Funding Advisory Hub

Bishop Fleming Funding Advisory Service

Our Funding Advisory Hub, curates insights and expertise together in one place, to assist your company in raising finance.

What sets John apart?

John endeavours to reduce the burden of tax for our clients, and add value to their business using the tax system. 

He is able to draw on over 25 years of experience in tax, gained working with across a multitude of industry sectors, giving him a broad range of knowledge and insight.

In his approach to tax work John seeks to find solutions which meet the wider personal, business and commercial objectives of his clients. 

John has excellent knowledge and experience in relation to the R&D Tax Credit regime, and regularly secures valuable tax savings and refunds for clients of the firm.

John's service expertise

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Research and Development

John has a great deal of expertise and experience in connection with the R&D Tax Credit regime, and routinely uses this to deliver valuable funding and subsidies to companies who endeavour to innovate in their businesses.

  • John has significant experience working with clients to help identify qualifying R&D activities
  • He is able demystify the claim process and help clients access funding to subsidise their investment in R&D.
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International Tax

For those businesses operating in multiple tax jurisdictions, then John regularly demonstrates his international reach to help deliver cross-border tax solutions.

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Tax

John has good experience relating to the design and implementation of employee equity planning including EMI schemes.

John's sector expertise

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Media and Creative

John works with a number of media and creative businesses. He has managed to secure valuable subsidy for a range of media businesses through the R&D Tax Credit regime. John also has experience of the Creative Industries Tax Relief regime.

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Real Estate and Construction

John has advised property developers and property investment companies in relation to structuring their activities to best fit their objectives and to minimise the tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”) liabilities arising on property transactions. John has also helped a number of company’s chart their way through the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (“ATED”) regime.

John regularly assists clients to maximise the benefit of capital allowances. He has successfully filed a number of claim reports where significant capital allowances were secured for clients.

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Technology, Media and Telecommunications

John has a great deal of experience working with technology businesses, and those business for which technology and innovation helps give them a competitive advantage. John helps those businesses by providing to access to funding through R&D Tax Credits

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Food and Drink

John works with a good number of our Food and Drink clients, providing valuable input in relation to tax to the key stakeholders and finance contacts in those businesses.  

John has also had the opportunity to work with wider members of the client team like; Food Technologists, Development Chefs and Operations/Site managers, whose focus relates to new product development and manufacturing processes.  John has then been able to identify where clients have innovated and make valuable claims for R&D Tax Credits.  In turn this has provided him with some excellent insight in relation to the inner workings of food and drink manufacturing businesses.

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