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Healthcare webinar: put your questions on financing and growth to the experts

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Financing , Thought Leadership | Tags: finance, growth, strategy, health, advice, healthcare, webinar, public sector, questions, discussion

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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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Automotive briefings - #1

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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Electricity bill more than £500,000 a year?

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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Chris Brogan’s advice for companies on how to use social media in business

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

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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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Are you betting on a competitive corporate tax regime?

Monday, September 06, 2010 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories: Business advice, Tax | Tags: tax, offshore, tax avoidance, tax havens, corporation tax, relocation, migration, CFC, patent box, controlled foreign company, competitive, foreign branch profits, 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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CEO interview: Nick Robertson of ASOS

Friday, September 03, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: business, entrepreneur, CEO, interview, online, retail, Nick Robertson, ASOS, e-commerce, shopping

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Since internet fashion retailer began 10 years ago,

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TV at a turning point in Edinburgh

Thursday, September 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, media, Edinburgh, BBC, broadband, Google, TV, ITV, television, Channel 4, YouTube, James Murdoch, Mark Thompson, Paul Abbott, Sky, festival, local TV

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