Elevate - for business leaders
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
CEO,
advice,
insight,
interview,
leadership,
Elevate magazine,
stress,
Will King,
King of Shaves,
entrepreneur,

He went from redundancy in 1993 to razor-sharp entrepreneur after developing a shaving oil in his kitchen and founding the King of Shaves company. CEO Will King talks to Nick Huber about his pivotal career moment, leadership style, stress tactics and his next big ambition.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
Grant Thornton,
magazine,
advice,
insight,
comment,
subscribe,
business leaders,
elevate,
Elevate magazine,
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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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax,
Technology sector
| Tags: innovation,
business,
tax,
research,
Francesca Lagerberg,
technology,
report,
advice,
relief,
analysis,
incentives,
consultation,
development,
webinar,
review,
R&D,
Dyson,
Samantha Vanags

Find out about the upcoming changes to Research and Development (R&D) tax credits in our FREE webcast taking place tomorrow, Wednesday 27 July at 3pm BST. Read on for details and how to register.
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Thursday, July 07, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
Grant Thornton,
magazine,
advice,
insight,
comment,
subscribe,
business leaders,
Elevate,
publications,
interviews,
Elevate magazine

You’ve read the blog, now read the magazine. Grant Thornton’s summer issue of Elevate magazine for UK business leaders is here at last, featuring stories on empire building and succession, finance flow and China, as well as interviews with leading, innovative business thinkers. For a full preview of what’s inside and details of how to get hold of a copy, read on…
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011 | Posted by: Alex Connock
Categories:
Business advice,
Media sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
media,
CEO,
tips,
advice,
management,
PowerPoint,
entertainment,
rules,
showbusiness,
lessons

Showbusiness faces the same issues as real business, but with products you’ve heard of and characters you couldn’t make up. Alex Connock, CEO of TV and education producer Ten Alps, says that makes it a good place to learn universal business lessons, and picks out some rules to rule by.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: links,
report,
advice,
corporate finance,
wealth,
succession planning,
wealth management,
ownership,
transfer,
White Paper,
exit strategy,
selling a business,
advisory,
successors,
series,
wealth management, advice, advisory

What is succession planning? Why is it important to prepare your legacy – and how best can you do that to ensure the future success of your business? Is there a template to follow? Or do you just want some quick tips? These questions and more are answered in our five-part succession planning guide…
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Monday, March 07, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: report,
strategy,
tips,
advice,
guide,
succession planning,
ownership,
transfer,
White Paper,
exit strategy,
selling a business,
transition
History is littered with companies, entrepreneurs and business visionaries who failed to pass on the company baton successfully. If you want to ensure the legacy of your business continues on to the next generation, here are a few pieces of advice…
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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

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

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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Thursday, June 17, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: Francesca Lagerberg,
advice,
analysis,
George Osborne,
Budget,
Stephen Gifford,
webinar,
Clive Fathers,
Rebecca Pritchard,
Emergency Budget

We’re inviting you to a special live and interactive Budget webinar on Thursday 24 June at 4pm to find out what the new Government’s first Budget means for you.
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