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GovGrant urges separation of audit and consultancy in order to embrace contingent fees for consultancy services

Posted on Wednesday 3 July 2019 by Steve Phillips | Chief Financial Officer

The CEO of one of the UK’s leading innovation tax specialists has called for contingent fees to be fully embraced by clients seeking the best possible outcome for their R&D and innovation tax credits strategy. Luke Hamm, CEO of GovGrant, which specialises in helping firms claim tax credits from their innovation and intellectual property, which is then re-invested, said that contingent (or success fees) were a better means of deriving full value from a claim than fixed fees or hourly rates.

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GovGrant CFO Steve Phillips reflects on the 2018 Budget and its impact on innovation and R&D

Posted on Friday 9 November 2018 by Steve Phillips | Chief Financial Officer

As is usual, politics took centre stage following the 2018 Budget. Labour was under scrutiny after the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, indicated that, unlike his boss, he would not oppose the government’s personal tax changes. In the Times, leading economist David Smith noted that while the budget ‘must be judged as a political success,’ the level of public debt continues to be a cause for concern.

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Steve Phillips – CFO at GovGrant – on life in the world of R&D and Innovation

Posted on Monday 30 July 2018 by Steve Phillips | Chief Financial Officer

Q. You’ve had a number of senior roles in private equity-backed businesses, and in private equity, so what was the attraction of joining GovGrant?

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