Hints and tips:
...Acting on Davies’ behalf, Grant Thornton (no stranger to a cake-related controversy) sought clearance from HMRC for the zero rating in October 2021. Tax officials promptly requested more information....
...The demerger “is the most complex transaction ever undertaken in the world of professional service firms”, said Paul Raleigh, former global head of advisory at Grant Thornton....
...But the players behind the most popular new gamble in town are different this time....
...Grant Thornton attracted the scrutiny of the Financial Reporting Council, the industry watchdog, twice during its tenure as auditor....
...“A paper like the FT preferred the gamble and I think quite a lot of business preferred the gamble. They underestimated the gamble, I think.”...
...If Mr Johnson does decide to abandon his DUP allies, it would be a huge political gamble....
...(FT) What happened at Grant Thornton? This week’s dramatic resignation of Sacha Romanovitch, the UK audit industry’s only female boss, has cast a shadow over Grant Thornton....
...This “opportunity to add significant value” also explains the absence of a premium in the deal, according to Barrick executive chairman John Thornton....
...Letter in response to this article: Shareholders need swifter decisions from regulators / From Barry T Gamble, Banbury, Oxon, UK...
...But investing on a hunch about capital growth was nothing more than a “gamble”, he added, in spite of the price rises of the past two decades....
...Jonathan Hart is stepping down as chief executive of chocolatier Thorntons....
...Phil Thornton, Clarity Economics A referendum will create unnecessary uncertainty that will affect markets and, at the margin, lead to lower economic growth....
...KPMG called it “little more than rearranging the deckchairs,” although head of tax at Grant Thornton, an accountancy firm, said “there was an attempt to stimulate growth, but there’s a deep hole to climb...
...Thousands of high street shops stand to be vacated in the coming years as cost-cutting retail groups take a calculated gamble that the soft property market, coupled with the rise of internet and mobile sales...
...Retailers who ignore the warning signs and end up facing insolvency will have to gamble on using pre-pack administration or a CVA (company voluntary arrangement) to restructure their store estates....
...Liberty and the state-owned lender Anglo Irish also have an option to acquire Quinn’s UK business from administrator Grant Thornton over the next 12 months....
...fight - Compromise could clear BP’s path to Arctic - Rise in clothing prices may fuel inflation - New jobs suggest America is on the road to recovery - Malaysian tycoon takes Rank gamble...
...“The real shocker is that it was nothing nefarious that caused the crash,” says David Weild, senior adviser to Grant Thornton and former vice-chairman at Nasdaq....
...Building on its stake at what is a low point for the company amounts to a big gamble for Elevation, said Matt Thornton, an analyst at Avian Securities....
...Ellie Gamble, senior manager, employer solutions, at Grant Thornton, the accountants, says for a bike retailing for £500, the scheme could mean a £23.61 gross salary deduction for 18 months....
...Mike Warburton, senior tax partner at Grant Thornton, says there is no stamp duty payable when gifting shares....
...Procter & Gamble does not want to talk about Clubcard. Neither does Unilever....
...Governance gamble A business sector focused on identifying strategically-challenged companies is always likely to have room for new entrants....
...“They don’t have the money to gamble on someone straight from college and some have had bad experiences with graduates who were too full of themselves and felt the world owed them a living.”...
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