Elevate - for business leaders
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,
consumer,
F&B,
NPD,
growth drivers,
PE,
corporates
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,
consumer,
F&B,
NPD,
PE,
corporates
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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Monday, October 17, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Economy,
Financing
| Tags: business,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
list,
sponsor,
financing,
Top Track 250,
Sunday Times,
league table,
Fast Track,
midmarket
Find out which mid-market companies are leading the UK out of recession, with the release of the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 list, sponsored by Grant Thornton.
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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
financing,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott,
Jon Herbert
We spoke with Jon Herbert who is the Head of Acquisitions Finance at Lloyds Banking Group about the current financing environment. He shares his views from the banking perspective
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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
financing,
FDs,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott,
Stephen Welton
We spoke with Stephen Welton who is the Chief Executive of the Business Growth Fund about the role of Business Growth Fund and the current financing environment.
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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
financing,
FDs,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott
David Ascott discusses our latest research into the
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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
financing,
FDs,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott
Our latest survey looked at the
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: report,
recruitment,
funding,
banking,
public sector,
financing,
outsourcing,
mid-market,
Private Equity,
refinancing,
support services,
David Ascott,
facilities management,
Alex Worters
Sentiment in the support services sector is slowly and cautiously turning positive, led by some strongly performing niches, but there are areas within support services that are still feeling the pinch.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
financing,
FDs,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott
The engine room of the UK economy is gearing up to pump again with more than half of our surveyed CEOs and FDs expecting it to become easier to finance their business activities in the next 12 months. But with the funding taps mostly being turned on for larger, blue-chip companies, many are facing another year of frustration and/or creative growth strategies. Grant Thornton’s latest survey maps the financing needs and wants of the UK mid-market.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Economy,
Financing
| Tags: business,
media,
investment,
finance,
technology,
UK,
M&A,
debt,
financing,
Private Equity,
PE Barometer,
privately held businesses,
refinancing,
Healthcare,
valuation
So says Grant Thornton’s latest Private Equity Barometer. Read on for the key stats from our quarterly survey of more than 100 private equity executives in the UK…
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing ,
Technology sector
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
capital gains tax,
technology,
CGT,
video,
financing,
internet,
mobile,
deal,
startups,
storage,
scale
Technology is getting exciting again. Oscar Jazdowski, UK Head of Origination for Silicon Valley Bank, reviews the sector that is becoming both essential to and pervasive in modern life.
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: recession,
research,
survey,
report,
strategy,
growth,
UK,
M&A,
data,
insight,
competition,
financing,
food,
Trefor Griffith,
new products,
beverage,
new markets
Grant Thornton’s latest research report, Targeting growth: Challenges and opportunities for the UK Food and Beverage sector, reveals the state of play for UK businesses in this sector. Here are some of the key issues and findings…
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
My big decision,
Financing ,
Women in business
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
investment,
entrepreneur,
technology,
digital,
women in business,
CEO,
financing,
My Big Decision,
Julie Meyer,
Ariadne Capital,
First Tuesday,
backing,
dot com,
Dragon’s Den
Setting up a technology-oriented investment firm just six months after the dot com bubble burst may sound like risky business. But as entrepreneur and BBC Dragon Julie Meyer explains, in Grant Thornton’s
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