Author: Simon Bulteel

Should I be claiming R&D Tax Relief? It’s a question a lot of business owners ask their accountant. The typical answer is probably “No, you’re not doing anything that qualifies!”…

It is natural that businesses will put a huge amount of their focus into making sales. After all, it is through increased sales that your business can grow. But that…

More importantly have you budgeted for an R&D Tax Credits claim to offset some of that cost as part of your budgeting process? No? Why not? Oh, you don’t know…

Do you know where most of your new clients come from? It’s a question you often get asked, whether it’s by a new business partner, a coach or someone supporting…

I was recently invited to attend HM Revenue and Customs Research and Development Consultative Committee meeting in the Churchill Room in Whitehall. Over the past 6 months the team processing…

A busy year for the HMRC with R&D Tax Credits Everyone involved in Research & Development Tax Credits will tell you it’s been a busy year for HMRC, with delays…

Are we all unconsciously biased when it comes to Women in STEM and even more so when it comes to women running the business? When I first spoke to Platinum…

If you are one of the many exhibitors that launched a new product at PPMA, may I be one of the first to offer you huge congratulations. I’m guessing your…

R&D Tax Relief Explained Despite being on the tax statute since 2000, Research & Development Tax Relief remains an often overlooked and frequently misunderstood piece of tax legislation, but correctly…

Fast approaching is the Women in Business Expo Venue: Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre Simon, our MD will be speaking on: 📆 16th October 2019 ⏱ 13:10-13:40 🔹 Expert Insights Theatre 💡The A to…

UK Manufacturing may be experiencing a “post-failure to Brexit” lull right now, but there are many areas where a manufacturing business can still look to boost its cash flow. One…

Will you be a winner in the war on plastic? The opening salvo was fired long before the Blue Planet II documentary, but just over a year ago, plastic became…

75% of eligible Small Businesses are missing out on R&D Tax Relief   That was the staggering finding of some research performed by the Enterprise Research Council earlier this year…

The Dilemma Even though the Tax Relief has been available to SMEs since 2000, it has only really been recently that some businesses have begun to understand its benefit. If…

Spring as always is one of the busiest times of the year as it is every year for an R&D Tax Relief Expert because it is the end of the…

Sometimes it’s amazing the sources of funding that you can find from simple measures taken from within your business. Employing some of them could have a significant impact on your…

The UN’s International Panel on Climate Change published its latest report in October 2018. It highlighted the need to curb activities that are accelerating climate change and to cap the…

What is #FindOutInFifteen? In Cooden Tax Consulting’s experience, we’ve found that an initial 15-minute phone call is normally sufficient for us to determine whether there is some potential in a…

And as always, they make for some very interesting reading. Certainly, our own anecdotal evidence from the last 9 months is that there has been a significant uptake by companies…

The 1st of September marks the 5-year anniversary of when our director Simon Bulteel, quit his job at a World Championship winning Motorsport Team and decided to help Small and…