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EU businesses feeling more upbeat but employment outlook remains gloomy

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT

New research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) indicates that EU businesses are feeling more optimistic about the economic outlook for 2013 and are looking to invest in the future growth of their operations. However, there was scant encouragement for the legions of unemployed with employment and salary plans remaining depressed.

BRIC growth wobbling on shaky foundations

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:30:00 GMT

New research from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) reveals that businesses in the fast-growing BRIC economies increasingly view under-investment in national infrastructure as a major constraint on their ability to grow. Further, the data reveals that for the first time, the top five most optimistic economies include no BRIC nations.

Cross-border M&A set to rise by a fifth

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 27 March 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR), a quarterly global business survey in 44 countries, finds an increased appetite for cross border acquisitions as demand is at its highest level since 2008. Despite the political and economic events of the past twelve months, planned cross border M&A is driving acquisitive growth increasing by 56% since 2008 and 18% in 2012.

More women making it into senior management roles - but mature economies lagging behind

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:30:00 GMT

To mark International Women’s Day 2013 on 8 March, new research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that globally, more women are making it into senior management roles than at any time since 2010

Skills shortage epidemic threatens business growth prospects

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:30:00 GMT

Businesses around the world are reporting a skills shortage epidemic that is weighing on growth prospects, according to new research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).

Grant Thornton donation to UNICEF tops US$250,000

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Grant Thornton this week donated US$60,000 to UNICEF, the leading children’s organisation, as part of its ongoing partnership through the International Business Report (IBR).

Red tape threatens to obstruct globalisation opportunities for dynamic companies

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:15:00 GMT

New research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that the number one barrier to international expansion reported by businesses globally is legislation and regulations. With the global economic recovery still tepid at best, lowering barriers to trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) could provide a boost to business growth prospects and help the global economy get back on a surer footing.

Manufacturing and technology businesses look to R&D for growth

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Businesses in the manufacturing and technology sectors are planning to grow through Research & Development (R&D) over the next 12 months according to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR). This provides a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic outlook.

Businesses confidence on a knife edge heading into 2012

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Global business confidence is balancing on a knife edge heading into 2012 according to new figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR).

Grant Thornton research boosts UNICEF

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Grant Thornton this week donated US$57,500 to UNICEF, the leading children's organisation, as part of its ongoing partnership through the International Business Report (IBR).

Emerging markets steal social media lead on old world rivals

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Businesses in emerging economies have stolen a march on their western counterparts in the use of social media, according to the latest findings from Grant Thornton's IBR.

Majority of businesses unaware of lease accounting changes

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:30:00 GMT

Grant Thornton survey finds 54% of businesses globally unaware of pending lease accounting changes

Businesses struggle against rising uncertainty

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Latest IBR results showing a pandemic collapse in business optimism during the third quarter of 2011 lay bare the dramatic impact of economic uncertainty and financial instability on the global business community.

Arab Spring reignites renewable energy debate

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Oil supply pressures caused by the Arab Spring have reignited the renewable energy debate. Businesses are willing to support increased government investment in clean energy, even if this raises prices in the short-term.

Middle East conflict worries businesses

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:30:00 GMT

Conflict in the Middle East is a major cause of concern for 90% of businesses.

Public opinion driving CSR activity

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The weight of public opinion, as opposed to altruistic environmental concerns, is driving CSR activity, helping businesses to build brand in an increasingly crowded marketplace, secure top talent and win key contracts.

Mature economies play confidence catch-up

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:30:00 GMT

Mature economies have gained on their emerging market competitors in business optimism during the first quarter of 2011.

Proportion of women in senior management falls to 2004 levels

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:30:00 GMT

Research from the 2011 Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that women currently hold 20% of senior management positions globally, down from 24% in 2009, and up just 1% from 2004.

Latin America leads the world in business optimism says Grant Thornton survey

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Confidence levels over economic performance are higher in Latin America than any other part of the world as the region leads the way on business optimism into the New Year, according to the 2011 Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR). 2011 is the first year Latin America has led the world on optimism.

Retail - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:00:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months as well as risks, plans and trends expected for the coming year.

Sector focus series

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The IBR sector focus series examines key issues relating to privately held businesses and provides insight into how businesses can act to enhance their competitive advantage.

The IBR 2010 retail focus is the last of a series of ten sector reports to be released.

Financial services - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:00:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months as well as risks, plans and trends expected for the coming year.

Technology - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:00:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months, risks and plans expected for the coming year as well as the use of tax incentives for research & development.

Manufacturing - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:00:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months as well as risks, plans and positive changes expected for the coming year.

Healthcare - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:00:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months, key issues affecting the sector, plans and trends going forward.

