Research and development tax credits give companies the opportunity to claim back some of the costs involved with carrying out scientific or technological research and development. It has been stated by organisations such as the APDIG that as few as 6% of business that could claim for R&D actually do so, meaning that many are missing out on this valuable remuneration. What you can claim for Businesses of any size can claim for R&D tax credits, albeit under slightly different schemes. The common factor is that claims can only be made for projects that aim for an overall advance in…
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Running a successful business is something of a juggling act, particularly for small and medium sized business owners. Alongside the day-to-day tasks there are sales pitches and presentations to prepare, staff to manage and accounts to keep track of. The latter is especially important to get right: finding out that you have underpaid an employee or miscalculated your tax can be both embarrassing and a headache to sort out. But what if you can’t afford a full time financial director to oversee financial operations? Rather than overloading themselves or their staff, many business owners are seeking help from an outsourced…
From mortgages to short-term loans, borrowing money always comes at a cost. Choosing a responsible lender can help you minimise the total costs of your loan while reducing uncertainty and other financial risks. Over the last few years, UK regulators have become increasingly focused on helping borrowers stay safe when taking out loans. Lenders that don’t play by the rules have faced fines and legal action as part of an effort to help make borrowing money safer, easier and more predictable. However, there are still risks out there. Below, we’ve listed some of the signs you should look for in…
ICOBox, the world’s first public Saas solution for conducting ICOs, recently held an 8-day presale that generated a total of $8.3 million. The public sale of its ICOS tokens launched on August 15, 2017 and will run for a total of 32 days. The ICO is organized to share ICOBox’s premade solutions with exciting new projects who need help getting on their feet. This public sale will end at 12 pm PDT September 15, 2017. Every dollar collected in the ICOBox’s ICO will be set aside for the purpose of launching ICOs that the blockchain community considers most worthwhile. ICOBox…
Building a business empire from home can seem daunting, but every company has to start somewhere, and it makes economic sense for that somewhere to be your home office. Some of the most successful global businesses of all time actually started out as home businesses. Here’s some lessons we can take away from their journeys from living room to living the dream. Your home office doesn’t need to be in your house Aside from being some of the highest valued businesses in the world, what do Google, Apple, Hewlett Packard, and Disney have in common? All three of them were…
Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “Hadoop Market by Type (Software, Hardware and Services) for BFSI, Government Sector, IT & ITES, Healthcare, Telecommunication, Retail and Other End-Uses: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Segment, Trends and Forecast, 2016 – 2022”. According to the report, the global Hadoop market was valued at approximately USD 7.69 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach approximately USD 87.14 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of around 50% between 2017 and 2022. Hadoop is an open source framework which is designed for storing and processing big data in a distributed…
There is no doubt that the traditional cash ISA has always been the most popular choice with the British public. There is however growing unrest that means cash ISA savers are missing out on heightened returns and that record low savings rates are seriously having an impact. Many are calling for savers to switch to stocks and shares ISAs to obtain the full benefit of best ISA rates. This would require a big move however, as the number of people who have a cash ISA far outweighs those with a stocks and shares ISA. It seems that the general public…
While there has been quite a bit of talk about the UK’s film industry possibly going quickly downhill because of Brexit, there are a number of experts responding to these claims with an opposite stance. Gary Collins, who is the current CEO of Red Rock Entertainment, is just one of the many people in the film industry who say that it’s doing just fine and is probably going to stay that way. He has stated that, as long as tax credits are not reduced or changed for the worse, he can’t see any reason why US investment in the film…
2016 saw 25% of adults in the UK wanting to start a business, rising to 70% amongst those between the ages of 25-34. When hearing stories that detail the successes of a start-up business, it is easy to get caught up in the idealistic narrative of the all-important ‘million-pound idea.’ However, the actual business idea is just the beginning of the story. EcigWizard present their advice to budding entrepreneurs on how to build a successful start-up and what happens next. It’s all about people Finding the right staff that fit within the company’s ethos is hard. It is crucial that…
How to choose the best online forex broker is an easier job these days because in the earlier days, anybody that wanted to find a broker had to make good use of the telephone to do all the activities starting from finding a broker. With the advent of the Internet, things have changed drastically and a trader can now spot brokers, partner with the desired broker and conduct trades online from anywhere at any time. However, though it sounds simple, there is are thousands of forex brokers that have flooded the marketplace and the most difficult part lies in being…
