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,
content marketing,
search,
real-time,
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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Thursday, January 05, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
tax,
international,
report,
growth,
financial,
Christmas,
trends,
guide,
expansion,
sustainability,
publications,
local government,
global economy,
gifts,
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.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
links,
blog,
best,
Elevate,
2011,
reads
Another chance to see our most popular business-related posts of 2011…
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
Grant Thornton,
advice,
magazine,
insight,
comment,
subscribe,
elevate,
business leaders,
Elevate magazine,
features
Grant Thornton’s Elevate magazine comes out but twice a year, and that’s why it’s packed with the latest thinking for and from UK business leaders. Here’s what you’ll find inside the latest issue and how to join our mailing list.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
My big decision
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
links,
entrepreneur,
my big decision,
David Cameron,
podcasts,
EU,
interviews,
vodcasts,
veto,
My Big Decision, podcasts, business, decision, interviews, David Cameron, EU
In the week that Prime Minister David Cameron made the historic decision to veto a new European Union treaty, we review our blog interview series on the life-changing decisions made by world-famous leaders in business…
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: business,
tax,
Francesca Lagerberg,
finance,
UK,
budget,
analysis,
tax policy,
legislation,
Finance Bill,
Finance Bill 2012,
draft,
Legislation Day
More than 1100 pages make up the draft legislation for the next Finance Bill, which was published today. Here are some of the highlights for UK large corporates, small businesses and individuals from our Budget team at Grant Thornton.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
Twitter,
budget,
reaction,
George Osborne,
news,
budget deficit,
Autumn Statement,
Autumn Statement 2011
Grant Thornton UK is covering today’s Autumn Statement over on our dedicated budget pages. But what was the reaction as Chancellor George Osborne delivered his speech to the house? And what did industry groups think of the statement? We caught some of the social media reaction as the news came through…
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Technology sector
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
awards,
UK,
National Business Awards,
mid-market,
mid-cap,
winner,
NBA,
finalists,
ceremony,
National Business Awards 2011,
Renishaw
It was a close-fought contest but last night Renishaw Group plc was crowned our Mid-Cap Business of the Year 2011 at the National Business Awards in London, “exemplifying great British business”. Renishaw beat nine other finalists in the Grant Thornton sponsored category. Here’s a first look at the winner …
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Monday, October 17, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Economy,
Financing
| Tags: business,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
list,
sponsor,
financing,
Sunday Times,
Top Track 250,
league table,
Fast Track,
midmarket
Find out which mid-market companies are leading the UK out of recession, with the release of the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 list, sponsored by Grant Thornton.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | Posted by: Alex Connock
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
media,
digital,
UK,
growth,
video,
online,
trends,
TV,
forecast,
television,
RTS,
apps,
global economy,
WPP Stream,
formats
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…
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Friday, September 16, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
India,
Grant Thornton,
China,
Manchester,
sponsor,
conference,
event,
fob,
exports,
Nick Farr,
HSBC,
Telegraph,
Festival of Business,
opportunities
Our final Festival of Business post focuses on the opportunities for UK businesses in Asian markets from the ‘Looking East: India or China?’ panel discussion at today’s Telegraph Festival of Business, in partnership with Grant Thornton.
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Friday, September 16, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
Grant Thornton,
Manchester,
sponsor,
Luke Johnson,
conference,
event,
fob,
speech,
entrepreneurship,
Telegraph,
Festival of Business,
start-ups
Highlights from entrepreneur Luke Johnson’s afternoon address on entrepreneurship at the Telegraph’s Festival of Business today. Grant Thornton is a partner of the event – more coverage to follow…
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Friday, September 16, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
UK,
George Osborne,
Manchester,
sponsor,
conference,
mid-market,
event,
fob,
speech,
Telegraph,
Festival of Business,
high-growth
Highlights for business from Chancellor George Osborne’s opening address at the Telegraph’s Festival of Business. Grant Thornton is a partner of the event and we’ll be posting more coverage shortly…
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Friday, September 16, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
Manchester,
sponsor,
conference,
event,
fob,
Telegraph,
Festival of Business
Grant Thornton UK LLP is partnering with the Telegraph for its Festival of Business, launching in Manchester today. Here’s our pick of the social media conversation which we will be updating throughout the day…
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
UK,
sponsor,
conference,
mid-market,
Telegraph,
Festival of Business,
high-growth companies
The Telegraph’s Festival of Business takes place in Manchester this Friday (16 September) with Grant Thornton as corporate partner. Join us in celebrating 1,000 fast-growing, dynamic UK businesses and take advantage of an excellent range of business panels, discussions, keynotes and networking opportunities. Places are free but limited so be quick – details on how to register are at the end of this article.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
research,
infographic,
women in business,
data,
women,
IBR,
board,
gender,
International Business Report,
diversity,
female,
map
‘Improve your organisation by helping more women to get into top jobs’ – this was the message sent out to UK business by the Home Office last month. So how does the UK compare to its neighbours, emerging economies and the global average when it comes to employing women in senior jobs in the workplace? We review the global statistics and rankings.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
video,
Scott Barnes,
ICAEW,
business news,
confidence,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor,
index,
monitor,
Q3 2011,
Robin Fieth
