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Grant Thornton offers solutions to the digital risk issues you are sure to face. Our skilled and experienced security team can helping by advising and consulting, giving you peace of mind, clear value for money and an enhanced ability to react to attacks.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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.
For the past year, travel, for business and pleasure alike, has been grounded in a bid to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. These restrictions have been a hard hit to the travel industry, which is said to have lost £508 billion in revenue.
Due to the cancellation of all business travel from March 2020, companies had to rethink their approach to business meetings. There are several platforms that have enabled businesses to shift from in-person meetings to virtual, including Skype for business, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. These platforms have allowed businesses to continue building rapport with their clients, despite the distance between them. In a normal face to face meeting, rapport is built from the moment we greet the client through the traditional handshake and personal chat on the way to the meeting room. Rapport is key when it comes to business and success, we need to have that harmonious understanding with our peers to develop a true connection, and this doesn’t just end with clients. The importance of rapport and connection is critical for employees as well, and companies have been investing in training and other events for their staff to allow them to make valuable connections online.
Online rapport can be built through various methods, including creating time at the beginning of the meeting to have a general chat and ending the meeting on a personal note. It is also important to remember the social cues as well, such as eye contact being made to the camera, changing the tone of voice depending on the setting of the meeting, and also keeping the energy up throughout the meeting. Using these methods have now become the norm for a number of businesses, but the real question is, will they return to the traditional business trips and meetings post-pandemic?
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Although Northern Ireland is well under way with its vaccine rollout, there is still some uncertainty around how quickly the economy will recover, and how soon countries will lift their border restrictions to allow business travel. In Northern Ireland business trips are allowed to the UK and Ireland, but only if they are deemed essential. When we consider the uncertainty and couple this with the cost savings to the company as well as the environmental benefit of reducing the company’s carbon footprint, it is believed that there will remain a demand for online platforms to be used in parallel with the traditional face-to-face meeting for some time to come.
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Neal Taylor Neal was appointed as audit partner in Grant Thornton in 2016. Prior to this he was an audit partner in a mid-tier practice for nine years, where he developed a broad client base.View Profile -
Louise Kelly Louise has over 14 years’ experience working on all sizes of public sector and privately owned companies. Her portfolio includes clients in various sectors including construction, education, motor retail, manufacturing and public sector.View Profile -
Danielle Moore Danielle is an Assistant Manager in our Audit and Assurance team.