Stethoscopes & Rugby Balls

In this episode we hear from Michelle Bryan, Senior Tax Manager at RPG Crouch Chapman LLP (www.rpgcrouchchapman.co.uk ) a firm of Chartered Accountants who, amongst other things, are specialists in UK and overseas taxation matters. Michelle talks to us about the importance of considering tax issues when setting up and growing a business and how the right approach can help with cashflow and incentivise employees.

Michelle has over 14 years of experience in advising clients and other professionals on a wide range of complex personal and corporate tax issues.  While focusing on UK taxation, her role also encompasses advising clients operating internationally and advising on structuring their global affairs.   

Michelle's recent experience has seen her advise in the life science and technology sectors where she has specialised in advising start-ups and some of her particular areas of expertise include Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) reliefs, R&D tax credits, patent box, share incentives and M&A transactions.  Michelle's key strength in transactional work is that she has the ability to see both sides of a transaction to understand what it means for both the business and its owners and understand their ultimate goals.

Michelle enjoys the creative side of tax planning, and working with clients through their journey to fulfil their aspirations while also satisfying HMRC. 

You can reach Michelle at: [email protected] 

Your host, Stephen Carter, is Founder of The Intellectual Property Works (https://theintellectualpropertyworks.co.uk/) and a patent attorney by trade.

Over the last 25 years Stephen has worked with some amazing businesses, including writing the patent applications for the Speedo swimsuit that helped Michael Phelps to his record breaking 8 gold medal haul at the Beijing Olympics and Second Sight, a West Coast US startup who make a retinal implant to restore sight to the blind.

Stephen is now recognised by IAM Strategy 300 as one of the world's leading IP strategists and is on a mission to help innovative businesses succeed by protecting their most valuable asset, their innovation, so they can make a positive impact in the world.

Follow Stephen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenjcarter/

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Contact Stephen directly: [email protected]

In this episode we hear from Graeme Smith, CEO of Lightpoint Medical with his unique perspective on bringing medical devices to the market and the key parts of the jigsaw the need to be in place to achieve success.

Graeme is a seasoned medtech industry executive with nearly three decades of experience successfully driving profitable business growth at global medical device companies. He has an exceptional track record in medical device sales and marketing; distributor management; and corporate financing. 

As CEO of Lightpoint Medical, Graeme is fully focused on the commercialization of the company’s new cancer detection probe for minimally-invasive and robot-assisted surgery, SENSEI®.

For more information, check out Lightpoint's websites: www.lightpointmedical.com and www.senseisurgical.com. 

Graeme can be contacted at: [email protected]
Or via LinkedIn: Graeme L. Smith | LinkedIn

Your host, Stephen Carter, is Founder of The Intellectual Property Works (https://theintellectualpropertyworks.co.uk/) and a patent attorney by trade.

Over the last 25 years Stephen has worked with some amazing businesses, including writing the patent applications for the Speedo swimsuit that helped Michael Phelps to his record breaking 8 gold medal haul at the Beijing Olympics and Second Sight, a West Coast US startup who make a retinal implant to restore sight to the blind.

Stephen is now recognised by IAM Strategy 300 as one of the world's leading IP strategists and is on a mission to help innovative businesses succeed by protecting their most valuable asset, their innovation, so they can make a positive impact in the world.

Follow Stephen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenjcarter/

Follow Stephen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theipstrategist

Contact Stephen directly: [email protected]