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Maximising your DriveWorks Solo free trial
Solutions
Resources & Tutorials
In today’s fast-paced market, customers demand faster, cheaper, and higher-quality products. To meet these expectations, many businesses are turning to design automation. DriveWorks Solo offers a powerful solution to automate repetitive tasks in SOLIDWORKS - Here's how to get started...
17 February 2025
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ABGi-UK is Visiativ Consulting's New Legal Entity Name
Consulting
News Article
14 February 2025
ABGi-UK Limited is our new legal entity name. Learn about our rebranding from Visiativ Consulting, our Groupe SNEF acquisition, and our continued commitment to quality.
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Subcontracted R&D – To claim or not to claim?
Consulting
HMRC
Resources & Tutorials
14 February 2025
Subcontracting can be a tricky situation in an R&D tax claim, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t claim. HMRC launched the new merged R&D tax relief scheme last year and revised the rules on subcontracting expenditure – leaving many companies confused about which subcontracted costs they can (or cannot) include in their R&D claims. In this post, we look at the new R&D tax rules and how they might affect your eligible contracted-out R&D expenditure. Read on to find out more.
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How to: Add SOLIDWORKS Licences to SOLIDNETWORK License Manager (SNL)
Solutions
Resources & Tutorials
10 February 2025
If you're already using the SOLIDNETWORK License manager and purchase additional SNL seats of SOLIDWORKS products, you will need to modify your SOLIDNETWORK License manager server tool on your server to add the additional licenses. Here's how it's done...
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How to Activate DriveworksXpress
Solutions
Resources & Tutorials
06 February 2025
DriveWorksXpress is a free design automation tool included with every license of SOLIDWORKS, designed to automate repetitive design tasks and creating variations of a model quickly and efficiently. It saves time by automating the creation of multiple design versions, allowing engineers to focus on more complex tasks. The tool is user-friendly, requiring no programming skills, and uses a rules-based approach with standard Excel functions.
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Clarifying ‘Uncertainty’ for R&D Tax Relief: A Practical Guide
Consulting
HMRC
Resources & Tutorials
30 January 2025
One challenge many businesses face is clarifying what exactly counts as a “scientific or technological uncertainty. ”Clarifying ‘uncertainty’ is at the heart of making a successful R&D claim. Understanding HMRC’s definition of uncertainty helps ensure your claim is both accurate and defendable. Read on for the key details.
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Understanding Special R&D Tax Rules for Northern Ireland SMEs
Consulting
HMRC
News Article
14 January 2025
Since April 2024, the Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) scheme has been in place for loss-making SMEs across the UK. However, Northern Ireland businesses face extra conditions due to post-Brexit protocols. Could these differences affect your company? Read on for the key details.