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Thursday, February 14, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: M&A,
Reports,
Smart Money,
Food,
Beverage
Overseas buyers, many from the BRICs, are showing a growing appetite for high-quality food and drink brands in the UK and Ireland, with acquisitions doubling in 2012. Find out more – and the key factor driving growth – in our food and beverage (F&B) report…
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: growth,
financing,
capital,
Food and Beverage
Accessing capital is a key challenge for almost all sectors in the current strict lending climate. Our graphic suggests 10 ways to secure finance to help grow your business.
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Monday, October 15, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: statistics,
report,
insight,
mid-market,
UK economy,
David Maxwell,
MSB,
mid-sized businesses,
MSBs,
CEBR
There is secret success story going on in the UK economy at present that tells of high productivity, rising turnover and head count, and faster export growth – so why don’t we know more about it? The Telegraph commissioned Grant Thornton to explore exactly what is happening in the UK mid-sized businesses (MSB) sector, where a significant number are managing to beat the market…
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: India,
business,
China,
report,
financial,
retail,
guide,
food,
sustainability,
publications,
environment,
beverage,
BRICs
Information is king so make sure you haven’t missed any of our summer updates. Here’s our business reports roundup covering growth opportunities in the BRICs and tips on accessing capital for growth, plus sector updates and regulatory news.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: report,
M&A,
acquisitions,
food,
deal,
beverage,
drink,
F&B,
BiteSize,
report, M&A, acquisitions, food, beverage, drink, deals, BiteSize
Keep up to date on UK food and beverage sector deal activity with our regular new Bite Size newsletter.
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: statistics,
research,
report,
growth,
infographic,
M&A,
financing,
Private Equity,
support services,
corporates,
PE
Recently, we interviewed 40 private equity investors active in support services to get a financial snapshot of the sector. The full report is available for download or check out our infographic by clicking on the image (left)…
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: statistics,
investment,
research,
report,
growth,
M&A,
acquisitions,
financing,
Private Equity,
transactions,
support services,
consolidation,
corporates,
PE
Where is the smart money going in UK business support services? Find out as we reveal the results of our survey of 40 private equity investors active in the sector, their expectations for the next 12 months and some of the key issues affecting the market in 2012.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
Grant Thornton,
growth,
insight,
advice,
magazine,
comment,
subscribe,
interviews,
business leaders,
publications,
Elevate,
Elevate magazine
Growth – and innovative ways to find it – is a main theme in Grant Thornton’s latest edition of Elevate magazine. Here’s what you’ll find inside our ideas-packed summer 2012 issue, and details of how to join our mailing list.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
investment,
research,
report,
growth,
M&A,
acquisitions,
financing,
food,
Private Equity,
beverage,
drink,
consolidation,
F&B,
consumer,
corporates,
PE,
growth drivers,
NPD
Where will growth come from over the next 12 months in F&B? Our survey of private equity houses and companies currently investing in the sector revealed three main areas…
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: statistics,
investment,
research,
report,
growth,
M&A,
acquisitions,
financing,
food,
Private Equity,
transactions,
beverage,
drink,
consolidation,
F&B,
consumer,
corporates,
PE,
NPD
We asked senior representatives from private equity houses and companies currently investing in the food and beverage sector across the UK and Ireland for their views on where the smart money is going in F&B. Read the sector investment snapshot or download the full report below.
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Friday, March 23, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Economy,
Tax,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: budget,
budget2012,
summary,
tax, links
Get a fuller picture of Budget 2012 – or just cut to the relevant news affecting you – with our quick links.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
report,
CEO,
IBR,
work-life balance,
international business report,
CEOs,
executive,
stress,
targets,
workplace,
holidays,
work-related
That’s the finding of Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) , which surveyed 6,000 business leaders across the globe in the final quarter of 2011 to compare workplace stress levels, holidays taken and stress-busting solutions.
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Friday, January 13, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Tax,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: tax,
VAT,
legislation,
tax relief,
corporate,
aircraft,
airline,
jets,
private jet,
executive jet,
aviation,
helicopters,
flying,
seminar,
zero-rating,
business jet
There has been much confusion since complex VAT rules on UK corporate aviation came into effect at the beginning of 2011. If your business is involved with the leasing, charter or operation of corporate aircraft, join our free seminar and you’ll be able to see through the clouds.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
tax,
report,
growth,
international,
financial,
guide,
trends,
Christmas,
expansion,
sustainability,
publications,
gifts,
local government,
global economy,
capital markets,
corporate governance,
FATCA
Happy new year! As the UK returns to work, why not catch up on the news you missed? These recently released tax, financial and business reports cover everything from FATCA to food, global trends to tax on Christmas gifts.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
links,
blog,
best,
Elevate,
2011,
reads
Another chance to see our most popular business-related posts of 2011…
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
Grant Thornton,
insight,
advice,
magazine,
comment,
subscribe,
business leaders,
Elevate magazine,
elevate,
features
Grant Thornton’s Elevate magazine comes out but twice a year, and that’s why it’s packed with the latest thinking for and from UK business leaders. Here’s what you’ll find inside the latest issue and how to join our mailing list.
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Thursday, December 01, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: economy,
AIM,
LSE,
investors,
FTSE,
Philip Secrett,
London,
UK economy,
capital markets,
stock market,
fund managers,
smaller listed,
UK equities,
small caps,
equity markets
Starved of capital, the small company sector is facing a crisis that may have severe knock-on effects for the future health of the UK economy. A Grant Thornton survey of 50 leading UK fund managers and institutional investors, who between them control funds valued at £43 billion, highlighted the concerns in a new report released this week.
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Thursday, November 24, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: research,
report,
survey,
growth,
M&A,
insight,
food,
sustainability,
Trefor Griffith,
beverage,
regulation,
drink,
brands,
commodity prices,
F&B,
consumer
Our global food and beverage survey is fresh off the shelves and available for download. Read all about the key issues and opportunities facing the sector, as well as the global trends and how they are affecting individual companies and countries in unique ways…
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Media sector,
Technology sector,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: media,
report,
digital,
Twitter,
social media,
Facebook,
guide,
risk management,
risks,
guidance,
crisis,
PR,
reputation,
Alan Joyce,
Qantas,
monitoring,
Internet Intelligence
Qantas has been the talk of negative social media once again this weekend after CEO Alan Joyce took the unprecedented step of grounding all Qantas jets. Can firms prepare for a social media backlash? Yes – but they need to introduce some risk management strategies that address the modern world first.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
growth,
strategy,
health,
webinar,
public sector,
questions,
Healthcare,
discussion,
webcast
Grant Thornton and Barclays invite you to a special live and interactive healthcare web seminar this Thursday 20 October at 3pm called ‘Financing Challenges within the Healthcare Sector’. Read on for details and how to register…
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