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January 2007 – Grant Thornton Recovery & Reorganisation appoints two new partners

January 2007 – Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International, has been commissioned by The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), to develop guidance designed to help organisations monitor the quality of their

February 2007 – Rising spending and costs sees almost 300 personal insolvencies per day - IVAS fast catching up bankruptcies as preferred method of sorting debt

February 2007 – Grant Thornton announces new promotion within firm’s Recovery and Reorganisation practice

March 2007 – Cost cutting and corporate environmental responsibility set scene for commercial printing cuts in favour of e-marketing - says new Grant Thornton survey

May 2007 – Personal insolvencies rise by almost a quarter to over 30,000 - the highest ever level

May 2007 – Grant Thornton announces first ever: initial dividend payment of 100 per cent for insolvent insurer

August 2007 – Grant Thornton warns that drop in personal insolvencies is not the turning point

August 2007 – Amount of UK consumer debt exceeds UK GDP as country struggles to pay off personal debt – says Grant Thornton

November 2007 – Over-heated buyout market set to create wave of opportunities for distressed investment

January 2008 – Christmas financial hangover will fuel third of all personal insolvencies in first three months of 2008

January 2008 – As UK optimism levels plummet, businesses must not talk the country into a recession warns Grant Thornton

January 2008 – High profile new partner joins Grant Thornton Corporate Recovery

February 2008 – Corporate Insolvencies steady but credit crunch about to bite

November 2008 – Company administrations up 50 percent from last year, worryingly stringent times ahead

November 2008 – Q3 personal insolvency figures surge as UK households struggle to make ends meet

February 2009 – Company administrations more than doubles from last year and set to rocket in 2009

February 2009 – Growth in personal insolvency and IVA figures indicate tough year ahead

March 2009 – Grant Thornton's Head of Retail comments on ONS monthly retail sales figures

April 2009 – Better than expected retailer trading statements in first quarter of 2009

April 2009 – Madoff Securities International liquidators obtain recognition in U.S., freeze vintage Aston Martin

November 2009 – Grant Thornton appointed as liquidator to K1 Global Ltd