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Policy8 mins read29 October 2026

Autumn Budget 2026: What It Means for Innovative UK Businesses

The Autumn Budget 2026 scraps the R&D claim notification form and simplifies the AIF. What it means for R&D tax relief, grants and founders.

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Walmer5 min read26 October 2026

Agentic AI in Financial Services and Insurance: From Pilot to Production

Agentic AI is easy to talk about. Getting it from pilot to production inside a regulated business is harder. At the latest Future Forward, co-hosted by Walmer Group, Blott and IFX Payments, three lessons stood out: choose the right problem and define success before you start, treat data quality as more important than the model, and design governance in from day one, including how to go back to manual when something goes wrong.

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Walmer5 mins read20 October 2026

Walmer Group Partners with Tech4Good South West

Walmer Group has partnered with Tech4Good South West to bring funding clinics, workshops and events to impact-driven tech businesses in the region.

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R&D Tax5 mins read20 October 2026

Skyfly Raises $10 Million to Bring Personal Vertical Flight to Market

UK eVTOL company Skyfly has raised a US$10m seed round led by HICO, with Archangel, to certify and build the Axe, a two-seat electric vertical aircraft.

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R&D Tax5 mins read20 October 2026

R&D Tax Relief and Overseas Costs: What the Rules Mean for Your Claim

Overseas subcontractor and externally provided worker costs are now largely excluded from UK R&D tax relief. What still qualifies, and what to do.

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Walmer5 mins read20 October 2026

2025 in Review: A Year of Supporting UK Innovation

A look back at 2025: the events, the conversations and what changed for UK companies funding innovation through R&D tax relief and grants.

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R&D Tax5 mins read20 October 2026

Scissero and Robin AI: What the Deal Says About the Future of Legal Work

Scissero has acquired Robin AI's managed legal services arm. What the deal says about AI in legal work and why people plus technology is winning.

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Walmer5 mins read20 October 2026

Agentic AI in Financial Services and Insurance: From Experiment to Imperative

What founders, investors and operators said about agentic AI in financial services and insurance at Future Forward, hosted at Dawn Capital.

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Walmer5 mins read20 October 2026

Why the East of England Is Becoming a Serious Home for AI and Deep Tech

What founders and investors said about AI, funding and deep tech at Future Forward, held at the University of Essex in October 2025.

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Walmer5 min read20 October 2026

SPARKies 2025: What the Winners Say About South West Tech

The SPARKies 2025, held at Green Park Station in Bath on 18 July 2025, recognised technology companies and people from across the South West. Winners included Astral Systems, Signable, DRIFT Energy, iCOMAT and Neuronostics. Walmer Group sponsored the HealthTech Business of the Year award.

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