Thursday, May 24, 2012 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China
| Tags: China,
growth,
UK,
confidence,
exports,
optimism,
Shanghai,
China diary,
UK business
Two of our team leads have been blogging their visit to China and reviewing the growth opportunities in the region. Here, Nick Farr, Head of China Britain Services Group, highlights how confidence in the region could benefit UK business.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | Posted by: Barry Knight
Categories:
China
| Tags: China,
growth,
UK,
retail,
wealth,
luxury,
opportunities,
Hong Kong,
brands,
commercial property,
China diary,
retailers,
retail space,
: Hong Kong, China, China diary, UK, commercial property, growth, opportunities, wealth, retail space, retailers, luxury brands, retail
Ever wondered what it would be like having a business in Hong Kong? In my first post – our second from China – I highlight the differences between Hong Kong, China and the UK retail markets for the benefit of our UK clients looking at ways to take advantage of the growth opportunities in China…
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China
| Tags: business,
China,
growth,
M&A,
UK,
retail,
acquisitions,
Hong Kong,
2012,
UK trade with China,
brands,
China diary,
Gieves & Hawkes,
consumer goods,
Aquascutum
Welcome to our first diary post from China. Head of retail Barry Knight and I are currently travelling in China, visiting clients and evaluating the opportunities for UK businesses, especially in the retail consumer goods sector. We’re both planning to write a number of posts that capture our views and experiences during the trip. If any readers have been to China or Hong Kong, please do share your experiences, too.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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?
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.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
China ,
Interviews
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
China,
UK,
insight,
compliance,
interview,
audit,
staff,
companies,
IPO,
Meet our experts,
profile,
financial reporting,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
Q&A,
Andy Ka
“The number one issue concerning businesses in China and UK working with each other is culture,” says Andy Ka, a British-born Chinese who has worked in both the UK and China. In our latest interview, we go behind the scenes of Andy’s work with Grant Thornton’s China Britain Services Group and find out what is hot on his clients’ agenda right now.
