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Grant Thornton wins Accountancy Firm of the Year at M&A Awards and HealthInvestor

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Financing | Tags: finance, awards, M&A, AIM, corporate finance, Simon Davies, Stephen Baker, Healthcare, Takeover Code, Rutland Partners, AMTECH, Housing 21, Geoff Davies, Primary Capital, CeDo, Katie Derham

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Grant Thornton has added two more awards to its growing trophy cabinet: Accountancy Firm of the Year at the M&A Awards on 20 May 2010 and Accountant of the Year at the HealthInvestor Awards ceremony on 27 May 2010.

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Financing Your Strategy - download your free report

Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business advice, Financing , Thought Leadership | Tags: business, economy, finance, research, survey, international, strategy, growth, M&A, data, debt, analysis, funding, recovery, financial crisis, mid-market, cost-cutting, lending

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Grant Thornton’s latest research in conjunction with Mergermarket surveyed 150 CEOs and CFOs in the first quarter of 2010 on how and where the UK’s mid-market businesses are looking to fund present and future growth. The Financing Your Strategy report, released this week gives a broad overview of trends as well as data from specific sectors. We’ve highlighted the key findings here…

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My Big Decision: Sahar Hashemi on why giving up Coffee Republic was a ‘great mistake’

Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision, Women in business | Tags: entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, women in business, CEO, My Big Decision, Sahar Hashemi, founder, Coffee Republic

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She’s the woman who plugged the caffeine cravings of a nation when, together with her brother, Bobby, she founded Coffee Republic in 1995. Now in Grant Thornton’s

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Grant Thornton advise shareholders of HobbyCraft Group on sale

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Financing , Retail sector | Tags: business, finance, due diligence, corporate finance, Simon Davies, hobbies, disposal, sale, lead advisory, deal, entrepreneurship, Warren Haskins, HobbyCraft, art and crafts, Bridgepoint Capital

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How to be a corporate entrepreneur by Sahar Hashemi

Monday, May 10, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision, Women in business | Tags: entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, tips, corporate, My Big Decision, customers, Bobby Hashemi, Sahar Hashemi, Pret a Manger, Coffee Republic

Sahar Hashemi is the co-founder of Coffee Republic, one of the most powerful women in British business and author of new book for entrepreneurs, Switched On . She’s also the subject of Grant Thornton’s next

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