Elevate - for business leaders
Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Posted by: Alex Connock
Categories:
Media sector,
Technology sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
strategy,
Twitter,
social media,
Facebook,
Google,
marketing,
content,
SEO,
business drivers,
social business,
real-time,
content marketing,
search,
GooglePlus
Like it or not, your company now has a permanent +1 in every customer interaction – via social media. How can you deal with that? Alex Connock reviews the 2012 social media, search and content marketing landscape and offers some advice for business leaders on how to navigate it…
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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…
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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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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,
FDs,
mid-market,
financial crisis,
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,
report,
survey,
growth,
strategy,
CEO,
data,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
banking,
funding,
financing,
FDs,
mid-market,
financial crisis,
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,
report,
survey,
growth,
strategy,
CEO,
data,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
banking,
funding,
financing,
FDs,
mid-market,
financial crisis,
refinancing,
David Ascott
Our latest survey looked at the
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
research,
report,
survey,
growth,
strategy,
CEO,
data,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
banking,
funding,
financing,
FDs,
mid-market,
financial crisis,
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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Monday, March 07, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: report,
strategy,
advice,
tips,
guide,
succession planning,
ownership,
transfer,
White Paper,
selling a business,
exit strategy,
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, March 03, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: report,
strategy,
guide,
succession planning,
ownership,
transfer,
White Paper,
selling a business,
exit strategy,
structure,
steps,
goals,
best practice,
template
What are the best practices when planning for succession? Is there a model you can follow? The truth is, there are many different approaches but, in the third part of our series demystifying succession planning, we share the Grant Thornton best practice template for developing the best succession plan.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: tax,
report,
strategy,
talent,
guide,
succession planning,
ownership,
transfer,
White Paper,
selling a business,
exit strategy,
legacy,
valuation,
structure,
steps,
goals
Figures show that 27% of UK businesses are expecting a change of ownership in the next 10 years, according to Grant Thornton 2009 International Business Report (IBR). Preparing ahead for such a major change makes financial and business sense. So why don’t companies do it?
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing
| Tags: innovation,
research,
report,
survey,
growth,
UK,
strategy,
data,
insight,
food,
new markets,
beverage,
drink,
new products,
restaurants,
NDP
What are the consumer trends? What growth strategies are food and drink companies considering in the next 12 months? And where do they stand on innovation and NPD? Here’s a summary from Grant Thornton’s new food sector survey.
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Monday, October 04, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
recession,
governance,
report,
survey,
strategy,
risk,
data,
business models,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools
Our recent business risk report shows widespread complacency in risk management processes. Check how your risk levels measure up with our quick online tool.
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Saturday, October 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: recession,
research,
report,
survey,
growth,
UK,
strategy,
M&A,
data,
insight,
competition,
financing,
food,
Trefor Griffith,
new markets,
beverage,
new products
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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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: finance,
growth,
strategy,
health,
advice,
healthcare,
webinar,
public sector,
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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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Infographic,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
recession,
finance,
research,
strategy,
infographic,
business models,
success,
Economist,
competition,
new business models,
benchmark
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.
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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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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
finance,
economy,
research,
survey,
growth,
strategy,
international,
M&A,
data,
debt,
analysis,
funding,
recovery,
mid-market,
financial crisis,
cost-cutting,
lending
Grant Thornton’s latest research in conjunction with Mergermarket surveyed 150 CEOs and CFOs in the first quarter of 2010 on how and where the UK’s mid-market businesses are looking to fund present and future growth. The Financing Your Strategy report, released this week gives a broad overview of trends as well as data from specific sectors. We’ve highlighted the key findings here…
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: innovation,
business,
entrepreneurs,
recession,
finance,
research,
technology,
strategy,
business models,
New Business Models,
board,
Economist,
competition,
distribution,
change,
revenue
Nearly two-thirds of UK businesses are hamstrung by their own business models and unprepared for the recovery of the market. In a new report on business models, Grant Thornton presents the lie of the land – from the latest research on UK business model behaviour during the recession to a list of questions you can to bring to the boardroom table…
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: innovation,
business,
entrepreneurs,
recession,
finance,
research,
strategy,
business models,
New Business Models,
board,
Economist,
competition,
CEOs
Recently, Grant Thornton commissioned The Economist Intelligence Unit to survey over 450 UK executives on their business models and if/how they are planning to adapt over the next 18 months - you can download the report for free below. Then ask yourself three key questions about your business model and discover some simple ways to answer them…
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Friday, July 31, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
strategy,
international,
women in business,
VIE at home,
expansion,
franchise,
direct sales,
Germany,
Entrepreneur’s Diary
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