Keeping you updated throughout the Covid-19 pandemic with advice, guidance, and information on how UK businesses respond to the developing situation.
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Is R&D the key for businesses braving the cost of living crisis?
As millions of UK families wonder how they will make ends meet amid the cost-of-living crisis, businesses too are watching…
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The day is coming when a fully sequenced genome could also be delivered with each new birth. Together, child and…
Life lessons
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Whatever else about 2020’s pandemic and its devastating impact on lives and livelihoods, it was not unpredicted. A flu-like pandemic…
Taking the panic out of pandemic
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2020 was a big year for pharmaceuticals, and 2021 has been no different. The sector was thrown into the public…
2021 in review: Life sciences
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Green technologies: the key to the climate crisis The US held a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate last month to…
Monthly digest with Mark Smith – May 2021
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February 2021 A selection of the month’s news stories curated by the Procurement & Supply Chain team at Ayming, along with…
Month in focus: February 2021
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Join us and peek into the future with Richard Watson, Futurist and friend of Ayming, who will be sharing his…
Post-pandemic life: it’s not all Zoom and gloom
Monthly digest with Mark Smith – January 2020
UK is an R&D superpower I have seen some fear-mongering in the R&D tax press of late. There is talk…
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The world has breathed a collective sigh of relief. After nine months of waiting, vaccines are inbound. The recent announcements…
What lessons can we learn from vaccine R&D process?
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The UK aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, yet, at the same time has pledged to build more…
UK’s net-zero goal relies on R&D in construction
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Let’s look forward to 2021 As the saying goes, diamonds can’t be made without pressure, and the entire world has…
Monthly digest with Mark Smith – December 2020
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Preventing abuse of the R&D Tax Credit scheme On 12th November, the Government published an updated version of its consultation…
Monthly digest with Mark Smith – November 2020
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Rising numbers of R&D tax claims but Government must do more This year’s numbers show a continuation of the strong…
Monthly digest with Mark Smith – October 2020
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What are the immediate effects on the construction sector? The construction sector has been in the news frequently over recent…
COVID-19 and the construction sector