R&D Tax Credits Blog
June 2020
Will a COVID-19 vaccine be patent protected?
We are in the middle of a global health pandemic. You know this already. It seems logical that the scientific solutions to COVID-19 – vaccines and treatments – need to be available to everyone. Globally. [...]
May 2020
New video game to help young people deal with the aftermath of COVID-19
A tech studio based in Glasgow is developing a computer game to help young people deal with the impact of COVID-19. Who is behind this technology? Game Doctor focuses on “developing games and interactive technology [...]
How harmony between your accountant and R&D tax relief expert benefits your business
You’ve probably spent the last couple of months assessing how your company can best weather the challenges of this COVID-19 crisis. And then reassessing with every new development. It’s not easy. Hopefully, your accountant has [...]
April 2020
Does the COVID-19 crisis impact on your R&D tax relief claim?
Outside of the core health priorities, businesses are trying their best to navigate through this national emergency successfully. The government has set up a variety of coping strategies so that as many companies and SMEs [...]
How diverse is your R&D team?
By definition, R&D work blazes the trail to new innovations across all industries. Your R&D department, or innovation team, leads the way towards the 'next big thing'. But new research shows that this is definitely [...]
March 2020
COVID-19 armoury bolstered by experts’ fast collaboration on new CPAP devices
The Team: University of College London engineers University College of London Hospitals’ clinicians Mercedes Formula One technicians Oxford Optrimix, a niche manufacturer of oxygen monitors The brief: Fast mass production of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure [...]
Boost for R&D in the Budget
Nothing about our world, business or otherwise, is functioning normally right now. For some of us thinking forward, beyond this frightening situation, is a useful coping mechanism. If this supports your way of dealing with [...]
February 2020
The cost of shady R&D tax relief ‘experts’
HMRC introduced R&D tax credits in 2000. Since then, the number of R&D specialist advisory companies, like DSM, has grown. We love our niche. We know we’re experts and enjoy being companies’ bolt-on R&D department [...]
Amazing impact of HMRC’s tax relief for the creative industries
HMRC’s press release titled ‘Creative industry reliefs triumph at the Oscars’, gives a very clear reason why this is currently in the news. The British film industry is thriving and HMRC are, rightly, keen to [...]
January 2020
Clean energy buses for Northern Ireland
As we are all acutely aware, tackling our climate emergency is of paramount importance. A large part of this involves the research and development of clean energy. Here we have Scottish and Northern Irish companies [...]