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We unanimously believe that taper relief should be left at 10% for founders and start-up staff and urge you to support our Life Science & Technology – Save CGT Relief campaign.

Option schemes are an integral part of a small company’s ability to remunerate founders, staff and key consultants to levels that are competitive. Commercialising a technology involves vision, commitment and often accepting a personal risk from founders and early stage employees. To attract the best talent many of us have Option schemes whilst others have plans for such schemes to ensure long-term staff commitment. Option schemes form a significant part of the overall remuneration package – especially for start-ups.

To encourage the Government to maintain Capital Gains Tax Taper Relief at its current level, please sign the Life Science - Save CGT Relief petition and fill out our survey at www.g-nostics.com (follow the link to Save CGT Relief).

Current signatories

Mark Tucker, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Richard Haywood
• Deborah Cockerill
• tim burnett
• Tobias Alpsten
• Grant Cameron
• Tim Brears
• Martin Rowden
• Fintan Walton
• Jon Rees
• Paul Kerr
• Anna Dunphy
• Michael Wort
• Mark Salisbury
• David Keay
• Dr Philip Leslie Wood
• Lisa Mynheer
• Dr. Paul E Nosal
• alison kibble
• Hugo tewson
• Dr D Huckle
• Edward Bernard
• Yvonne Parker
• Stuart Robinson
• Dan Daly
• Sue Dunkerton
• David Kelly
• mike Lunch
• Dr Lisa J Miles
• Dr. Wilson Caparros-Wanderley
• Veronica Benson
• Ian Harrison
• Treve Willis
• Trevor Nicholls
• Dr Paul Williams
• Graham Martin
• Dick King
• S King
• Nigel Job
• Peter Savory
• Gordon Hughes pp QED Financial
• Olga Pleguezuelos
• Luke Alphey
• Juliet Thomas
• Alex Marshall
• John Cochrane
• Paul Bates
• Brian W T Plunkett
• Robert Taylor
• John Laurie
• Robin Buxton
• Christian Rohlff
• John Knights
• Tony Allen
• prof. Ian Page
• Richard Alberg
• Sue Hallett
• Ann Lonie
• Julian Golec
• Anant Pandya
• dai david
• Charles Potter
• Geoffrey Burling
• Robert Pinheiro
• Terry Barnes
• Nigel Trim
• Greg Gregory
• Nick Cross
• Chandra Ondhia
• Judy Gush
• John Roger Grimshaw
• Ian Michael Laing
• Ashok Patel
• Peter Rush
• James
• Colin Alexander
• Catherine Rowley-Williams
• nigel edwards
• Lynne Edhouse
• Hubert Matthews
• Marcin Mankowski
• Prof Paul Workman
• Tony Lavelle
• David Ray
• P Heslop-Harrison
• Richard Gundry
• charles Payne
• Chris Pugh
• Gerry Jackson
• Simon Bennett
• Lee Janaway
• Peter Wrighton-Smith
• Ann Kramer
• Cliff Jackson
• Jon Holmes
• Patrick Baddeley
• Graham Busfield
• Nick Skaer
• Dr Zulf Masters, OBE
• martin slatford
• clive briant
• Jody Brown
• bob rayner
• Prashant Shah
• Christian Bunke
• Jackie Simpson
• Frederick A Stringer
• William Gould
• Robert Caswell
• brian hillman
• R J Roberts
• Prof Steve Davies
• Ian Durrant
• Janita Good
• Dr Gillian Davies
• Peter Matthew Taylor
• Andrew Cross
• stuart mclean
• gary jarman
• Barry Wheatley
• Richard Anderson
• Eileen Tibbetts
• Dr Chris Lawson
• Ian Durrant
• Anthony H P ARRY
• Frank Bretherton
• Dr J L Siemieniuch
• Sue Gibson
• Paul Wavell
• Terrence Wilde
• Richard Palmer
• Don Grocott
• Guoliang Fu
• Dr H Malem
• Stefan Ogrodzinski
• Andrew Fry
• Michael Barrett
• Laurence Archibald
• Barbara Demetriou
• John Robinson
• Cathy Topping
• Fiona Ellis-Winkfield
• Robin Hill
• Robert J Hayes
• Tim Mitchell
• David Williams
• Andrew Lewis
• Dr Graham Kay
• Charles Llewellyn
• William Smith
• David Goodall
• Mebs Surve
• Carolyn Parkinson
• Ernesto Giorgio Reggiani
• Ronald Colin Garner
• Nigel Allinson
• John Reader
• Dr Tony Flinn
• Melanie Rowan
• Dr Martin Whitaker
• raymond tomkinson
• Chris Mason
• Dominic Walton
• Jeff Solomon
• John Baillie
• Ian Moffatt
• Richard Silberbauer
• Pat Needham
• Jay Mitton
• Arthur Diamond
• GD Benning
• Mario Thomas
• jjacquir@aol.com
• Mike Macdonell
• andrew stern
• Julian Jordan
• Charles Simmons
• Rory Murray