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Thursday, December 01, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: economy,
AIM,
LSE,
London,
FTSE,
Philip Secrett,
investors,
UK economy,
stock market,
capital markets,
small caps,
equity markets,
fund managers,
smaller listed,
UK equities

Starved of capital, the small company sector is facing a crisis that may have severe knock-on effects for the future health of the UK economy. A Grant Thornton survey of 50 leading UK fund managers and institutional investors, who between them control funds valued at £43 billion, highlighted the concerns in a new report released this week.
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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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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, 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
Monday, August 22, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
Scott Barnes,
ICAEW,
Michael Izza,
business news,
confidence,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor,
index,
monitor,
Q3 2011

The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows a decline in confidence this quarter – read on to find out why.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Tax
| Tags: tax,
investment,
economy,
UK,
pensions,
VAT,
budget,
relief,
tax avoidance,
corporation tax,
deficit,
planning,
enterprise,
Office for Tax Simplification,
predictions,
GAAR,
Low Value Consignment Relief,
fuel duty,
enterprise, investment, UK, economy
What changes lie ahead for entrepreneurs and privately held businesses (PHBs) in George Osborne’s Budget next week? Francesca Lagerberg, Grant Thornton’s Head of Tax, makes a few predictions…
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
recession,
economy,
finance,
UK,
retail,
GDP,
recovery,
inflation,
Private Equity,
BCM,
PE Barometer,
double dip,
Business Confidence Monitor
Today is the first anniversary of the UK economy emerging from recession. But while preliminary data for Q4 2010 estimated a 0.1% rise in GDP, yesterday’s figures showed a surprise contraction – is it a blip caused by bad weather or a sign of the economy stalling amid recent austerity measures?
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: economy,
video,
retail,
Scott Barnes,
recovery,
ICAEW,
engineering,
Michael Izza,
manufacturing,
business news,
construction,
confidence,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor,
demand

UK businesses have lowered expectations for 2011 as business confidence weakened once more in Q4, according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM). This suggests that economic growth next year will be slower than forecast with companies reluctant to invest and back the recovery.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: economy,
reaction,
analysis,
George Osborne,
Budget,
recovery,
deficit,
Stephen Gifford,
CSR,
risks,
spending review
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing
| Tags: economy,
international,
M&A,
retail,
corporate finance,
mid-market,
Private Equity,
Stephen Baker,
support services,
transactions,
consolidation
.
Which sectors are experiencing an increase in deal activity? And what types of buyers are the most active? In an interview with
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Friday, July 09, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Financing
| Tags: recession,
economy,
property,
survey,
data,
manufacturing,
construction,
British Chambers of Commerce,
sector,
service,
interest rates,
export sales,
interet rat,
BCC
The British Chambers of Commerce’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey out this week (6 July 2010) saw the UK economy managing to keep out of recession in Q2 and build on the growth kickstarted in Q1. But, while predicting further growth, it seems the BCC is also seriously concerned about a relapse.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector,
Technology sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
recession,
media,
economy,
BBC,
George Osborne,
trends,
funding,
public sector,
future,
creative industries,
Tina Brown,
profit analysis,
freelance,
gigonomics
In a recession, everyone, and every company, has to become a freelance hustler, says Alex Connock, chief executive of
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
research,
finance,
survey,
international,
strategy,
growth,
data,
M&A,
analysis,
debt,
funding,
recovery,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
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
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Monday, March 29, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
economy,
CGT,
income tax,
Richard Jameson,
NIC,
budget,
Alistair Darling,
relief,
Gordon Brown,
stamp duty,
fiscal drag,
budget2010,
PSBR,
election,
economic growth,
budget deficit

Attempted headline-grabbing announcements,
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
statistics,
economy,
survey,
financial sector
Grant Thornton’s latest Entrepreneur Insight Survey was conducted at the beginning of the year and covered a period of severe financial crisis. The latest
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing ,
Environment
| Tags: economy,
international,
financial crisis,
employment,
mexico,
political instability

Entrepreneurs in Mexico face political instability as well as economic problems. Hardly surprising, then, that they take care of today and let tomorrow look after itself. How to manage the crisis? Hector Perez provides some insights.
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