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There are different reasons for drawing up a business plan and the target groups can vary as well. Detailed business plans are compiled when starting a business or expanding it, entering the market with new services or products and raising capital from investors or lenders to execute your strategies. Grant Thornton Baltic financial advisers Mikk Mägi and Raili Ilves write about the importance of business plan and what are the key points in the plan.

The amendment of Bankruptcy Act entered into force, where the commencement of the term of the obligation to submit bankruptcy petition shall be suspended for the time of emergency situation due to coronavirus and two months thereafter. Aet Sallaste, head of legal services in Grant Thornton Baltic explains who are concerned by the amendment of the Bankruptcy Act.

In a crisis, companies need to be able to respond quickly to change and to meet the needs of their employees, customers and partners, while managing the company's financial and operational challenges. Grant Thornton Baltic's Chief Internal Auditor Kai Paalberg names 5 top priorities that all companies should concentrate on when dealing with the crisis management.

Reorganization is being used to help a company that has temporarily become insolvent, for example due to the current pandemic and crisis. It is important to emphasize that a company can be reorganized if the business model is sustainable, and the difficulties are temporary. Grant Thornton Baltic partner Artur Suits opens the subject further in his interview.

Only a few companies have included an option of a virtual shareholders’ general meeting – e.g. using an instant messaging service or electronic voting application. Grant Thornton Baltic legal manager Kristel Tiits explains how to rectify this situation.

The COVID-19 pandemic is placing companies and their management teams in a challenging situation due to the lockdowns and state of emergency established around the world. One of the most critical areas is managing the companies’ cash flows and decisions to maintain liquidity. Mikk Mägi, head of financial advisory in Grant Thornton Baltic, gives advice what should be a priority for the companies during the crisis.

Grant Thornton Baltic advises AS Baltika in reorganization proceedings. Grant Thornton Baltic’s team consists of partner Artur Suits, head of financial advisory Mikk Mägi and financial and business advisory manager Ants Ansper.

Do companies take time out from everyday business operations for brainstorming on topics related to the company’s development and strategy, and if they do, how frequently?

Graanul Invest OÜ is Europe’s largest pellet producer and one of the biggest renewable energy producers in the Baltic Sea region. Grant Thornton Baltic conducted a valuation of the assets of Graanul Invest OÜ, which are pledged to Luminor Bank AS, i.e. property together with pellet factories and energy co-generation plants in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Finding competent top-level specialists is getting harder, forcing companies to adapt on the employee-centred labour market and recruit already today for tomorrow, stated the Äripäev (daily business newspaper) produced radio programme “Kasvukursil”.

When it is time for the parent to return to work after childcare leave, they are entitled under the Employment Contracts Act to improved work conditions, including a pay raise, if conditions and salary level have improved for other employees in the meantime. Is the returning employee on par with others?

Though analysts consider the agricultural sector as having high potential for the next year, their optimism doesn’t always pan out. Farmers have to expend effort and cooperate to overcome challenges, as a radio programme produced by the Äripäev business daily, “Kasvukursil” revealed.

Grant Thornton Baltic advised Balti Spoon OÜ, one of the world's leading manufacturers of peeled and sliced veneer, on the acquisition of a Polish company Bracia Mrozik Sp. z o.o.