International and Emerging Markets Blog
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
governance,
report,
infographic,
growth,
research,
IBR,
Brazil,
International business report,
expansion,
regulation,
red tape,
bureaucracy,
Australia,
Poland,
Greece,
restraints
Our graphic shows, by country, the percentage of businesses citing bureaucracy and regulations as a constraint on growth. Brazil is the BRIC most affected, while our International Business Report (IBR) research also shows India moving up the red tape rankings.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
report,
growth,
UK,
survey,
international,
insight,
success,
value,
advice,
expansion,
sales,
International Track 100,
overseas,
Grow Global,
foreign
How have the UK’s most successful companies for fastest-growing international sales achieved their overseas success? Our latest report discovered what these companies have in common and how they have driven overseas sales and built real value.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India
| Tags: tax,
India,
M&A,
growth,
UK,
South Asia Group,
deals,
South Asia,
planning,
manufacturing,
trade,
expansion,
outsourcing,
networks,
sectors,
succession,
culture,
Midlands,
JV
Many regional UK businesses are looking to India and other Asian countries for new growth opportunities; meanwhile, a new wave of Asian entrepreneurs is considering expanding into the UK. We asked Suneel Gupta, the new head of Grant Thornton’s South Asia team in Birmingham, about the opportunities and issues involved, and what help companies need to do it.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
| Posted by: Stephen Weatherseed
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India
| Tags: growth,
emerging markets,
international,
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,
tips,
banking,
Stephen Weatherseed,
risks,
trade,
expansion,
resources,
forex,
exchange rate
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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