewed a final 25 on what it takes to get to the top - and asked what advice they have for their peers in the current economy…
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
UK,
awards,
National Business Awards,
shortlist,
ASOS,
mid-cap,
winner,
NBA,
finalists,
ceremony
The National Business Awards, UK’s premier business awards, are taking place on 9 November. Here’s a preview of 10 of the best mid-cap businesses in the UK – all finalists in Grant Thornton’s sponsored category.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing
| Tags: innovation,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
UK,
data,
insight,
food,
new products,
beverage,
new markets,
drink,
restaurants,
NDP
What are the consumer trends? What growth strategies are food and drink companies considering in the next 12 months? And where do they stand on innovation and NPD? Here’s a summary from Grant Thornton’s new food sector survey.
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Monday, October 04, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
recession,
governance,
survey,
report,
strategy,
data,
risk,
business models,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools
Our recent business risk report shows widespread complacency in risk management processes. Check how your risk levels measure up with our quick online tool.
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: recession,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
UK,
M&A,
data,
insight,
competition,
financing,
food,
Trefor Griffith,
new products,
beverage,
new markets
Grant Thornton’s latest research report, Targeting growth: Challenges and opportunities for the UK Food and Beverage sector, reveals the state of play for UK businesses in this sector. Here are some of the key issues and findings…
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
strategy,
growth,
health,
advice,
public sector,
healthcare,
webinar,
questions,
discussion
We’re inviting you to a special live and interactive healthcare webinar on Tuesday 5 October at 1pm called ‘Capitalising on healthcare: Who will the winners be?’
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Monday, September 20, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing
| Tags: video,
car industry,
automotive,
Daniel Taylor,
vehicle registrations,
motor retail
Grant Thornton’s Automotive Advisory team are pleased to bring you a series of briefings for lenders to the automotive sector. Episode #1 looks at the challenges and opportunities facing business in the motor retail sector.
Despite the poor economic climate, UK vehicle registrations the first seven months of 2010 were 13.2% above the same period of 2009. More recently, August saw registrations fall by 17.6% on the same period a year before. As the beneficial forces that propelled some motor dealers to record levels of profitability are disapated, the next few months are certain to become challenging.
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Friday, September 10, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Environment
| Tags: data,
Neil Okninski,
CRC,
Will Webster,
CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme,
energy efficiency,
Energy
Check your status for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and register before 30 September to avoid fines of £5,000 - £45,000.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Media sector
| Tags: business,
media,
Twitter,
social media,
Facebook,
marketing,
LinkedIn,
blogs,
Enterprise 2.0,
forums,
community,
Chris Brogan
There are powerful business facets to Twitter and Facebook, but it requires some close attention to leverage them. ‘Social media rock star’ Chris Brogan suggests the first four steps any business should take. (Click the image to see a day in the social media life of Chris Brogan).
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Monday, September 06, 2010 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax
| Tags: tax,
offshore,
tax avoidance,
tax havens,
corporation tax,
relocation,
migration,
patent box,
CFC,
competitive,
foreign branch profits,
controlled foreign company,
tax rate
When the coalition government gained power, one of its stated aims was to make the UK’s corporate tax regime the most competitive in the
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Friday, September 03, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
entrepreneur,
CEO,
interview,
online,
retail,
Nick Robertson,
ASOS,
e-commerce,
shopping
Since internet fashion retailer began 10 years ago,
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Thursday, September 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
media,
BBC,
Edinburgh,
broadband,
TV,
Google,
ITV,
Channel 4,
television,
James Murdoch,
YouTube,
Mark Thompson,
Sky,
Paul Abbott,
festival,
local TV
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Friday, August 27, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
tax,
recession,
investment,
CEO,
budget,
Scott Barnes,
recovery,
ICAEW,
Michael Izza,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor
Confidence among businesses has fallen according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), indicating that the economic recovery will slow in the second half of 2010. Despite uncertainty as to the impact on the recovery of the Coalition Government’s plans to reduce public spending, the BCM’s financial performance indicators suggest that the financial health of UK businesses continues to improve.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: innovation,
business,
survey,
report,
data,
business models,
retail,
analysis,
comment
Retailers desperately need to review or renew the way they do business in order to survive profound changes in the market and the economy – that was the finding of our recent
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Friday, August 20, 2010 | Posted by: Gary Woods
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax
| Tags: business,
tax,
VAT,
Gary Woods,
tax year,
suppliers,
expenditure,
reclaiming,
rise,
increase,
admin,
timing
“In the bleak midwinter, the VAT rate increase made moan…” Not quite the first line of the Rossetti poem, but the planned 2.5% increase in VAT from the beginning of next year will still bring a chill to both consumers and businesses. So what can be done to make New Year a little happier for both?
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Retail sector,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: innovation,
survey,
report,
data,
business models,
retail
…and suggests that it is time for retailers to move beyond cost-cutting as the main thrust in their business models. Read on for details of the full report.
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