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Family Businesses
The economy for the future
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How can we help you with your family business?
We can make a significant contribution to the success of your family and business interests in the following areas:
- Creating a vision and goals for the family and the business
- Managing family involvement with the business
- Help with governance and a family constitution
- Succession planning and family wealth preservation
Why can Garbutt & Elliott help your family business?
- We are fully qualified professional family business advisors (the first in the UK!) and we are corporate members of the International Centre for Families in Business
- We have a wealth of experience in advising several hundred family businesses in our region
- We offer a unique approach in understanding the needs and requirements of the family and the business
- Our Partners have firsthand experience of running family businesses
For details of our family business events and other activities please see the latest news section below or if you have a more specific query one of our family business specialists would be delighted to speak with you.
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Practical help for the family business – what do we mean by a demerger? One matter that often arises in the life of a family company is a need to re-organise and separate out its operations. This might be needed to allow different family members to take parts of the business in different directions...read more |
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The Press Family Business of the Year Award 2010 By Craig Manson, Partner of Garbutt & Elliott and a specialist family business advisor. Garbutt & Elliott are delighted to sponsor this category for the third year running and look forward once again to...read more |
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Garbutt & Elliott meeting to help family businesses It will be a huge family gathering for businesses in Yorkshire. York accountants and advisers from Garbutt & Elliott are holding a meeting next month to help family businesses plan for the future...read more |
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Acting now could pay dividends! As you will already be aware from the 6 April 2010 the tax rates for individuals earning over £150,000 will increase to 50%. A number of our family business clients have been looking at the timing of interim or final dividends that are normally paid post 5th April. For some, there is an opportunity of bringing...read more |
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Curtain firms on track A North Yorkshire textiles and interiors business has acquired its former sister company to take greater control of its brand as the economy starts to grow. RE Grafton Ltd, Hookstone Park, Harrogate, which trades as James Brindley, has acquired James Brindley (Furnishings) Ltd, Wetherby – a totally separate business - for “a significant but undisclosed sum... read more |
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Ex-Thorntons boss lifts the lid on family firms A businessman who headed up one of Britain’s greatest family ventures will impart his knowledge to the family businesses of York and North Yorkshire. Peter Thornton, the former chairman of Thorntons chocolates will be the guest speaker at a meeting for Family Business organised by chartered accountants Garbutt & Elliott...read more |
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Results of the National Family Business Survey Following the success of Garbutt & Elliott’s regional Family Business Survey last year, The International Centre for Families in Business extended the Garbutt & Elliott survey nationally. For a PDF copy of the results of the full survey click here |
Craig Manson, Partner of Garbutt & Elliott (Back Centre) receives the Certificate for Fellowship and Corporate Membership of the International Centre for Families in Business. To find out more about the International Centre for Families in Business click here
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Enter your Family Business for The Press Business Awards 2009 Once again Garbutt & Elliott are sponsors of the Press Business Awards 2009, and for the second year running we are sponsoring the Family Business of the Year category. Entering the awards is an excellent opportunity to promote and celebrate the achievements of your Family Business...read more |
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Firm's Award for Taking the Family into Account |
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Garbutt & Elliott Sponsor Family Business of the Year Award |
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Garbutt & Elliott Family Business Survey Results To download a PDF copy of the results of the large scale survey of Family Businesses in Yorkshire carried out by Garbutt & Elliott click here |
Forthcoming Events and activities
We run a Special Interest Group that meets to discuss various issues facing family businesses, the next meeting will be held in Spring 2010 (venue and date tbc). If you would like to be involved in this initiative please contact Rebecca Green
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