A&J Global Designs is a successful SME employing 10 staff across two manufacturing sites. The company provides specialist and innovative tooling solutions for the automotive sector.

Like the owners of many small businesses, managing director Paul Dean wasn’t initially aware of R&D tax credits. However, after hearing about the scheme in 2011 he decided to submit a claim. It was rejected by HMRC.

The MPA approach

MPA’s experts helped Paul resolve the issues, resubmit the claim, and saw the submission through to a successful conclusion. This resulted in a welcome cash injection into the A&J Global Designs business.

It was the start of a long-running partnership that is still going strong today.

Growing better business

Since 2011, MPA has successfully managed annual R&D Tax Credit claims for A&J Global Designs for prototype developments and new process routes. Funds received from the scheme have been re-invested back into the business to enable the purchase of new technology and to support staff training programmes.

Making sure his employees see the tangible benefits of the claims process is important to Paul.

To expand our market offering I have needed to make significant investments in both technology and people. This is an expensive process, so the funds we get back from HMRC are vitally important.

Now, I can’t imagine tackling a R&D tax credit claim without help from MPA  – a real specialist in this area! Using MPA’s experience and its analysts’ engineering industry knowledge is an ideal solution that helps us formulate a successful claim. The R&D Tax Credit scheme is making a big difference to our business, and I intend to ensure this is the case year after year by always choosing to work with MPA!