Autumn Budget 2025: Turning fiscal restraint into growth
Alex Hannaway
November 18, 2025
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What the Autumn Budget 2025 Means for UK Innovation
Autumn Budget 2025 has already been labelled a “smorgasbord of misery.” The headlines are dominated by household pressures: £26bn in tax rises, frozen thresholds pulling millions into higher bands, tighter rules on salary sacrifice, and a cap on cash ISAs. But once you strip out the political noise and the OBR leak that defined the day, the picture for innovative companies is more measured. For businesses performing R&D, the headline is stability. The core R&D schemes remain unchanged. For the ...
R&D tax relief statistics 2025: claims fall 26% while innovation spend holds steady
Stuart Millar
September 30, 2025
Recent R&D tax relief scheme changes require understanding to ensure future claims are successful.
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