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.
Tuesday, February 05, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Economy
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
Grant Thornton,
economy,
growth,
UK,
CEO,
insight,
video,
Top Track 250,
interviews
The movies may have proved economically resilient during previous recessions but this one feels a little different, says Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Vue Entertainment.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
Grant Thornton,
growth,
UK,
CEO,
Top Track 250,
interviews,
CEOs,
Insight,
Video
Achieving growth in a recession isn’t easy, especially when your business is aligned with the public sector. We asked Thomas Martin, Joint MD of Arco, a supplier safety clothing, workwear, safety boots and safety equipment, how he navigates the bumpy economic terrain.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: growth,
interview,
Top Track 250,
interviews
How do you buck the economic downturn to achieve growth? We asked Simon Sherrard, Non-Executive Chairman of Liverpool-based Bibby Line Group, how he has steered a shipping company – a volatile industry at the best of times – through the stormy economic waters.
Friday, September 07, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Property & Construction
| Tags: growth,
acquisitions,
Story of the Deal,
buying a business,
management buy-out,
case study,
buying a company,
facilities management,
FSG,
MBO,
Facilities Services Group,
David Simons
A management buyout (MBO) is similar to any other acquisition, but while the owners and the managers may know each other, there can still be unforeseen obstacles. As part of our occasional ‘Story of the deal’ series, we go behind the steps of how Facilities Services Group achieved its management buyout on the path to growth, and offer some advice for others going through the process.
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)…
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.
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.
Monday, June 11, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
growth,
video,
culture,
decision,
The Day Everything Changed,
podcast,
Procter & Gamble,
Jim Stengel,
P&G,
ideals
When a business achieves dynamic growth, can it be traced back to a specific moment or turning point? In our new video podcast series, ‘The Day Everything Changed’, we ask senior figures in business for their experiences of what catalysed their company’s growth.
First up is Jim Stengel, former global marketing officer at Procter & Gamble (P&G), whose sales doubled during his time there.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Technology sector
| Tags: business,
growth,
talent,
social media,
Facebook,
tech,
Mark Henshaw,
company culture,
international growth,
social network,
Quora,
tactics,
Facebook IPO
Just ahead of Facebook’s potentially record-breaking IPO, some fascinating insights into the company’s phenomenal growth emerged on internet question-and-answer site Quora this week, as a former member of Facebook’s ‘Growth team’ shared his experience of the social network’s growth strategies.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
tax,
recession,
investment,
economy,
growth,
CEO,
budget,
Scott Barnes,
recovery,
Michael Izza,
economic growth,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor
A notable improvement in UK business confidence in the last three months suggests that the economy will come out of recession and return to growth in Q2 2012, according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) out today.
Thursday, May 03, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Technology sector
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
Grant Thornton,
technology,
growth,
UK,
CEO,
insight,
tech,
defence,
The Times,
diversification,
MIRA
Forget the double-dip recession, take inspiration from these dynamos of British business. In conjunction with The Times, we’re profiling the market-defying growth stories of five of our most dynamic, mid-market clients. First up is Midlands engineering company, MIRA, which has diversified from motor industry beginnings into new markets in technology, defence and overseas.
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…
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.
Friday, April 13, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
growth,
UK,
CEO,
insight,
video,
Top Track 250,
interviews,
CEOs,
business, entrepreneurs
“What are the critical factors that will unlock growth in the UK and create a more resilient economy in the long term?” That was the question we asked four senior business leaders whose companies have beaten the market to achieve impressive growth during the downturn. Here are the factors they view as essential to growth.
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.
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…
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…
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | Posted by: Alex Connock
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
media,
growth,
UK,
digital,
video,
online,
trends,
forecast,
TV,
television,
RTS,
apps,
global economy,
formats,
WPP Stream
What will make British media businesses world class in the next decade? It’s a big question but there is consensus on the answer. Pretend TV founder, Alex Connock, reports back from the Royal Television Society convention and WPP Stream and finds out what the world’s biggest media and internet players are thinking about – from dual screen and interactive TV to social video and BRIC markets…
Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
research,
report,
survey,
growth,
strategy,
CEO,
data,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
banking,
funding,
financing,
mid-market,
financial crisis,
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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