International and Emerging Markets Blog
Monday, April 16, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 16
| Tags: Budget 2012,
Indian economy,
India Sectors,
Mining,
Pranab Mukherjee,
Indian government,
Indian Budget,
Fiscal Deficit,
Manufacturing,
Indian growth
It is proving difficult for the Indian government to support and develop the economic potential of the country. The recent state elections have now further dented the Government’s ability to push through the economic reforms required. In addition, the recent Indian Budget 2012 has faced increasing criticism and in many economists’ views it failed to implement suitable measures to encourage foreign investment and sustainable economic growth.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
China,
growth,
expansion,
BRIC,
JV,
BRICS,
WFOE,
partnership,
franchise,
new markets,
location,
product
How best to enter the dragon? Opportunities, structure and strategies for UK businesses entering China are among the hot topics currently being discussed over on our new FD Intelligence blog…
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
survey,
IBR,
economic,
International Business Report,
optimism,
2012,
indicators,
Q1
New data from the International Business Report (IBR) reveals that many mature market businesses are experiencing a more upbeat first quarter – click on the image left to see G7 confidence levels in Q1 in full. This upturn is also having a knock-on effect on emerging economies, with Peru and Brazil leading the way.
Read on for the highlights from our Q1 economic update…
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: tax,
investment,
China,
cross-border,
Nick Farr,
financing,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
foreign investment,
intermediary,
holding companies,
structures,
Singapore,
CFC,
WHT,
withholding tax,
financing company partial exemption,
HK,
FCPE,
substance,
restructuring,
intermediate
If setting up or investing into China from the UK, a Hong Kong or Singapore intermediate holding company offers a popular way to structure investments. But recent changes in China’s legal and regulatory framework are making foreign direct investment and/or restructuring more tax-efficient in certain cases.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India
| Tags: statistics,
report,
UK,
IBR,
women in business,
women,
Europe,
female,
International Business Report,
quotas,
IWD,
International Women’s Day
Two reports released for International Women’s Day last week came to very different conclusions – so which is correct? The FT analysed the survey data from both Grant Thornton and the Economist Intelligence Unit…
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Thursday, March 08, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: statistics,
report,
UK,
IBR,
women in business,
women,
International business report,
Europe,
female,
quotas,
IWD,
International Women's Day
Which are the top 10 countries for employing women in top roles – and which are the 10 worst? Grant Thornton has been tracking the proportion of women in senior management across 40 economies since 2004. Now our 2012 survey figures, released to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), reveal which of the world’s economies are the most business-friendly for women.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
India,
economy,
links,
report,
infrastructure,
insight,
technology,
tech,
Real Estate,
employment,
HR
Don’t miss our latest focus reports and sector insights covering HR, employment, tech, real estate, infrastructure and a special India country report…
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: China,
compliance,
VAT,
cross-border,
subsidiary,
regulation,
Nick Farr,
goods,
services,
double taxation,
business tax,
reform,
Shanghai,
pilot,
consultancy,
changes,
indirect tax,
input VAT
A new VAT pilot scheme in Shanghai is bringing both benefits and confusion to UK companies supplying services – such as consultancy, IT and R&D services – to and from Shanghai. With this pilot system set to be rolled out across the rest of China, what do UK businesses trading in China need to do to remain compliant and tax-efficient?
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Thursday, February 23, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
tax,
tax planning,
international,
VAT,
subsidiary,
structures,
expats,
overseas,
DTA,
non-dom,
profit,
transfer pricing,
CFC,
UK resident,
SSE,
WHT,
withholding tax,
repatriation,
George McCracken,
substantial shareholdings exemption,
exit charge,
corporate tax
Many UK businesses are looking at international opportunities in 2012. But what are the ‘need-to-know’ tax considerations when taking your business abroad? George McCracken, Tax Partner at Grant Thornton, outlines some of the considerations and pitfalls for UK companies.
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Friday, February 17, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
finance,
investment,
China,
report,
growth,
insight,
GDP,
inflation,
Brazil,
Russia,
forecast,
BRIC,
optimism,
BRICS,
global economy,
emerging economies,
analysis,
Keep up to date with the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) – how they are propping up the global economy but also some of the issues they face in 2012 on finance, inflation and investment. Here are some of the highlights from Grant Thornton’s latest survey report.
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