Monday, February 22, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
media,
investment,
digital,
Digital Britain,
BBC,
TV,
Media City,
culture,
Mark Thompson,
animation,
regional,
North,
Northwest | Total Views: 4788
Friday, September 03, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
entrepreneur,
CEO,
interview,
online,
retail,
Nick Robertson,
ASOS,
e-commerce,
shopping | Total Views: 4691
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Tax
| Tags: Francesca Lagerberg,
NIC,
PBR,
Pre-Budget Report,
National Insurance Contribution,
Banks Bonuses | Total Views: 4596
“Today we are going to cover some of the highlights or the lowlights from the Pre-Budget Report. There really was a lot of absence of real detail in this Pre-Budget Report. We were expecting some interesting announcements, some clarity and actually what we got were a lot more questions than answers” - Francesca Lagerberg
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
success,
David Cameron,
CSR,
enterprise,
corporate social responsibility,
ethics,
dbda,
social responsibility,
Big Society,
moral | Total Views: 4534
How’s your corporate social life? Responsible? Non-existent? Alex Connock, chief executive of Ten Alps, looks at corporate social responsibility (CSR) and argues that it is becoming intrinsic to business success.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector,
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
links,
media,
Ros Simmons,
diary,
Ten Alps,
VIE at home,
retail,
VIE,
Entrepreneur’s Diary | Total Views: 4502
This summer, the Elevate blog followed two leading UK entrepreneurs to find out what CEO life is like, especially during a recession. For three months, Alex Connock, chief executive of Ten Alps PLC, and Ros Simmons, head of VIE at home, posted a weekly
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: Ros Simmons,
women,
income,
VIE,
Diary,
Entrepreneur's Diary | Total Views: 4499
For the next 12 weeks, we’ll be following two entrepreneurs – one male, one female – as they go about their work, delving behind the scenes of CEO life and seeing how they deal with the challenges of steering a business through the recession. First up is our female entrepreneur, Ros Simmons, co-owner of direct sales company
Monday, March 29, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
economy,
income tax,
CGT,
Richard Jameson,
budget,
NIC,
Alistair Darling,
relief,
Gordon Brown,
stamp duty,
fiscal drag,
budget2010,
PSBR,
election,
economic growth,
budget deficit | Total Views: 4436
Monday, September 14, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: recession,
entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
VIE at home,
direct sales,
flexible working,
e-commerce,
launch,
party plan,
consultant,
Virgin, women in business | Total Views: 4259
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Media sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
media,
digital,
Ten Alps,
online,
social media,
Facebook,
tool,
Coca-Cola,
Aston Martin,
Barclays Football,
Ning,
Google News,
Disney,
monopoly | Total Views: 4237
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
media,
Ten Alps,
Manchester United,
ITV,
Channel 4,
SEO,
Audi,
Real Madrid,
Michael Mann,
Miami Vice,
search engine optimizers,
content producers,
Entrepreneur’s Diary | Total Views: 4153
Thursday, December 16, 2010 | Posted by: Gary Woods
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax
| Tags: tax,
HMRC,
property,
VAT,
advice,
investigation,
Gary Woods,
penalties,
trust,
guidance,
DIY,
incorrect,
leaflet,
legal,
public notice,
claim,
advisor,
manual,
reliable | Total Views: 4126
Doctors are trustworthy, aren’t they? But what about the VAT man? There was a time when you could approach HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for help and guidance, and be reasonably assured that you could rely on what you were told. But the experience of some taxpayers suggests that there is now confusion about what can and cannot be relied upon, and you may now have to insist on your own written ruling if you are to be protected.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
media,
diary,
Ten Alps,
Donald Trump,
Michael Jackson,
Bob Geldof,
networking,
Roger Graef,
Live Aid,
Murder Mansion,
Entrepreneur’s Diary | Total Views: 4118
Thursday, March 25, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: business,
tax,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
budget,
Alistair Darling,
relief,
budget2010 | Total Views: 4095
‘Entrepreneurs’ may not have made the top 100 keywords used in Alistair Darling’s budget speech (see our Wordle below), but Budget 2010 held some good news for entrepreneurs looking to sell their business, as the Chancellor raised the level of
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax
| Tags: VAT,
European Sales List,
2010 changes,
8th Directive,
reverse charge,
Member State,
supply,
European Union | Total Views: 4073
A number of important changes to the European Union (EU) VAT system were introduced on 1 January 2010. If you are not already prepared for these changes, they should be moved to the top of your New Year’s resolutions!
Thursday, November 05, 2009 | Posted by: Christine Corner
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Media sector
| Tags: Justin Thomson-Glover,
deficit funding,
Louise Pederson,
internationalisation of TV Production Industry,
Peter Bazalgette | Total Views: 4070
The TV industry is facing unprecedented challenges; a sharp drop in advertising revenues against the backdrop of a severe economic slowdown has impacted companies across the industry and there has been much talk of cost reductions and restructuring.
On 20 October I chaired a webinar to debate the options available to companies to maximise their revenue. The panel consisted of Peter Bazalgette, Louise Pederson (All3Media), Justin Thomson-Glover (Artists Studio) and Thomas Dey (Grant Thornton, Corporate Finance).
Monday, October 12, 2009 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Tax
| Tags: salary sacrifice,
childcare vouchers | Total Views: 4053
We all make sacrifices in our lives, some more difficult than others, but one sacrifice that has proved very popular in recent times is the
Tuesday, July 06, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Environment
| Tags: business,
links,
India,
property,
China,
emerging markets,
magazine,
non-executive director,
social media,
yachts,
fund management,
Elevate,
rethink | Total Views: 4037
Hot off the press and with a theme of The Big Rethink is Elevate Issue 3. We’ll be picking out some of the features here on the Elevate blog, but why wait – you can
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Infographic,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
recession,
finance,
research,
infographic,
strategy,
business models,
success,
competition,
Economist,
new business models,
benchmark | Total Views: 4023
Want to benchmark your likely business success post-recession? Grant Thornton’s latest infographic is a complacency-busting chart of the six different types of business model behaviour shown by UK companies in the past 18 months.
See which are positive and negative behaviours, and discover if your company is stuck in a recession rut or positioning itself well for the upturn.
Friday, December 10, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
awards,
Quoted Company Awards,
shortlist,
QCA | Total Views: 4010
The Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards in January is the first big business and networking event of the year. So what is it all about and who are this year’s contenders?
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: Alex Connock,
media,
diary,
Ten Alps,
retirement,
football,
TV,
sport,
entrepreneurs,,
work-life balance,
Ryan Giggs,
Peter Reid,
Kevin Keegan,
famil,
exercise,
Peter Fincham,
Entrepreneur’s Diary | Total Views: 4004
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