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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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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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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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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: research,
finance,
survey,
strategy,
report,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
financing,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott,
Jon Herbert
We spoke with Jon Herbert who is the Head of Acquisitions Finance at Lloyds Banking Group about the current financing environment. He shares his views from the banking perspective
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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: research,
finance,
survey,
strategy,
report,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
FDs,
financing,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott,
Stephen Welton
We spoke with Stephen Welton who is the Chief Executive of the Business Growth Fund about the role of Business Growth Fund and the current financing environment.
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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: research,
finance,
survey,
strategy,
report,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
FDs,
financing,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott
David Ascott discusses our latest research into the
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Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: research,
finance,
survey,
strategy,
report,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
FDs,
financing,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott
Our latest survey looked at the
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: report,
recruitment,
funding,
public sector,
banking,
financing,
outsourcing,
mid-market,
Private Equity,
refinancing,
support services,
David Ascott,
facilities management,
Alex Worters
Sentiment in the support services sector is slowly and cautiously turning positive, led by some strongly performing niches, but there are areas within support services that are still feeling the pinch.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Financing ,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: research,
finance,
survey,
strategy,
report,
growth,
data,
CEO,
FD,
CFO,
analysis,
funding,
banking,
FDs,
financing,
financial crisis,
mid-market,
refinancing,
David Ascott
The engine room of the UK economy is gearing up to pump again with more than half of our surveyed CEOs and FDs expecting it to become easier to finance their business activities in the next 12 months. But with the funding taps mostly being turned on for larger, blue-chip companies, many are facing another year of frustration and/or creative growth strategies. Grant Thornton’s latest survey maps the financing needs and wants of the UK mid-market.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
list,
sponsor,
mid-market,
Sunday Times,
Top Track 250,
league table,
Fast Track
If you didn’t catch it at the weekend, the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 list, sponsored by Grant Thornton, was published. The Fast Track league table features UK companies ranking just below the top 100 private firms for sales, provided they have also either increased sales or operating profit. Here is the lowdown…
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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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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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