Hospitality - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:00:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months, key issues affecting the sector, plans going forward and methods of attracting customers.

Transport - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:00:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months, key issues affecting the sector and plans going forward.

Food and beverage - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:30:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months, key issues affecting the sector, plans going forward and trends in consumer behaviour.

Cleantech - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:30:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months, risks and plans expected for the coming year and the sustainability of growth for the sector.

Privately held businesses: optimism emerges but uncertainty prevails

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT

The IBR 2010 Global overview report provides a complete summary of this year's survey results, focusing on each topic covered in IBR 2010: economic climate, business indicators, constraints, raising finance, stress, employment, M&A, tax and IFRS for SMEs.

IFRS for SMEs focus series

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium Enterprises (IFRS for SMEs) focus series provides readers with key insights into the standards, how they impact businesses and the benefits of any action they may take.

The IBR 2010 IFRS for SMEs focus from Ireland is the first of the series to be released. The report from Hong Kong will follow shortly.

Privately held businesses should pay more attention to tax when investing overseas

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Privately held businesses (PHBs) need to pay more attention to local tax regulations when deciding where to invest overseas, suggests the latest research from the annual Grant Thornton International Business Report.

Taxing times

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Privately held businesses look for greater transparency in financial reporting

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Years of investor and regulator demands for greater transparency in financial reporting amongst listed companies is now affecting attitudes in the world of privately held businesses. More than half of leaders of privately held businesses (PHBs) globally (52%) believe that greater transparency is a key benefit of financial reporting according to latest research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) 2010.

Construction and real estate - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:30:00 GMT

The podcast contains insights on lessons learnt over the last 12 months, key issues affecting the sector, plans and positive changes going forward.

Emerging markets - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:30:00 GMT

The podcast covers investment tips, benefits and businesses' needs when investing in emerging markets and includes contributions from Grant Thornton in the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, India, Mexico and China.

Emerging markets: leading the way to recovery

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 31 March 2010 13:00:00 GMT

The importance of the emerging markets to the world economy has been brought into sharper focus as the world emerges from recession. Not only have these economies been less severely hit, but they are also recovering more quickly, with growth rates over the next two years forecast to be well over double that of more mature economies.

Emerging markets lead the way to economic recovery

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

The future looks bright for emerging economies according to the Grant Thornton International Business Report 2010. A balance of +57% of privately held businesses (PHBs) in 14 of the world's leading emerging markets indicated that they were optimistic about the prospects for their country's economy in the year ahead.

Over half of business owners feeling increasingly stressed

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

More than half of leaders of privately held businesses (PHBs) globally (56%) feel their stress levels have increased over the last year. The research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) 2010 covers the opinions of over 7,400 business owners across 36 economies. Mainland China tops the league for the most stressed leaders with 76% of business owners saying their stress levels have increased over the last year.

Tough year ahead for employees but more hope for job seekers

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Privately held businesses (PHBs) across the world decreased their employee numbers during 2009, the first time since Grant Thornton began researching employment issues in its International Business Report (IBR) in 2003 that the number of businesses cutting headcount has exceeded those increasing it. The survey, of over 7,400 PHBs across 36 economies, shows a global balance* of -8% compared to +21% in 2009 - a drop of 29 percentage points.

Mergers and acquisitions report

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Privately held businesses (PHBs) are naturally cautious about their M&A plans for 2010 given the challenging economic conditions and difficulty in raising debt finance they experienced in 2009, but there are some encouraging signs for the future.

M&A volumes set to increase as privately held businesses anticipate the return of financial and trade buyers

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:30:00 GMT

62% of businesses believe that the upturn has started already or will take place during the course of 2010 according to the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) which has been surveying the views of privately held businesses (PHBs) for 18 years. In its latest study conducted in late 2009, the proportion of respondents anticipating a change of ownership increased to 10% this year compared with 6% twelve months ago.

Privately held businesses more confident about access to finance in 2010

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:30:00 GMT

More evidence that the global credit crunch is easing comes from the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) which reveals that privately held businesses (PHBs) around the world are increasingly confident that access to finance will be easier in 2010. 35% of businesses said they thought access to finance would be 'more' or 'much more accessible' in 2010 compared with only 14% who were similarly positive 12 months ago.

Optimism bounces back amongst businesses around the world

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Optimism amongst privately held businesses (PHBs) around the world has bounced back to give the Grant Thornton global optimism/pessimism index for 2010 an optimism balance of +24%, compared to its lowest ever score of -16% this time last year. The International Business Report (IBR) survey of over 7,400 PHBs across 36 economies, now in its 18th year, also highlights a group of ten economies where businesses are more optimistic about the outlook for their economies than International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts might suggest.

