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Cash flow management is crucial during this challenging time; if your business incurs R&D expenditure, you may be able to reduce your corporate tax bill. R&D Tax Relief allows eligible profitable and loss-making small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to claim relief of around 20% of qualifying R&D expenditure. The R&D tax relief scheme underwent a significant overhaul in 2024.  Related Article | R&D tax relief has changed: What does this … Continue reading →

Whilst the UK economy bounced back from the impact of COVID-19, we now find ourselves in deeper economic waters. In this article, we offer leaders of scaling businesses, understandably concerned about the impact of current economic conditions and changes in the complexion of the trading environment, pragmatic advice on managing cash flow and working capital to safeguard their companies. Don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for all … Continue reading →

In our latest blog, we explore EMI share schemes and explain how early-stage and growing businesses can benefit from this type of tax-advantaged employee share scheme. Estimated reading time 2:30 minutes Attracting, recruiting, motivating, and retaining employees through an EMI share scheme An EMI share scheme is the most tax-efficient and flexible HMRC-approved share option scheme. It allows companies to grant options to selected employees to buy shares at a … Continue reading →

Succession planning is an important step to take to ensure the leadership continuity of a business. A time will come when a founder of a privately-owned company reaches a crossroads in their career and faces several difficult decisions about their future. Whether a founder continues to lead the business, sells the business, or retires, appoints a management team, and retains a chairperson position on the board, depends on their aims … Continue reading →

Managing Cash flow is often easier said than done Managing cash flow during the early-revenue generating years is often easier said than done, and poor cash flow management can quickly bring a business to its knees – even a profitable one! This is especially so in the challenging times we face right now with Brexit and COVID-19. Related article | Coronavirus how to manage cash flow and working capital Increasingly our … Continue reading →

In my discussions with our clients, I often use a boat as an analogy for a company.  Scaling a small business is a journey.  Much depends on the team within the boat and success is a destination that not every boat reaches. In my analogy, I equate the difference between small companies that stay small and those that go on to become much larger as the difference between a rowing … Continue reading →

In his blog we give our thoughts on how to revitalise a venture capital-backed business Being a venture capital firm must be one of the toughest jobs going – they are as popular as a traffic warden who used to be an investment banker. Their odds of success are no more than one or two projects in ten. Although they perform as much due diligence as possible, they still rely … Continue reading →

Copious amounts of advice is available regarding how to manage one’s investment, but next to nothing about how to manage one’s investor and yet this person can add significantly more to your business than just cash. Insight and perspective Your investor is potentially an incredibly valuable resource to your business.  Keeping your investor on side, and getting the most out of them, requires careful thought and management. You can’t fire … Continue reading →

One of the current hot topics of debate amongst business commentators is, “should the first-time entrepreneur start a new business venture with the exit in mind?” In truth, the answer very much depends on the type of business being set up of course, and why it’s being set up, but in my opinion, for the ambitious entrepreneur, the answer is an unequivocal “YES”! In recent months I have led on … Continue reading →