If you have undertaken work (either in-house or for a client) which involves you creating new products, new processes, new knowledge, new devices or new services (or developing existing ones) then you may be eligible to claim R&D tax credits. This generous government incentive provides support to all risk-taking companies who use science or technology […]
Continue reading140. In 3 – Ten Years of Tectona Partnership
This month Tectona celebrates its 10th Anniversary. It has been an interesting (what an all-encompassing word that is!) journey with probably more downs than ups to be honest. Until the last 6 months, that is, where it seems the world has started smiling on us as the 10-year milestone came into sight. Running your own […]
Continue reading139. If you feel like you are spinning too many plates then this little tale might amuse you
In late November 2021 I had a most enjoyable day lined up with 3 meetings in the diary. Not the usual Covid fare of Zoom/Teams/Wonder but real, face to face ones. And to complicate things they were in different locations. So the plan was this: Coffee with Mike in Stroud (Sophie dropped me off) Lift […]
Continue reading138. In 3 – No. 11 Are you covered? Credit insurers are expecting a 30% increase in claims as we come out of covid support measures.
And this means that they are expecting some significant businesses to go bust owing lots of money. Many of us already use credit status reports from the likes of Experian, Creditsafe and Equifax. But these only tell you part of the picture as, in the corporate world, the data is scraped (in the UK at […]
Continue reading137. In 3 – No. 10 What does Frugal Innovation actually mean and what are the principles you need to apply if you want to be a practitioner?
This week we tried a new platform – not Zoom this time but something called Wonder – go on, try it! The aim was to have a highly interactive session with the author of the book, FRUGAL INNOVATION, Jaideep Prabhu. Jaideep is Professor of Marketing at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. […]
Continue reading136. In 3 – No. 9 R&D Tax Credit claimed? 3 things you should know about if you have received a dreaded HMRC enquiry letter
If you are claiming (or have claimed) R&D tax relief, it’s important to understand the correspondence you might receive from HMRC and what to do next. Up to now, most applications for R&D relief result in money hitting your bank account, with little or no direct communication between you and HMRC. But times have changed. […]
Continue reading135. In 3 – No. 8 The key takeaways from our meeting with Daniel Susskind – author of “A World Without Work”
We have brigaded the numerous takeaways under 3 main headings: The Context Daniel wrote A WORLD WITHOUT WORK: People need to take the threat seriously People need to understand that their contribution to society will change In 1950, machines could perform 100,000 (or 10⁵) computations per second; in 2000 that figure was 1,000,000,000,000. And technology […]
Continue reading134. In 3 – No. 7 Have you or your clients received a “NUDGE” letter from HMRC?
Context If you are claiming R&D tax relief, it’s important to understand the correspondence you might receive from HMRC and what to do next. Up to now, most applications for R&D relief result in money hitting your bank account, with little or no direct communication between you and HMRC. But times have changed. HMRC has […]
Continue reading133. In 3 – No. 6 Thoughts on how you could be easily maxing your LinkedIn activity
I have just completed a week of well, the only word for it is Bootcamp which forced me to re-evaluate how I use LinkedIn It soon became clear I had only really been dabbling at it. Yes, my profile was pretty up-to-date and yes, I was doing the odd post and ‘like’ and sharing other […]
Continue reading132. My takeaways from our exclusive interview with Gary Bloom, an Elite Sports Psychotherapist and author of “Keeping Your Head in the Game” on 9th March 2021
Every month we meet a top-drawer author and put them through their paces. This month it was the turn of Gary Bloom, an elite sports psychotherapist who works extensively with the business community (as well as high profile sportsmen). These are my takeaways from our one hour session with Gary. But the real value add […]
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