Privately held businesses demand stability and transparency from their tax systems

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Research from the annual Grant Thornton International Business Report shows that privately held businesses (PHBs) are looking for stability and transparency from their tax systems. The survey reveals that taxes on business profits are seen as the most burdensome domestic tax by 27% of privately held businesses (PHBs) globally, this is a slight increase on last year's response (24%). Employment related taxes (20%) and personal income tax (19%) come a close second and third.

Grant Thornton International donates a further US$36,610 to UNICEF

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International has donated a further US$36,610 to UNICEF. The global accounting organisation donates US$5 to UNICEF for every completed questionnaire for its International Business Report (IBR).

IBR is an annual survey of the views of senior executives in privately held businesses (PHBs) all over the world.

Manufacturing - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the key factors affecting the manufacturing sector, survival techniques, reasons to be cheerful and expectations for the next two years.

Hospitality - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the key factors affecting the hospitality sector, survival techniques, reasons to be cheerful and expectations for the next two years.

Technology - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the key factors affecting the technology sector, survival techniques, reasons to be cheerful and expectations for the next two years.

Transport - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the key factors affecting the transport sector, survival techniques, reasons to be cheerful and expectations for the next two years.

Retail - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the key factors affecting the retail sector, survival techniques, reasons to be cheerful and expectations for the next two years.

Financial services - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the key factors affecting the financial services sector, survival techniques, reasons to be cheerful and expectations for the next two years.

Construction and real estate - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the key factors affecting the construction and real estate sector, survival techniques, reasons to be cheerful and expectations for the next two years.

Privately held businesses globally still willing to introduce 'green' practices

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Despite the global downturn, plenty of privately held businesses (PHBs) are still prepared to introduce 'green' practices, according to latest research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) - even if those green practices have a negative effect on the bottom line.

When asked to rate the environmental friendliness of their business community and their appetite for introducing green practices, the 7,200 senior executives in PHBs across 36 economies created a global picture of those prepared to take the initiative on green practices and those unwilling to put their bottom line at risk.

Economic turbulence dictates business planning cycles amongst privately held businesses

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Latest research from the annual Grant Thornton International Business Report offers new insight about how far into the future privately held businesses (PHBs) plan. The most common planning period is 1-3 years, favoured by 49% of PHBs globally. However, PHBs in mainland China are the longest term planners with 44% of businesses planning more than three years ahead. Of PHBs following a 1-3 year planning cycle, the highest proportions were in Denmark (64%), followed by New Zealand and the United Kingdom (both 60%) and India and Greece (both 59%).

Privately held businesses still believe product innovation boosts profitability

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:30:00 GMT

New research from the annual Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that product innovation is seen as the most successful initiative for boosting profitability by the world's privately held businesses (PHBs). When 7,200 PHBs were asked to identify the initiative that helped profitability most, 20% cited innovation followed by cost cutting (18%) and pricing strategy (13%).

Merger and acquisition plans remain resilient for privately held businesses around the world

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Despite the economic downturn, privately held businesses (PHBs) remain surprisingly resilient in their attitude towards acquisitions, according to research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report. 37% of PHBs globally still plan an acquisition in the next three years, a drop of only 7% from the same study in 2008. Of that 37%, the proportion planning to transact cross-border has actually increased, suggesting that international mergers and acquisitions remain on the agenda as a strategic tool to drive growth.

No pay rises at a quarter of privately held businesses in 2009 - globally

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Employees at nearly a quarter of privately held businesses (PHBs) around the world could be worse off in the year ahead. Research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report reveals that 21% of businesses plan to offer no pay rise in 2009 while 3% of businesses actually expect to reduce pay. This is in contrast to only 10% of businesses expecting to increase pay above the rate of inflation.

Shortage of orders hits growth of privately held businesses globally

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:30:00 GMT

New research into the biggest constraints on the ability of privately held businesses (PHBs) to expand shows that, for the first time in six years, a shortage of orders is seen as the biggest barrier to expansion.

Survival for privately held businesses could become a global lottery at the hands of lenders suggests new research

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:30:00 GMT

New research comparing the expectations of privately held businesses (PHBs) about access to finance in 2009, against how supportive they feel their lenders are being in the current climate, suggests PHBs could be facing a global lottery for survival or failure at the hands of their lenders.

Privately held businesses across the world differ widely in turnover and export forecasts for 2009

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Privately held businesses (PHBs) across the world expect weak increases in exports (a balance of +4%*), limited opportunities to increase turnover (+11%) and prices (+14%), but only a marginal drop in profitability (-5%) over the next 12 months.

Global league table shows slump in optimism amongst privately held businesses but also pockets of hope

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Optimism amongst privately held businesses (PHBs) around the world has slumped by 56% in the last 12 months and pushed the Grant Thornton International optimism/pessimism barometer to a record negative balance of -16% compared to +40% this time last year.

