Need to make changes to your website but fearful about the costs involved? Desperate to upgrade outmoded systems but worried about license fee costs? Convinced there’s nothing out there to help you and your particular problem / business / industry? This is the event for you! This event will debunk the myths that software and web development spend is a cost to the business, instead showing how it is not only an asset but will help give any serious business the growth and profit it needs.
Craig Johnson, MD of Iosys will share tips and insights he’s learned over 20 years of helping construction, medical, manufacturing and retailers build, maintain and upgrade their software systems and online presence. He’ll prove to you that one businesses cost is another businesses competitive advantage and business builder!
Joining Craig is Adam Bointon from randd uk. For the past 10 years, randd uk have been working with UK businesses to claim R&D tax credits for research and development work. Did you know that innovation, including software and eCommerce innovation, can recoup you anywhere between 9p and 26p in every pound you spend?
Hannah Steggles, Director at Howes Percival, is an IP attorney who will talk attendees through how properly protected IP (relating to software or otherwise) can be protected and can, given the right circumstances and forward planning, boost your balance sheet. A must for anyone thinking about exiting their business through a business sale!
Programme:
08:30 - Registration
09:00 – Craig welcomes attendees and, with examples, shows how software and website development can help move companies forwards, increase their productivity, protect costs etc
09:45 – Adam talks through the opportunities that R&D Tax Credits offer and gives several examples
10:30 – Hannah demonstrates IP working for businesses and particularly how IP can add value to a balance sheet (giving examples of company sales with enhanced balance sheets due to canny IP protection / investments)
11:45 – Q&A panel with Craig, Adam and Hannah
12:00 – event closes, tea and coffee available