Posts Tagged ‘Grant Thornton Northern Ireland’
A good leader demonstrates work-life balance and a little humility
By Patrick Gallen, Partner, People and Change Consulting at Grant Thornton Leadership requires humility, the ability to listen, inspiring trust, and role-modelling work-life balance. Leading others also requires good character and an ability to have honest, constructive conversations. A great leader gets results by offering a vision, aligning actions with achievable goals, celebrating wins and…
Read onData and IP – The threat from within
By Matthew McKee, Manager, Forensic and Investigation Services at Grant Thornton It might be said that the lifeblood of the modern business is no longer its physical assets, such as its premises, goods or even the cash in its accounts. Whilst these are of course extremely valuable to any business, it is crucial that modern…
Read onMaking Tax Digital for VAT – are you ready for phase 2?
By Stephanie Smyth, Manager, Tax at Grant Thornton With the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT in April 2019, businesses should now already be complying with the new requirements, or at least be well under way with their planning and preparation. However, there are new, additional steps required as we approach the next…
Read onGrant Thornton: Hotel figures confirm tourism’s record year
Leading business advisory firm, Grant Thornton, has said the record number of hotel rooms sold in Northern Ireland last year reflects a tourism sector that is in growth mode. More than 2.3 million rooms were sold throughout 2019, representing an increase of 4% on the previous year, according to official figures released by the Northern…
Read onReduce your blind spots and lead with grace
By Patrick Gallen, Partner, People and Change Consulting, Grant Thornton Blind spots, by their very nature, are unknown to almost every leader. We don’t know what we don’t know, which makes reducing blind spots so difficult! But the danger, if we don’t become aware, is continuing on in a way that we think is working,…
Read onAttend to your employees’ career development and they won’t feel the need to move on
By Darren Patterson, Associate Director, People & Change Consulting at Grant Thornton Time to move on? A thought that probably occupies the minds of over 25 per cent of your current employees, according to recent industry surveys. Why are so many employees currently thinking about changing employer? – And in the context of Brexit, at…
Read onStatement in response to the publication by The Insolvency Service of the latest insolvency statistics for October to December 2019
Gareth Latimer, Director, Recovery and Reorganisation at Grant Thornton in Belfast commented: “There was a significant rise in the number of corporate insolvencies over the last three months of 2019, rising by 56.2% in comparison to the same period the previous year. “However, as the overall total of insolvencies in Northern Ireland is still relatively…
Read onBrexit – what happens next?
By Lee Squires, Director, Tax at Grant Thornton Provided the European Parliament approves the Withdrawal Agreement this week, the UK will leave the European Union at 11pm on 31st January. The first stage of Brexit will have been achieved. On 1st February, the ‘implementation period’ (also known as the ‘transition period’) begins. During this period…
Read onStatement in response to the publication by NISRA of the latest edition of the Northern Ireland Construction Bulletin
Commenting on the Construction Output Statistics, Neal Taylor, Audit Partner at leading business advisory firm Grant Thornton in Belfast, said: “Construction output rose by 3.9% in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the previous three months, thanks in a large part to a 10.1% rise in repair and maintenance jobs, while infrastructure output also…
Read onNew Year payroll updates
By Sam Beattie, Associate Director, Payroll at Grant Thornton Most new year articles will start with some housekeeping. With HM Revenue & Custom (HMRC) and dynamic coding, basic housekeeping for employees is vital to stay connected and keep HMRC up to date. Employees should pay attention to three basic items, their: Address, Tax code, and…
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