Our Clients

Our clients and case studies – Learn more about the great financial results we have delivered for our clients.

Our clients are successful and growing businesses operating across a broad range of sectors. Here are some of the sectors and technologies in which we have made successful claims:

Here are just a few of the markets where we have made successful claims:

Aerospace systems and components
Abrasives
Aerospace systems
Agricultural equipment
Audio equipment
Automotive systems
Building management systems
Castings
Chemicals
Chemical etching
Control systems
Conveying systems
Composites
Construction products
Electrical components
Food processing equipment
Fragrances
Hydraulic systems

Instrumentation
IT and software
Lubricants
Marine technologies
Motion control systems
Motorsport technologies
Pharmaceutical equipment
Pneumatics
Precision machining
Pressings
Printed circuit boards
Printing plates
Process control systems
Recycling equipment
Rolling mill systems
Sensors
Waste management and recycling technology
Wastewater treatment

We also work closely with, and support, a growing number of trade and business associations to assist their members in making successful R&D Tax Credit claims.

IT & Software

We have progressed successful R&D Tax Credit claims across a broad range of IT and software development areas, including:
Industrial automation
Marketing technology
Video systems
Transport management
Trading platforms
Medical and laboratory systems
Health care software
Aviation maintenance systems
Compliance systems
Educational software
Electronics software systems
Hospitality sector software
Point of sales (POS) systems
Payment systems
Gaming and competitions systems

Case Studies

Digital marketing agency

This R&D tax claim was undertaken for a specialist digital marketing agency that designs and develops integrated digital marketing campaigns, and associated platform developments, for global clients including leading consumer brands.
A leading producer of alcoholic beverages wished to improve their engagement with consumers on a global basis. To support this campaign, a fully interactive platform, utilising augmented reality (AR) and gamification, was developed. The platform comprised of both global functionality, and region-specific functions, that could be tailored to specific customer bases, and with due consideration for local regulation on the marketing of alcohol. The development of the platform would provide the company with a unified global programme of marketing and brand awareness assets not previously available. The platform successfully passed UAT and was initially launched into the UK and German markets. A one year R&D Tax claim was successfully progressed with a claim value (tax saving) of: £92,000.

Cybernetics, systematics, and bionics consultancy

This R&D project was undertaken for a specialist provider/consultant working in cybernetics, systematics and bionics. The company’s business model required the utilisation of a portfolio of specialist software applications that have significant resource requirements, both in terms of data management and operation. The company had expanded its operations and software utilisation significantly resulting in an extremely large and complex onsite server infrastructure, totaling over 37 servers and 12 terabytes of storage capacity, to support global operations across numerous site locations. As the company had grown, and additional applications added, the integrations and data flows between servers, applications, and sites had become overly complex and were resulting in significant inefficiencies and operational issues.
The R&D project involved deconstructing the existing platform and developing a new, state-of-the-art cloud-based platform that would provide a lean, yet highly available, solution that could be adapted to suit operational needs as the business evolved further. A one year R&D Tax claim was successfully progressed with a claim value of: £109,000.

Digital marketing agency

This R&D tax claim was undertaken for a specialist digital marketing agency that provides design, development, advertising, and digital services focused on brand support and development through the use of technology fuelled by big data.
The project, for a global leader in payment technologies, was for the design and development of an immersive digital environment to showcase the company’s innovative products and technologies remotely to key clients. The digital environment developed was based upon a single fully dynamic 3D user interface, designed to represent an Innovation Hub office.
A key requirement of the project was to include a range of emerging technologies within the platform. These technologies were still at proof-of-concept stage with their feasibility and stability unknown. This added significant technical risk and uncertainty to the project. A two year R&D Tax claim was successfully progressed with a claim value (tax saving) of nearly: £80,000.

Betting software developer

This R&D tax claim was undertaken by a leader in the development of advanced betting software to support small and large sportsbook operators. The company’s technology includes full-service betting systems with the most advanced live betting application in the market.
The R&D project involved development of the company’s own Advanced Betting Platform (ABP), and associated sub-projects for managing and aggregating multiple external data feeds. This would enable betting operators to provide their customers with the best gaming experience without restrictions of currency or language, delivered across a broad range of platforms including web, mobile, retail and telephone betting. The platform needed to be able to support complex betting operations across a wide and diverse range of sporting activities including football, tennis, rugby, basketball, and boxing, as well as many other sports betting markets.
A bespoke betting platform was developed which ultimately achieved the project objectives. A two year claim was successfully progressed with a claim value of nearly: £250,000.

Medical software developer

A market leader in the field of laboratory automation sought to develop a comprehensive, integrated and customisable middleware solution that would help to streamline laboratory operations, allowing lab professionals to manage multiple instruments from a single console while defining rules specific to their needs. The objective was to exchange data, perform data management, and complete regulatory process tasks in a time efficient manner. Following a structured development process a bespoke workflow management middleware solution was developed. To date we have secured R&D Tax Credits for the company totalling £262,000.

Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) technology developer

This R&D claim was undertaken by a specialist Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) technology developer. The company offers a wide range of EPOS hardware and software solutions to a diverse portfolio of clients both in the UK and worldwide.
The company had developed a purpose-built backend system for NCR Silver EPOS terminals. The solution is a value-add system designed to offer an all-encompassing EPOS management system that provides significantly more granularity, management, and insight than the basic NCR Silver backend solution. The solution benefits retailers that use NCR but require detailed reporting and automation across a range of sales and order channels.
The company developed a proprietary enterprise level multi-site merchant backend solution for NCR Silver EPOS terminals. The development enabled multi-site vendors to use NCR terminals to manage unlimited numbers of EPOS terminals and sites within a single cloud-based environment. This would allow for global management of stock, sales, automation and finance management without the architecture burden of a 1-1 architecture. A one year R&D Tax claim was successfully progressed with a claim value (tax saving) of: £51,000.

Digital solutions developer

A digital solutions developer sought to create a bespoke content management solution by effectively integrating all the information emanating from 11 disparate legacy systems into a single web interface. It would be an appreciable improvement over the existing system by making the process and the business far more efficient. A key aspect was developing a real time customer journey capable of providing accurate status updates to end customers through bespoke tracking functionality. The solution required a special data exchange to be developed for analysing the different data schema coming from the legacy systems, and compiling this into a single customer view. A one year claim was successfully progressed with a claim value of over £80,000.

Media platform developer

A company sought to develop a bespoke and highly automated media platform capable of tracking content accurately (i.e. blogs, videos, social media posts etc.) as well as deadlines. We successfully progressed a two-year claim with a claim value of £27,000.

Developer of online bidding technology

A company specialising in creating bidding proposals sought to develop a bespoke online training platform that upskilled their existing clients and future prospects with regards to the intricacies of their bidding process. A two year claim was successfully progressed with a claim value of £52,000.

What Our Clients Say About Us

“We had previously looked at R&D Tax Credits ourselves and had been unable to make any progress, so we were somewhat cynical about how successful we might be with a claim. Following a short initial assessment meeting, R and D Tax Specialists were confident that we were undertaking qualifying development work and, as they work on a ‘no win – no fee’ basis, we decided to proceed. The whole process was professionally managed and time efficient with their team guiding us through every stage. The submission documents they produced from virtually a single briefing were extremely thorough, leading to our claim being agreed by HMRC less than two weeks from submission. We were delighted with R and D Tax Specialists’ work, and would have no hesitation in recommending them to others.”

MANAGING DIRECTOR, LEARNING SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS

“We found R and D Tax Specialists to be knowledgeable, easy to communicate with and they have helped us through the claim process for 5 successful claims. With their help and advice we have received substantial tax refunds which we are reinvesting in technology to improve our competitiveness and develop our business further.”

MANAGING DIRECTOR, CASTINGS MANUFACTURER SUPPLYING LEADING ORGANISATIONS IN THE AEROSPACE, DEFENCE, MEDICAL AND AUTOMOTIVE SECTORS

“R and D Tax Specialists made the process of claiming R&D Tax Credits very easy, with minimal time and effort spent on our part. As they have skills in both accounting and engineering, it meant that we could have a detailed technical conversation; based on this they produced a comprehensive technical report, which resulted in a significant cash refund. A painless, personal, professional and quite enjoyable process!”

MANAGING DIRECTOR, CLOUD APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR DESKTOP, TABLET AND MOBILE DEVICES.

“R and D Tax Specialists were very knowledgeable about the scheme and clearly explained the claim process. They were very easy to deal with, aided by their business and technical understanding. They managed to secure a significant tax refund on our behalf, and this money has now been used to buy new equipment and software to continue to drive our development work.”

MANAGING DIRECTOR, DEVELOPERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF SCREEN PRINTING MACHINERY

“We successfully claimed a substantial tax refund for our development work in financial, transportation and policy compliance systems. We were guided through every step of the claim process, and R and D Tax Specialists were able to convey the exact nature of our qualifying development work in a concise manner. Their proven processes achieved a positive outcome, and we look forward to working with R and D Tax Specialists in the future.”

MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTELLIGENT WEB-BASED SOLUTIONS PROVIDER.

“We found R and D Tax Specialists extremely helpful in the initial meeting, quickly and clearly defining both the process requirements and the time required to extract the supporting data. Our engineers were delighted to find themselves working alongside R&D staff who were themselves experienced engineers, sharing a common language and a deep understanding of product development. Our expectations were very well met with a successful application, and I have no hesitation in recommending R and D Tax Specialists.

MANAGING DIRECTOR, MANUFACTURER OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY EQUIPMENT