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Friday, January 21, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India,
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As we say farewell to 2010, we can take this opportunity to reflect upon the economic environment in India over the past year and also the opportunity to focus on some of the key areas of economic importance for the year ahead.
The first half of 2010 saw significant year on year growth, with GDP ranging between 8.5% and 8.8%. The year, however, was not without its problems, as highlighted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), economic activity in both the manufacturing and service sectors in India slowed in the 3rd quarter of the year while infrastructural development and investment continued to cause concern, along with India’s ‘old friend’ inflation.
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| Posted by: Sajeev Gandhi
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| Tags: India,
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India’s economy continued to demonstrate strong growth during 2010. There was significant liquidity in the market with both corporate profits and the sensex posting strong gains for the year. The BSE sensex closed 2010 at 20,509 a respectable 17% uplift during the year. Our view is that this positive trend is likely to be maintained in the medium term given the robustness of the domestic Indian market albeit against a backdrop of western economies which clearly still face some economic challenges.
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| Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India,
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Capital Markets,
Fiona Owen,
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In the last quarter of 2010, Grant Thornton’s India Watch Index gained 16.75%, outperforming both the FTSE 100 (6.33%) and the FTSE AIM UK 50 (12.60%), as well as other key indices.
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: business,
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Bribery if left unchecked, destroys the integrity and ethical foundations of all institutions, public and private. In response the UK recently introduced the Bribery Act which received Royal Assent in April this year with the offences scheduled to come into force in April 2011.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
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Last weekend’s Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250, sponsored by Grant Thornton, revealed that while the majority enjoyed overseas sales, only 27 of the 250 companies had developed interests in emerging BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
| Posted by: Stephen Weatherseed
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Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India
| Tags: growth,
international,
emerging markets,
risk management,
Stephen Weatherseed,
risks,
manufacturing,
expansion,
resources
UK companies’ reluctance to embrace challenging markets is compromising business and ‘Little Britain’ risks losing out on the emerging markets success story. But it’s not rocket science, says Stephen Weatherseed, Grant Thornton’s Head of China Group, it’s risk management.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: tax,
global,
growth,
international,
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banking,
Stephen Weatherseed,
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If you want to grow your company internationally, how do you do this in order to minimise the risks and maximise your chances of success? Stephen Weatherseed, Head of China Group for Grant Thornton UK, has this advice…
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