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OLR Consulting Ltd

Form, fund and grow your business — and cut its costs.

OLR Consulting helps ambitious businesses get established, secure funding for rapid growth, and recover significant value through energy-cost relief and R&D tax credits — pairing commercial and funding strategy with genuine technical insight across science, energy, manufacturing and technology.

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Independent UK advisory firm · Registered in England No. 08267310 · London · Serving manufacturing, energy, life-sciences, technology & investment sectors.

New for 2026–27

The British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS) could cut eligible manufacturers' electricity costs by up to 25% — with support backdated to April 2026. Eligibility isn't published, so it pays to check now.

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What we do

Two ways we add value: grow and save

We help you build and fund the business — and recover cost and capital to fuel it. Delivered independently or as one integrated programme.

Grow
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Business Formation & Management Consultancy

Company formation, establishment and strategic development — the foundations and the plan for sustainable, rapid growth.

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Grow
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Funding & Investment

Guidance on funding options and support in positioning genuine rapid-growth opportunities for investment.

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Energy Cost Relief

Assessment and application support for the EII exemption, British Industry Supercharger and the new BICS scheme.

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R&D Tax Credits

Identify qualifying R&D expenditure and maximise your claim — meaningful Corporation Tax reductions or payable credits.

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Grow · Our founding discipline

Business formation, management consultancy & funding

Long before energy relief and R&D credits, OLR's core work was helping ambitious businesses get established, shape their strategy, and secure the funding to scale. That remains at the heart of what we do — with a particular focus on high-potential, rapid-growth opportunities.

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Company Formation & Establishment

Setting up the right structure and laying solid commercial foundations for a new or expanding venture.

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Strategic Development

Business planning, commercial strategy and growth roadmaps tailored to your market and ambitions.

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Funding & Investment

Guidance on funding options and support in positioning genuine rapid-growth opportunities for investment.

Where we see rapid-growth potential

Modern pharmaceutical bioprocess laboratory

Drug Development & Life Sciences

Backed by deep bioprocess and pharmaceutical experience — from drug discovery to scale-up — gained over a career including senior roles at Merck Millipore.

Wind turbines across green UK hills

Green Energy

Renewable generation, energy storage and off-grid innovation — building on OLR's long heritage in green-energy feasibility and investment.

Energy-intensive industry — glass furnace with molten glass

Energy & Tax Savings

Turning recovered energy-cost relief and R&D tax credits into reinvestable capital that funds your next stage of growth.

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Energy cost relief — EII, the Supercharger & BICS

UK industrial electricity prices are among the highest in the industrialised world. Government schemes can cut those costs substantially for eligible businesses — but the rules are technical, change yearly, and there's no public list of who qualifies. We help you find out where you stand and secure what you're entitled to.

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High-voltage electricity transmission infrastructure across UK countryside Wind turbines across UK hills — renewable generation
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EII Exemption & British Industry Supercharger

Up to 100% exemption from the indirect costs of the Contracts for Difference (CfD), Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariff schemes and the Capacity Market, plus network charging compensation (rising to 90% from April 2026).

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BICS — new for 2027

From 1 April 2027, BICS is expected to cut electricity bills by up to 25% for 10,000+ manufacturers — with support backdated to April 2026. Being assessed and application-ready this year matters.

Annual

Eligibility moves yearly

Qualification rests on your sector classification and an electricity-intensity test recalculated each year, so businesses move in and out of scope. We keep your position under review.

STEP 01

Assess

Sector classification, an electricity-intensity calculation and the right scheme route — with an indication of what it could be worth.

STEP 02

Apply

We prepare and manage your certificate and scheme applications end-to-end, working from your energy and financial data.

STEP 03

Monitor

Annual re-application, quarterly reporting and scheme transitions handled for you, so your relief is protected as the rules change.

A note on eligibility. Qualification depends on your circumstances, on data that isn't publicly available, and on rules still being finalised — BICS legislation is expected in late 2026. We provide expert assessment and application support, not a guaranteed outcome. Nothing here constitutes regulated financial advice.
Policy Watch

UK energy-relief policy, tracked for you

The schemes that cut your electricity costs change constantly — consultations, legislation, thresholds and claim windows. OLR continuously monitors the official sources and briefs clients on what each change means in practice. Recent briefings:

12 Jun 2026
Regulation

Ofgem opens market review of energy brokers & consultants

Responses are due by 16 July 2026. Government intends Ofgem to regulate third-party intermediaries, with registration expected from 2027 — a long-overdue clean-up of the intermediary market that OLR welcomes.

Jun 2026
Supercharger · NCC

NCC 90% compensation in force — Q2 claim window opens 30 June

Network Charging Compensation rose from 60% to 90% on 1 April 2026, and the extended two-month Q2 application window opens 30 June 2026 (uplifted payments flow after April 2027). Supercharger holders should review their claims now.

