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Navigating tax: Smarter R&D - Transform your approach to innovation spend
Join our webinar to hear how market leading engineering firm Ramboll partnered with S&W’s specialist R&D tax team to enhance how it recognises, tracks and invests in R&D across the business.
About the event
Most businesses recognise that innovation is essential for growth, future proofing products and services, and engaging high skilled teams.
Yet for CFOs, understanding the true return on R&D investment is challenging. The risks and complexities are often underplayed when technical teams seek budget for innovative projects.
A robust R&D tax relief process is essential for managing tax risks. When used strategically, it can also strengthen how your organisation identifies, values and invests in innovation. Your R&D claim should deliver more than an annual tax benefit – it should support a culture that recognises and rewards innovative activity across the business.
Who is this for?
• CFOs, FDs and team heads keen to demonstrate the value of innovation spending
• CTOs, innovation and technical leads responsible for R&D projects and budgets
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Agenda
We will cover:
- Why recent R&D tax policy changes have increased the need for accurately tracking innovation spend
- The business benefits of a strong innovation culture and practical ways to embed innovative thinking
- How R&D tax processes can support better recognition of R&D activity without disrupting operations
- The advantages of moving from annual compliance to real‑time data capture
We’ll hear directly from market leading engineering firm Ramboll about the challenges and benefits of the approach it has taken, using its experience to provide practical advice on how, why and what to expect if you want to follow in its footsteps.
Why attend:
- Understand the advantages of a more proactive and data‑driven approach to valuing R&D spend
- Recognise how aligning business, finance and tax processes can unlock additional value from R&D activity
- Be inspired to strengthen your innovation culture through better visibility and recognition of R&D work
Our speakers
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Jennifer Tragner
Partner
Jenny specialises in advising corporate clients on R&D tax reliefs, particularly complex cases ranging from proactive advice on structuring R&D projects and expenditure through to dispute resolution. Jenny provides transparent and practical tax advice, helping business navigate an increasingly complex specialist area of tax.View profile -
Mathew De Jesus
Associate Director, S&W
Mat is a civil engineer with over six years of experience advising engineering clients on accessing R&D tax reliefs. Prior to that he spent four years in industry roles, gaining hands on experience in the design and delivery of large scale engineering and infrastructure projects. Mat provides expert practical support to some of our most complex engineering clients, helping them to develop and establish R&D processes that enhance value without disrupting technical and financial teams. -
Mel Collier
Senior Finance Business Partner, Ramboll
Mel is an ACCA Fellow and AAT qualified with over 25 years’ experience in project finance and business partnering roles across various industries - including Aerospace and Construction. She is passionate about Finance working with the business and forging strong relationships to support them to improve financial focus and performance. -
About Ramboll
Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945; we have grown to 18,000 employees across 35 countries and create sustainable solutions across Buildings, Transport, Energy, Environment & Health, Water, Management Consulting and Architecture & Landscape. Across the world, Ramboll combines local experience with a global knowledge base to create sustainable cities and societies and continues to be a Foundation owned business.
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