The wellbeing of accounting firms is primarily influenced by how well their clients are doing and how well they adapt to changes.
The rapid development of artificial intelligence and the arrival of ChatGPT on the scene will not leave accountants on the street, but there will be an increasing need to get in-service training, re-train and think more like a CFO does.
Although salary isn’t unimportant if you want to attract talent, you need to offer opportunities for growth and think through the details of the recruitment process, using the services of an external expert if need be.
Our company celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2022. To store all the important milestones and great events and assure that our story would not be forgotten, we have published the book "Three decades on a path of growth. The story of Grant Thornton Baltic".
In May, the latest Estonian company will become listed on Nasdaq First North, the alternative list of the Tallinn Stock Exchange – the digital product sale platform Punktid Technologies AS.
The auditors of Grant Thornton Baltic audited the 2020 IFRS annual report of the public interest entity UPP Olaines OÜ consolidation group.
After leaping back strongly from the darkest days of the pandemic, the global mid-market could only manage a small additional step forward in the second half of 2021, as tracked by the Global business pulse, Grant Thornton’s index of health among mid-sized companies. At 1.2, the index score is now within sight of pre-COVID health levels (3.4), but there is still some way to go for a full recovery.
Grant Thornton Baltic advised Howden Finland Oy, the market leader in Finland and part of the international group Howden Broking, on the acquisition.
Having data protection affairs in order at a company ensures reliable and trustworthy relations with businesspartners and a stronger position at the negotiating table. On the other hand, problems can mean fines running into the millions of euros even long after the issues are resolved.
Something that family businesses should consider besides earning a profit is maintaining mutual relations between family members and devoting attention early on to questions of succession if the business is to stay in the family.
The Automotive Industry is one of the sectors in which very large investments are being made. Although the coronary pandemic has caused serious disruption to car production, which accounts for the main share of the car industry, the sector as a whole is making significant progress in the coming years.
Grant Thornton partner and head of outsourcing Anastasia Borovaja has been working for more than 10 years to ensure that her day-to-day work offers an unforgettable customer experience and high-quality service while the company is also seen as an attractive employer.
Grant Thornton Baltic OÜ experts conducted an analysis of the energy networks belonging to public undertakings at the request of the Strategy Unit of the Government Office of Estonia and it was funded from measure no. 12.2 “Development of quality of policy-making” of priority axis no. 12 “Administrative Capacity” of the Cohesion Fund’s operational programme 2014-2020. The initiator and partner of the project is the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.
After the year of the coronavirus, there is good reason to review the value of a company’s assets with particular care. Even more, because the value of some assets may instead have increased in these muddled times, as we heard on the Äripäev Radio programme ‘Kasvukursil’, on which Mart Nõmper, Sworn Auditor and Head of Audit and Assurance Services, and Mikk Mägi, Head of Financial Advisory at the pan-Baltic audit, outsourcing and advisory services provider Grant Thornton Baltic, discussed asset valuation.
Mart Nõmper, Sworn Auditor and Head of Audit and Assurance Services, and Mikk Mägi, Head of Financial Advisory at the pan-Baltic audit, outsourcing and advisory services provider Grant Thornton Baltic, spoke about what distinguishes a good financial manager from a mediocre one on the Äripäev Radio programme ‘Kasvukursil’.
To give people freedom and responsibility in their work, these values must be a part of organisational culture. The precondition is a working environment where failures and mistakes are allowed and instead of routine feedback there is also feedthrough, says Grant Thornton Baltic’s Head of People & Culture, Marge Litvinova, who shares her experiences and knowledge in more detail.