Manufacturers should check BICS Energy Relief eligibility before 30 November
Full disclosure: BICS eligibility and application support is a core service at InnoFund. You can find details of that service here (that’s the sale bit done). But even…
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Autumn Budget 2026: What the Latest R&D Tax Relief Changes Mean for UK Businesses
The Autumn Budget 2026 has brought welcome news for UK businesses investing in research and development (R&D), with the government announcing plans to simplify the R&D tax relief…
Innovation vs Uncertainty (An Unexpected Part 2): what two recent tribunal decisions tell us about uncertainty
Last time, our R&D technical post looked at the contrast between innovation and uncertainty, and the pitfalls that companies can fall into when innovation is treated as the…
Are You Leaving Money on the Table In Your Accounting Period? – Part 2
In our previous discussion, we covered the UK’s R&D Tax Relief scheme, the eligibility criteria for businesses to claim, the changes to claim calculations and compliance rules introduced…
Maintaining Contemporaneous Records: What Documentation Do You Need to Keep As You Go?
Most R&D tax credit claims aren’t lost because the work wasn’t good enough. They’re lost or heavily scaled back because nobody wrote anything down at the time. By the time year-end rolls around and it’s time to pull the…
Are You Leaving Money on the Table In Your Accounting Period? – Part 1
Billions of pounds in R&D tax relief go unclaimed in the UK every year. Not because businesses don’t qualify, but because they don’t realise they do. According to HMRC’s September 2025 statistics, only…
Maximising Your Tax Relief: The 2026 Guide to Capital Allowances
Navigating the complexities of UK corporate taxation does not have to be a barrier to your business growth. In fact, understanding Capital Allowances is one of the most…
Why the Strongest R&D Claims Start with Uncertainty
Why the strongest R&D claims start with uncertainty “We’re not particularly innovative here, we just solve problems”. That’s the most common response I hear from businesses considering a…
SFI26 Applications Are Opening – Could Your Farm Also Qualify for R&D Expenditure Credits?
With the launch of SFI26 and the reopening of DEFRA’s Capital Grants programme, many farmers are understandably focused on securing environmental funding for 2026. However, one area that…
How AI Is Transforming Wireless Communications: From 5G Optimisation into the Future
The wireless communications engineering landscape is undergoing its most profound transformation since the advent of the mobile phone, and wireless networks have been established as the backbone of…