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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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Insight: How can we improve the UK financing environment?

Wednesday, June 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Financing , Thought Leadership | Tags: business, finance, strategy, video

Watch our interviews with seven UK business leaders and finance specialists sharing their views on how the new government can help midmarket businesses finance their growth strategies.  You can find out more about Grant Thornton’s viewpoint on our

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Highlights (or lowlights) from today’s Pre-Budget Report - more questions than answers?

Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories: Tax | Tags: Francesca Lagerberg, NIC, PBR, Pre-Budget Report, National Insurance Contribution, Banks Bonuses

“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

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