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

Share option to keep key ‘wanderlust’ staff

Businesses seeking to keep key staff who may develop a “wanderlust” as the economy recovers should consider tax-advantaged share options, according to a Yorkshire-based tax expert.

Staff who have endured pay cuts may decide to leave when the economy improves.

Nick Davies, a senior tax consultant at the Leeds office of independent accountants and business and advisers...read more

Guaranteed solution to finance for small firms

Smaller businesses in York and North East Yorkshire are being urged to take advantage of the Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee.

Experts at York chartered accountancy firm Garbutt & Elliott believe the guarantee, which has been extended for a further 12 months, could prove the answer for the region’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) facing problems getting finance...read more

Hi-tech Boost

Adrian Widdowson, associate tax director of Garbutt & Elliott, examines how Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report is likely to affect York and North and East Yorkshire.

Hi-tech firms in Science City York can celebrate at being among the few sectors that apparently will benefit from Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report...read more

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

How to avoid losing money down the generation gap

It is now a fairly common scenario for a property to be occupied, on either a temporary or permanent basis, by a relative of the legal owner...read more

Date to help keep it all in the family

Members of family businesses throughout York and North Yorkshire will converge on Hazlewood Castle, near Tadcaster, on December 8...read more

The relationship between banks and their small-to-medium-sized business clients must be nurtured if the economic recovery is to gather pace, according to leading Yorkshire accountants...read more

Advisor’s Role Vital for Funding

This column is the third of a series aimed at providing businesses with an awareness of sources of funding and financial support and how to access it...read more

The Deferred Lease’ Strategy

‘No-one enjoys paying tax, but in recent years Inheritance Tax has proved to be a particularly unpopular charge, and it is easy to see why.  Apart from generally being...read more

Access to Finance

Last month I outlined the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, a £1.3 billion loan guarantee scheme being delivered through the banks, which provides a...read more

What the television property programmes don’t tell you

Lets consider the situation where someone who is not trading as a property developer, acquires residential property and at a later date, perhaps after a programme of improvement works, sells at a profit...read more

Keep the Taxman’s hands off your business premises !!

Workshops at Monks Cross, York to Offer Advice on Accessing Government Funding

How to unlock access by businesses to Government funding will again be the theme of a workshop organised by York chartered accountants Garbutt & Elliott...read more