Posts Tagged ‘Grant Thornton Ireland’
Bringing finance into the digital age
Patricia Graham, Assistant Manager, Audit and Assurance, Grant Thornton Ireland While the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccination is well under way, a return to the office and pre-pandemic life still feels like a distant dream for many. The pandemic has shone a light on the need for businesses to keep up to date with…
Read onMaking remote work
Anne Phillipson, Director, People & Change Consulting, Grant Thornton, Ireland The Irish Government has just published a National Remote Work Strategy – Making Remote Work – that is their plan for addressing the fundamental changes to the way we work post-Covid. The report is issued by their Department for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which is…
Read onThe complexities of post Brexit Immigration
Patrick Gallen, Partner, People and Change Consulting, Grant Thornton Ireland I attended a recent webinar organised by the NI Chamber of Commerce and delivered by Conor McCrory who is an Associate Director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin specialising in business immigration law. What stood out for me were the various complexities impacting NI businesses from the…
Read onA new hope… or are you ready for more
Sam Beattie, Associate Director, Payroll, Grant Thornton Ireland Employers across the four home nations and beyond would universally welcome a return to normal after almost a year of adapting to change brought about by the CV-19 pandemic. As we approach the first anniversary of the first COVID-related lockdown, this is a good time to look…
Read onThe threat from within
Aine McGlynn, Assistant Manager, Forensic and Investigation Services This year we will continue to see a significant number of employees working remotely to counteract the difficulties presented by COVID-19. In recent months a vast number of cyber-attacks have made news headlines, the majority of which have been attacks from outside the organisation. Whilst external threats…
Read onA high price to pay for being poor
By Andrew Webb, Chief Economist, Grant Thornton Ireland Marcus Rashford’s work challenging the government over food vouchers during school closures is just one of a series of recent issues that continually challenge my thinking around our economic priorities, and our seeming inability to really tackle deprivation and poverty. Other things that have brought this conundrum…
Read on2021 a new year, but same old challenges?
Andrew Park, Manager, Economic Advisory, Grant Thornton Ireland The end of 2020 gave us all great hope that 2021 will be a year where everything will return to some sort of normality. The announcement of the Oxford AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines and the ‘Brexit’ deal (in the form of the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’) resulted…
Read onCOVID-19: Accounting for government assistance
Hannah Carmichael, Associate Director, Risk, Compliance & Professional Standards, Grant Thornton Ireland In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government put in place a range of financial support measures. As a business you may be availing of more, or substantially different, government support than in previous years. When preparing this year’s financial statements, you will…
Read onCOVID-19: How can Furlough affect your R&D claim?
Alexandra Burnside, Assistant Manager, Tax, Grant Thornton Ireland In 2020, businesses across the UK were heavily disrupted by COVID-19, with activity levels in some industries crashing almost to a halt in March. As part of its response to the pandemic, the UK government introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), allowing businesses in the UK…
Read onHR priorities for 2021
By Patrick Gallen, Partner, People and Change Consulting, Grant Thornton Ireland It’s at this time of the year, when we reflect on the past 12 months and plan our priorities for the year ahead. In the People and HR space this has become even more important with the impact of COVID on the workforce and…
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