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Digital,

New Media
& Creative
BROCHURE
CONTENTS

• The Firm
• Digital, New Media & Creative Sectors
• What we can do for you
• How we have helped
• Some of our clients
• Our Services
• Our Branch Details

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THE
FIRM
Loucas was established over thirty years
ago and has enjoyed much success
and growth over this period, which has
been a direct result of the hard work and
commitment of our staff and the continued
high standard of service given to our clients.
We act professionally for approximately
2,000 clients of varying sizes and from many
different industries. These include Public
Companies, Private Companies, Charities,
Not-For-Profit Organisations and Private
Clients.
We pride ourselves on our professionalism,
timeliness, accuracy and integrity. We have
many clients that have been with us for over
twenty five years, whom we have seen grow
into large successful organisations.
We have an enthusiastic team at Loucas,
who are always prompt to respond to our
clients’ needs. At all times, we look to build
close long lasting professional relationships
with our clients.
We add more to your business. It’s a simple
promise at the heart of our culture.

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Digital,
New Media &
Creative
SECTORs
The digital, new media and creative
industries are some of today’s fastest
moving sectors. One of the biggest
challenges faced by businesses in these
sectors is to keep up with the pace of
their business growth.

We act for various clients Loucas are a young fresh


within the digital, new firm of accountants and
media and creative sectors business advisors with a
including, online search modern culture, which has
companies, online marketing played a key part in our
and PR specialists, social success in these sectors
media, web developers and that also share these
mobile marketing. characteristics.

Using the valuable Loucas are a member of the


experience gained in dealing Institute of Direct & Digital
with such organizations and Marketing.
a continuous program of
updating our knowledge with
industry changes, Loucas
are able to deliver targeted
advice to business owners in
these sectors.

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What We
Can Do
for you
In addition to providing both accounting,
tax and audit services to clients in the
Digital, New Media & Creative Sectors,
we have also assisted them in the
following areas:

• Tax planning & mitigation We are confident that the


knowledge and expertise we
• Strategic business planning have gained in these fields
advice including advising will prove to be a great asset
on: to your organisation.
- Acquisitions
- Staff incentivising
- Expansion planning
- Exit planning

• Corporate finance

• Design and Implementation


of systems & controls

• Management reporting
systems

• Profit maximisation through


benchmarking and
identifying key performance
indicators

• Implementation of new IT
systems

• Dealing with Tax


Investigations

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How we
have
helped
Raising Seed Finance Share Options Schemes Outsourcing
We assisted a start up A fast growing digital agency A UK company within the
business looking to raise was looking to reward mobile marketing sector
a first round of investment and retain some of its key with an overseas parent
of £200,000 from angel management team. We listed on the stock exchange
investors to fund the advised the directors of the was expanding its activities
development of a new different options available rapidly. The parent was
technology platform within including the use of an looking for complete all round
the mobile marketing field. Enterprise Management business support from a UK
Incentive scheme. advisor.
We advised the director
about the new Seed We discussed the various We have undertaken all of
Enterprise Investment considerations regarding the company’s bookkeeping
Scheme and the tax breaks it triggers for the options and and payroll work as well
offers investors. Working with the different rights the EMI as providing monthly
their legal team we structured shares would have. management accounts
the shareholders agreement to very tight deadlines.
and proposed issue of Having prepared a company Subsequently, we have also
shares to ensure that all of valuation we reached undertaken credit control
the qualifying criteria laid out agreement with HM Revenue services for the company
in the new Seed Enterprise & Customs over the market including the design and
Investment Scheme were value of the shares. implementation of a credit
met. The investors were then control policy and full credit
We helped the directors
able to enjoy considerable trade risk strategy.
prepare the share scheme
tax advantages on their
documentation for the option
investment including tax relief
holders covering the ins and
of 50% on amounts invested
outs of the scheme from
up to £150,000.
exercise dates to the tax
With these tax benefits in implications.
place raising funding was that
much easier for the company.

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Some
of our
clients

tamome
ta r g e t e d M O B I L E M E D I A

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Our
Services
Accounting and Business Advisory
Assurance • Forecasting
• Audit
• Strategic Planning
• Internal Audit
• Staff Incentivising
• Accounting GAAP & IFRS
• KPIs & Management
• Risk Management Accounts

• Systems and Controls • Start-ups & Formations

Outsourcing corporate finance


• Payroll • Acquisitions & Disposals

• Credit Control • Due Diligence

• Company Secretarial • EIS and SEIS applications

• I.T. Systems • Valuations

• VAT Returns

taxation
• Corporation tax
compliance

• Personal tax compliance

• Tax planning & mitigation

• Tax investigations

• R & D Tax credits

• VAT

• EMI Share Schemes

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our
branch
details
london welling
111 Buckingham Palace Road 71 Bellegrove Road
Victoria, London SW1W 0SR Welling, Kent DA16 3PG
t 020 7340 8708 t 020 8301 5005
f 020 7340 8501 f 020 8301 6005
[email protected] [email protected]

maidstone brighton
Head Office, The Carriage House The Brighton Forum
Mill Street, Maidstone 95 Ditchling Road
Kent ME15 6YE Brighton
t 01622 758257 East Sussex BN1 4ST
f 01622 678743 t 01273 573880
[email protected] [email protected]

tonbridge cyprus
15 Quarry Hill Road 3 Vasou Lambrou Street
Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2RN Kaimakli, CY-1026 Nicosia
t 01732 770350 Cyprus
f 01732 350475 t +357 2244 7277
[email protected] f +357 2276 6880
[email protected]

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If you would like to find out how
we can add more to your business,
please contact us today.
loucas
Head Office
The Carriage House
Mill Street
Maidstone
Kent ME15 6YE

t 01622 758257
f 01622 678743

www.loucas.org.uk
[email protected]

CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS

Registered to carry on audit work and regulated for a range of investment


business by the association of chartered certified accountants

LONDON | MAIDSTONE | TONBRIDGE | WELLING | BRIGHTON | CYPRUS

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