Budget for Recovery...What You Really Need to Know!

Capital gains tax was thought by many to be a target for increased rates or reduced reliefs.  What we saw was a freezing of rates.  So selling an investment asset after 5 April will still attract just 18% tax compared to a new top income tax rate of 50%.  Most people’s investment strategies should now be revised to take full advantage of this...read more

Budget Update 24 March 2010

The Chancellor has now set out his fiscal stall prior to the expected general election in May.

This report focuses on some of the tax changes we can now expect. We will also have further changes to deal with after the election...read more

Free workshops to aid new companies

A series of free workshops in York to help new businesses make money and be successful have been organised by chartered accountants Garbutt & Elliott.

The award-winning accountants have secured Government funding for the workshops...read more

The diagnosis that changed one man’s outlook on life and work

This profile appeared in the Yorkshire Post on Tuesday, 16 March, 2010.

Four years ago, David Dickson, chairman of Garbutt and Elliott was struck with cancer.

He tells Lizzie Murphy of Yorkshire Post News why he is now determined to live life to the full.

David Dickson looks me in the eye across the meeting room table where we are sitting.  “When you go through a process where you think, ‘I could have been dead...read more