Clear strategy and market awareness critical to future survival - vodcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

In increasingly uncertain times, this Grant Thornton IBR vodcast looks at the issues and challenges facing privately held businesses, examining ways to mitigate the effects of the economic downturn and investigating opportunities for growth.

Emerging markets - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:30:00 GMT

This podcast examines the challenges and opportunities presented by emerging economies.

Mergers and acquisitions - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Podcast examining the merger and acquisition trends for privately held businesses for the year ahead.

Recruitment and retention - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:30:00 GMT

This Grant Thornton IBR podcast discusses recruitment and retention issues within privately held businesses. This issue features Alex MacBeath, global head of privately held businesses, Laurie Kalman, global head of human resources and Vinamra Shastri who heads up the human resources team at Grant Thornton, India.

Manufacturing - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Alex MacBeath, global head of privately held business services, Les Corder from Grant Thornton, Australia and Monish Chatrath from Grant Thornton, India are interviewed about the state of the manufacturing industry in this podcast. They provide unique insight into the environment and globalisation, two of the top concerns for manufacturers. This supplement to the IBR 2007 Manufacturing report includes information you will not hear anywhere else.

Succession - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International Business Report podcast examining business owner's attitudes towards company lifecycles and divestment and which succession trends are currently being experienced within the privately held market.

European business - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International Business Report podcast focusing on European business and business owner's expectations for the next 12 months and the likely effects on global markets.

Constraints - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International Business Report podcast examining business constraints, discussing the challenges to growth experienced by the global business community and how red tape is constraining business owner's plans for future development.

International Business Report - Full results

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:01:00 GMT

The full International Business Report results are now available. Users can now view the full results from this year's survey, with topics including business performance, stress, succession planning, business risk and women in business.

Business stress - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International Business Report podcast on business stress levels examining the change in stress levels among business leaders and what businesses can learn from others to improve working habits. The survey covers the opinions of 7,200 privately held businesses in 32 countries.

Energy and environment - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International Business Report podcast on environment and energy issues, identifying the attitudes of businesses toward global warming and what action they are taking to limit the effects.

Emerging markets - next generation - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Tue, 1 May 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International Business Report podcast on the next generation of emerging economies set to have significant impacts on the world economy.

Women in business - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 8 Mar 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Grant Thornton International Business Report podcast on women in business and the proportion of females in senior management.

Effects and trends of emerging markets and BRIC economies (Brazil, Russia, India and China) - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT

The first focus report from the Grant Thornton International Business Report 2007, examining the four emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) which are expected to play an increasingly important role in the global economy in the coming decades.

Global business confidence up for 2007 - Podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:00:00 GMT

A Grant Thornton International podcast on the expectations of private businesses in 2007.

Corporate Social Responsibility: a necessity not a choice - podcast

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 7 Mar 2008 16:55:00 GMT

Alex MacBeath is joined by Ulla Pluger from Grant Thornton Denmark and Hector Perez from the Grant Thornton firm in Mexico to discuss the drivers of CSR and what actions businesses are being taken to adopt CSR principles.

Women still hold less than a quarter of senior management positions in privately held businesses

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 05 Mar 2009 12:30:00 GMT

New research from Grant Thornton International reveals that women still hold less than a quarter of senior management positions in privately held businesses globally. 24% of senior management positions are currently held by women - a figure identical to 2007 and only a marginal improvement from 2004 when only 19% of senior level positions were held by women. 34% of privately held businesses globally have no women in senior management.

M&A volumes look to increase as privately held businesses plan for strategic growth

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Wed, 08 Mar 2011 15:30:00 GMT

An increasing number of privately held businesses (PHBs) are planning to grow through acquisition according to the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).

Hopes for economic recovery in New Year hit by fall in business optimism in mature economies

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Hopes for a strong start to economic recovery in 2013 look to be diminishing as business confidence in mature economies continues to fall away, suggesting economic uncertainty caused by concerns over the United States ‘fiscal cliff’ and ongoing fears over the long-term viability of eurozone is dampening growth prospects.

Wage growth cooling in emerging economies as businesses seek lost competitive advantage

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:00 GMT

The number of businesses in emerging markets offering above inflation pay rises to their employees has fallen away dramatically over the last 12 months, according to the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).

67% of businesses would not locate to another country for any level of reduction in the corporate tax rate

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Approximately two-thirds of business leaders globally would not move abroad for a lower corporation tax rate.

Future of Europe

Grant Thornton International (ibr@gtuk.com) — Fri, 8 May 2013 11.00:00 GMT

New research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that businesses in France and Germany, the eurozone’s two biggest economies, are a world apart in their views on the bloc’s future.