Many different company types are eligible, most claims are made by the manufacturing industry, but any company carrying out research and development in the field of science or technology or simply investing in improving or changing existing products or internal or external processes can make a claim. HMRC show that all kinds of companies made successful R&D claims; from arts, forestry & fishing, health and social work, finance, insurance, transport and storage.

There are clear stipulations on what can be classified as R&D and that's where we come in. The point of R&D is to give people a competitive edge and encourage development of a company's capabilites. Companies that invest in improving or changing products or processes