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Charging Ahead? Wireless technologies to drive the electric car revolution
Amid rising concerns about poor air quality, pollution and its health effects on Londoners – including premature deaths – the…
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An erroneous R&D tax relief claim can damage the reputation of a company and sour relations with HMRC. In the…
R&D Ask the Expert #3 – How to de-risk your R&D tax claim

Future-proofing for a rainy day should be a no-brainer. Yet the financial crisis showed that few organisations had prepared themselves…
Mending the roof while the sun is shining

As drones get smaller, their market and value can only get bigger; so what are the biggest areas tapping into…
Why Insects are Creating the Buzz in Drone Development

The typical R&D tax credits claims process involves identifying suitable projects, collecting and analysing technical information, and presenting it in…
R&D Ask the Expert #2 – How to make sure your claims process is robust

Money may make the world go round, but the rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has put the fintech sphere…
As the digital penny drops, Blockchain tech gains new currency

Chloe Jansen and Lyuba Kirilova interviewed four women in senior procurement positions to gain insight on the often discussed topic…
Why we should stop talking about women in procurement
Self Healing Materials – Sci-Fi coming to a screen (and site) near you
Nothing lasts forever. Everything we make – from phone handset to buildings – has a finite design life. And…
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Have you ever counted how many cosmetic products you use in a day? I found that I may use up…
Lipstick in the Lab: How innovation is driving the European cosmetics industry

Many companies who claim tax relief for their investment in research and development, aren’t optimising their claim value, according to…
R&D Ask the Expert #1 – How to make the most of your claim

Shelter and Innovation Innovation has been the beating heart of the built environment since early humans first made shelter. From…
Set in stone: Is there a future for Roman concrete?
The brave new field of ‘clean meat’ When it comes to life-changing tech, feeding the world must be up there…
From pasture to petri dish
In the first article of this 3-part series, Bradley Mitchell discussed how innovation shaped the oil and gas industry. In…
Want to get ahead in the oil and gas sector? Diversify.

Following his two-part article on procurement savings, James Bousher, Operations Performance Manager at Ayming UK, feels that there’s something about…
Becoming big business: Football’s inflated agent fees