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Business Risk Services
Our Business Risk Services team deliver practical and pragmatic solutions that support clients in growing and protecting the inherent value of their businesses.
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Corporate Finance and Deal Advisory
We offer a dedicated team of experienced individuals with a focus on successfully executing transactions for corporates and financial institutions. We offer an integrated approach, with our corporate finance specialists working seamlessly with tax and other specialists to ensure that every angle is covered.
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Economic Advisory
Our all-island Economics Advisory team combines expertise in economics and business with a wealth of experience across the public and private sectors.
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Forensic Accounting
We have a different way of doing business by delivering real insight through a combination of technical rigour, commercial experience and intuitive judgment. We take pride in delivering responsive and tailored solutions to all our clients, capitalising on the wealth of experience housed within our Belfast and wider Forensics team
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People and Change Consulting
The Grant Thornton People & Change Consulting practice works with clients on these issues as well as on all aspects of how they attract, retain, engage develop, deploy and lead their people.
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Restructuring
We work with a wide variety of clients and stakeholders such as high street banks, private equity funds, directors, government agencies and creditors to implement solutions which provide the best possible outcomes.
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Technology Consulting
Motivating and assisting our clients to pursue, maintain and secure the benefits of digital solutions is at the core of our Digital Transformation teams' agenda and goals. We work with business leaders to deliver efficient digital strategies and operating models that provide new or enhanced capabilities.
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Corporate and International Tax
Northern Ireland businesses face further challenges as they operate in the only part of the UK that has a land border with a country offering a lower tax rate.
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Employer Solutions
Our team specialises in remuneration and incentive planning and works closely with employers, shareholders and employees to ensure that business strategies are aligned and goals achieved in the most tax efficient, cost-effective manner.
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Entrepreneur and Private Client Taxes
Our team of experienced advisors are on hand to guide you through any decision or transaction ranging from the establishment of new business ventures, to realising value on exit, to succession planning and providing for loved ones.
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Global Mobility Services
Grant Thornton Ireland offer a different approach to managing global mobility. We have brought together specialists from our tax, global payroll, people and change and financial accounting teams across Ireland and Northern Ireland, while drawing on the knowledge and insights of our global network of over 143 offices of mobility professionals to provide you with a holistic approach to managing global mobility.
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Outsourced Payroll
Our outsourced service provides valued service to over 150 separate PAYE schemes. These ranging from 1 to 1000 employees, working for micro, SME and global employers. The service is supported by the integrated network of tax and global mobility teams and the wider Grant Thornton network delivering a seamless service. Experienced staff deliver a personal service built around your business needs.
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Tax Disputes and Investigations
Our Tax Disputes and Investigation team is made up of tax experts and former HMRC investigators who have years of experience in dealing with a variety of tax investigations. Our expertise and insight can guide you through all interactions, keeping your cost at a minimum while allowing you to continue with the day to day running of your business.
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VAT and Indirect Taxes
At Grant Thornton (NI) LLP, our team helps Northern Ireland businesses manage their UK and global indirect tax risks which, as transactional taxes, can quickly become big liabilities.
Bringing Christmas cheer to leadership
24 Dec 2019At this time of the year, we should be celebrating the joy of Christmas and bringing cheer and positivity to our teams and organisations. Moreover, it is not just about Christmas cheer, positive leadership comes from those who have faith in the future.
Approach life positively if you want to accomplish anything significant. When you face inevitable challenges, positive leadership is especially valuable. Positive leadership doesn’t come from pretence or fake optimism. It comes from having faith in the future and sufficient resolve to find solutions to difficult problems.
As an optimist, I am not saying that optimists are always right, it is more about getting the balance right. Optimists can sometimes have too much faith in a bright future so that they may ignore inconvenient facts. Positive – but balanced – leaders work to create a sense of hope. Their faith in the future enables them to attain their goals. They acknowledge that pessimism prevents some employees and organisations from achieving their potential, and they work to change that attitude. They seek to improve their firm’s cohesiveness. They forge deep enduring connections with their colleagues and build high performing teams. They deal with their peers and their teams in a supportive, values-driven framework.
Positive leaders create and enable upbeat cultures, and they see this task as one of their main functions. Positive culture shapes what people believe will happen and how they behave. You can reference this against some of the largest and most successful global businesses, such as Apple, Amazon and Google. The leaders of those organisations knew the type of culture they wanted and the kind of people they needed to employ to drive that. As I say to my three daughters on a regular basis, “If you believe your best days are ahead of you, they are!”
As a leader, the energy you radiate influences your colleagues and the culture you seek to create. Leaders need to share their vision and direction. People want to know what they can aspire to, and where they should focus their efforts. Leaders who make this clear, offer hope and help their employees believe that together they can achieve what otherwise appears impossible. Confidence gives you the edge that you and your team need to keep moving forward.
Address negativity, or it can destroy your team or organisation. Dismal thoughts and perspectives are like ‘barking dogs’. They might seem scary, but if you don’t let them intimidate you, they will back down. If you refuse to let negative thoughts or energies overwhelm you, they will prove no match for your confidence. As one of my good friends often says, “don’t be a drain, be a radiator”. You must deal with the drains in your organisation. You don’t have to remove them, but you must influence them to change. Listen to what they say, and help them upgrade how they think and feel.
Don’t be a ‘Bah Humbug’ this Christmas. Bringing Christmas cheer and positivity as a leader does not just make you better; it has a multiplier effect on everyone around you. Have a happy and positive Christmas.