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Shaun Millican

Shaun Millican

Partner and Head of Business Advisory

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16 November 2022

  • Technology & Life Sciences
Increase in investment in Scottish businesses

A recent British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association report has detailed growth in investment in Scottish businesses in 2021, particularly in the blossoming tech sector. Here, Shaun Millican, Partner and Head of Technology & Life Sciences, breaks down the report and takes you through everything that you need to know.

Andrew McMillan

Andrew McMillan

Tax Partner & Head of Innovation Taxes

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25 October 2022

  • Technology & Life Sciences
  • Innovation taxes
Building a profitable gaming business

With global video games and exports revenue totalling £215bn in 2021, five times the pre-pandemic global cinema revenue and projected to continue growing in the year ahead, there is an unprecedented opportunity for Scotland to compete in this global market. Here, Andrew McMillan, Director and Head of Innovation Tax, shares his top tips on how to grow a profitable gaming business.

Shaun Millican

Shaun Millican

Partner and Head of Business Advisory

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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 and Head of Business Advisory

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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 and Head of Business Advisory

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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.

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