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Shaun Millican

Shaun Millican

Partner, Head of Business Advisory and Technology & Life Sciences

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08 June 2022

  • Technology & Life Sciences
  • Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme
The devil in the detail: Ensuring your EMI scheme is fit for the future

Shaun Millican, Partner and Head of Technology and Life Sciences, looks at the potential pitfalls with the EMI scheme when it comes to “built to exit” companies.

Shaun Millican

Shaun Millican

Partner, Head of Business Advisory and Technology & Life Sciences

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17 November 2021

  • Technology & Life Sciences
Knowledge sharing is power squared: the tech sector, education, and beyond

A quick internet search for “knowledge democratisation” will come up with a plethora of articles and quotes concerning the benefits of knowledge sharing. In our own business, the effective sharing of knowledge is central to what we do. Knowledge comes in many forms and encompasses technical skills across the many disciplines in which we advise. Shaun Millican, Partner and Head of Technology & Life Sciences, explains further.

Shaun Millican

Shaun Millican

Partner, Head of Business Advisory and Technology & Life Sciences

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22 June 2021

  • Technology & Life Sciences
  • Business Advisory
Product Market Fit – mythical or real?

It is generally acknowledged that the key aims of a tech start-up are to develop a differentiated proposition that delivers a benefit to target customers at a price point that delivers economic benefits and ideally in a market that is expanding.

Andrew McMillan

Andrew McMillan

Tax Partner & Head of Innovation Taxes

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02 March 2021

  • Technology & Life Sciences
  • Innovation taxes
  • Budget
Hope for Dundee as innovation likely to figure high in Rishi’s recovery plans

After spending £280bn on the government’s response to the pandemic and pledging a further £55bn this year there is no doubt that Rishi Sunak will be looking to plug the funding gap. Dominating the headlines has been the introduction of levies or taxes that will target the industries that have done well out of COVID-19, such as online retailers and the supermarkets.

Shaun Millican

Shaun Millican

Partner, Head of Business Advisory and Technology & Life Sciences

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12 February 2021

  • Technology & Life Sciences
Turbulence shouldn’t see Scottish tech firms reaching for the parachutes

We all know the feeling, the cabin begins to shudder, the seatbelt light comes, followed by the voice of the captain – “ladies and gentlemen we are currently experiencing some turbulence”. For businesses, it’s a phrase that arguably feels more pertinent than ever just now, which is ironic given how few of us are able to get on a plane at the moment.

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