It has been a landmark year for R & D companies and the UK’s research and technology community in general. There is no doubt now that R & D tax reliefs and incentives are providing, at a renewed and record rate, valuable support and financial aid to a broad variety of innovators. And this is…(Read More)

Wednesday’s Autumn Statement was eclipsed by Theresa May’s pledge of ‘£2bn for UK Research & Development support’ announced in her speech to the C.B.I earlier in the week. It is always good to see support for R & D, even if short on detail, being pledged, at least over the ‘lifetime of this…(Read More)

An additional benefit for R & D businesses, which is often and sadly overlooked, is available for investment in land, plant and machinery or even company cars. The attached press article by Maria Kitt highlights many of the opportunities that this allowance presents. Please contact us if you would like further advice on this opportunity…(Read More)

The UK Government has published its commitment to sustaining R & D investment in various ‘post Brexit’ parliamentary questions and Committees. Current funding opportunities can be viewed on the live stream R & D Noticeboard by clicking on the links below. This will be put to the test in Hammond’s first Budget speech later this…(Read More)

The UK has recently reorganised its R & D support bodies following the end of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. The new platform contains up to date funding competitions and regional grant information as well as good quality news upon the state of play in UK research programmes and development incentives. Follow the…(Read More)

The encouraging message from ‘Innovate UK’ is that good quality grant funds are still completely available for R & D project work. This month Innovate UK have announced funding for a range of innovative ventures from the provision of digital services to work upon infrastructure project. To read more too about open funding competitions for…(Read More)

Today shows us that we live in interesting times of growth, opportunity, technological and scientific excellence and so too, brave decisions. Whilst we have up to 5 years to accomplish our Brexit and the ability to complete the arrangements much sooner within two, we may have significantly less time before the first post Brexit Budget…(Read More)

The Brexit issue continues to enthrall us all with the latest twists, tumbles and turns it really seems more like a conjuring show than an appraisal of fact based data. For the UK’s tech and scientific communities, there are special implications with years of E.E.A collaborative working and institutional research countering arguments…(Read More)

The take up of Patent Box registrations by UK companies continues to grow. Although the rules are complex, the end game attains a much lower corporate tax rate for registered IP. But if something seems too good to be true………Key changes were announced to the UK Patent Box regime following continued OECD talks. The…(Read More)