UK budget

There was some good news for the UK life sciences sector in the government’s Spring Budget, but did it go far enough? DDW’s Diana Spencer takes a look at the industry’s reaction. There wasn’t much to write home about in the UK government’s Spring Budget, described by Bloomberg UK’s Marcus Ashworth as a “minimalist masterclass”. […]

Ahead of the UK’s Spring Budget, the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) is calling on the Treasury to provide additional support through the R&D tax relief scheme to R&D intensive SMEs. These companies are the most at risk from the R&D tax relief rate cut announced at the Autumn Statement, due to their high R&D investment […]

Ahead of the UK Government’s Autumn Statement on Thursday, leading biomedical research companies, charities and institutions have called for the Chancellor to place medical and health research at the heart of plans for growth.  The letter has been signed by the Academy of Medical Sciences, Pfizer, Wellcome, the BioIndustry Association, and Cancer Research UK, amongst […]