Terry Toms
Founder and Managing Director of RandDTax
After qualifying in banking and developing a successful career in the commercial software industry then providing consultancy services to technology companies, Terry spent ten years providing R&D Tax Consultancy services before founding RandDTax in September 2012. He served on the R&D Tax Committee of the technology industry trade body while it existed, and has been a frequent speaker at both industry, accountancy and HMRC events.
He has sat on the HMRC R&D Tax Consultative Committee (RDCC) since 2012. RandDTax now has 19 shareholders, all active Consultants or officers in the business, and in the last eight years has helped more than 1275 companies across the UK gain in excess of £140 million in support of well over 5000 R&D projects. In December 2017 RandDTax was awarded the Business Innovation Award at the National SME Awards.
Simon Shuker
Consultant at RandDTax, Director Hafren Ousque Associates
After his Civil Engineering degree at Aston University, Simon moved into expanding the use of anaerobic digestion in the UK, becoming a Design Team Leader with farmgas providing turnkey AD plants for farms, abattoirs and the UK water industry - this experience is now coming to the fore with the vital role of biogas and biomethane in renewable energy today.
Simon moved into the field of alternative structures, joining the Reinforced Earth Company (Reco) and was a driving force behind the use of reinforced earth and Reco’s TechSpan concrete arch system across UK infrastructure. Simons original concepts for walls and bridges were adopted by Clients or proposed, and winning, alternative tenders. They contributed to major road and rail schemes across the UK, including M6Toll, A470 and the A4065.
Many won awards for technical and innovation achievements, including the George Gibby Award for Wales ICE and the Concept Award for Innovation. Moving into the management and strategic sphere Simon progressed through director roles in specialist foundations and M&E and into Tier 1 Contracting. He is now a freelance consultant and coach, the South West and Wales Regional Manager for the ibd Business Advice Group, and a national consultant with RandDTax.