Technology
Our technology specialists work with clients to respond proactively to the numerous challenges and trends that impact this sector including:
- The strains on a business in moving to cloud computing and software as a service (SAAS)
- Component shortages, foreign exchange fluctuations and energy price volatility
- Growing or maintaining sales to budget constrained customers where needs rather than wants condition their priorities. Often we find that security regulation and compliance or costs cutting are driving the agenda rather than technology which will deliver performance enhancements
- The threats and opportunities created by emerging markets such as India and China and the successes and failures businesses have had in outsourcing to these territories
- Protecting intellectual property (IP)
- Recruitment, retention and incentivising key staff
Practical and relevant solutions to help your business succeed
Our integrated approach to client service means that throughout the country, and overseas, we can harness our network of experts to deliver strong local support and solutions such as:
- Working capital management involved in the switch to a SAAS model
- Efficient corporate structures which ensure IP ownership is tax efficient
- Maximising research and development (R&D) tax credits
- Helping to establishing operations in either offshore locations China, India, Brazil or near shore locations such as Eastern Europe
- Setting up staff incentive schemes including share option arrangements
- Providing outsourced accounting and finance functions
- Grooming businesses to maximise shareholder value at sale
- Ensuring income recognition and research & development accounting policies are in line with industry standard
- Providing audit and assurance services
- Ensuring tax compliance
Industry expertise with international reach
Our firm advises many software businesses and is in the top three accounting firms advising Software companies on AIM (Hemscott). This equips us with competitive insight into the challenges and opportunities that they face and allows our clients to benefit from: