Liam Watson, your everyday Newcastle bloke had a vision to create a Milkshake which not only tasted great but also had great ingredients. So Watson went on to combine his love for Milkshakes with his ‘canny’ personality and created something that had never been done before – a milkshake created from 100% natural ingredients. Growing [...]
It is essential that SMEs start to reap the benefits of R&D post Brexit and here is why.. The news about the government’s R&D boost is a timely reminder that UK businesses are still losing out on generous R&D savings. Over the past year there has been a 20% increase to the overall HMRC R&D [...]
Chocolate lovers get ready - a new kind of chocolate will be coming to you soon. Ruby chocolate will be the fourth of the chocolates, after dark, milk and white. It’s about time too, as white chocolate was invented over 80 years ago! This pink chocolate was developed at Barry Callebaut AG, the world’s largest [...]
Ulster University in Northern Ireland has opened a new £7.3 million advanced bio-medical engineering laboratory in partnership with Randox Laboratories and Heartsine Technologies. The R&D centre will offer expertise and state-of-the-art equipment to assist companies develop prototypes for the biomedical, engineering, electronic device and aerospace sectors. A £3.7 million R&D grant has been offered towards the scheme [...]
Companies who followed HMRC's guidance on staff costs may have claimed less R&D tax relief than they were entitled to. In the past few years, HMRC has issued some conflicting guidance on what you can include as an eligible staff cost in your R&D claim. In October 2014, HMRC issued a note which narrowed the [...]
The latest figures from HMRC shows that only 0.3% of SMEs claimed R&D Tax Relief in 2016. That's 17,135 out of the 5.4 million SMEs based in the UK, up from 15,955 the previous year. These firms could be missing out on hundreds of thousands of pounds that they are entitled to claim which they [...]
The University of Newcastle is undergoing a research and development project to discover new ways in detecting carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Currently projects are being conducted which develop techniques that demonstrate the specific effects of CO on cells and tissues. The R&D project is funded by the Gas Safety Trust (GST) and the research will [...]
As part of Amazon’s drive to expand its UK workforce, the company plans to double its research and development staff in London. Amazon currently have 450 workers in its London R&D team and plans to increase this to 900 by the end of 2017. The London R&D team focus on developing Amazon’s prime Video Service, [...]
The UK has funded various battery technology research and development projects in hope to powering its transition to a low-carbon economy with energy storage. The project is planned to run for four years and funding has been granted up to £246m. The funding will be distributed through three competition streams that will aim to boost [...]
Tata Technologies, the global leading company in IT and engineering services, has opened a new 20-million pound European innovation and development centre at Warwick in England. The facility will serve as the headquarters for the whole of Europe, which follows on from the opening of the new centres in Paris and Gothenburg in Germany, earlier [...]
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