Apr 2026
BICS

BICS final design confirmed — 10,000+ manufacturers in scope

Up to 25% off electricity bills via Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariff and Capacity Market exemptions. Support is backdated to April 2026; exemptions go live 1 April 2027 (Capacity Market from October 2027), and the scheme runs to 2035 with a review in 2030. Implementing legislation is expected in autumn 2026.

Apr 2026
EII eligibility

Revised EII exemption guidance published

Updated guidance confirms the business-level intensity test against the current baseline electricity price of £190.51/MWh. The baseline is recalculated annually — marginal businesses move in and out of eligibility each year, so positions are worth re-checking.

Ahead
Carbon pricing

UK CBAM arrives 1 January 2027

A new carbon border tax on imported aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron and steel. Primary legislation sits in the Finance Act 2026, with an illustrative CBAM rate due in autumn 2026. Importers and energy-intensive supply chains should prepare.

Briefings summarise official publications (GOV.UK, Ofgem) as at the date shown; policy can change and details depend on individual circumstances. For what a change means for your business, get in touch.

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R&D Tax Credits

If your business invests in innovation — developing new products, processes or materials, or resolving genuine technical uncertainty — you may be entitled to significant Corporation Tax relief or a payable credit.

We help you identify qualifying R&D expenditure and build a robust, well-evidenced claim. With a scientific and engineering background, we're especially effective in the fields where qualifying activity is most often under-claimed — life sciences, manufacturing, chemistry and energy.

How we help

  • Identify qualifying projects and expenditure
  • Quantify the potential claim
  • Prepare clear technical and financial documentation
  • Support you through submission and any enquiry

Outcomes depend on your activities and HMRC rules; we provide assessment and claim support, not a guaranteed result.

Who we work with

Sectors we serve

Deep familiarity with technical, regulated and energy-intensive industries — and the high-growth ventures emerging within them.

💊Pharmaceutical & life sciences / drug development
🌱Green & renewable energy
🏭Manufacturing & energy-intensive industries
🔬Scientific & technology
📊Financial & growth investment
Jon Tancock, Founder and Managing Director of OLR Consulting
Jon Tancock
Founder & Managing Director
Founded OLR: 2012
Background: Chemistry & bioprocess, engineering & renewables
Experience: 30+ years
About OLR Consulting

Senior expertise, delivered personally

OLR Consulting is led by its founder and Managing Director, Jon Tancock. A chemist by training with a BSc in Pure and Applied Chemistry, Jon spent many years in drug discovery and in bioprocess design and optimisation — including a senior commercial and application-engineering role at Merck Millipore, supporting global pharmaceutical organisations such as AstraZeneca, GSK, Pfizer, Novartis, Lonza and Amgen.

Alongside the science, he has built and led ventures across renewable energy (as a director of Renewable Energy Technologies UK) and specialist recruitment for the life-sciences, engineering and manufacturing sectors. It's this rare blend — technical depth, commercial and funding experience, and a long commitment to green energy — that makes OLR's advice practical and credible, especially where understanding the underlying science matters as much as the rules.

"Good advice starts with understanding what a business actually does — then making the numbers work for it."
The OLR difference

Why clients choose OLR

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Tailored, never templated

Every engagement is built around your business, your data and your objectives.

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Technically credible

A genuine science, engineering and energy background — we understand what your business actually does.

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Senior attention

You work directly with an experienced principal, from first assessment to ongoing review.

Track record

Experience you can trust

OLR's advice is grounded in decades of hands-on work across science, industry and energy — at the highest level.

Since 2012
OLR Consulting established & owner-led
30+ years
Founder's experience across science, energy & commerce
BSc
Pure & Applied Chemistry — a genuine technical foundation
Multi-sector
Pharma R&D, energy, manufacturing & investment
Over his career, OLR's founder has supported some of the world's leading pharmaceutical organisations on process design and scale-up — during his time at Merck Millipore:
AstraZenecaGSKPfizerNovartisLonzaAmgen

Selected project & venture experience

Biopharma · Process engineering

Biopurification design & scale-up for global pharma

Commercial and application-engineering lead on biopurification process design and scale-up — LPLC chromatography and ultrafiltration — for the world's leading pharmaceutical organisations, spanning contract negotiation through to project delivery (Merck Millipore, Northern Europe).

Green energy · Feasibility

Wind-generation feasibility & investment appraisal

Director-level consulting on proposed green-energy projects — particularly wind generation — delivering feasibility studies and appraising investment opportunities in viable schemes (Renewable Energy Technologies UK, 2010–2016).

Ventures · Talent & growth

Building specialist technical ventures

Founded and ran OLR Scientific, an owner-managed scientific recruitment business serving bio-pharmaceutical research and manufacturing (2001–2012), alongside two decades of business development and executive search across life sciences, engineering and manufacturing.

Career project experience of OLR's founder, from senior roles held prior to and alongside OLR Consulting.

Let's discuss what your business needs

Start with a free, no-obligation 30-minute consultation. We'll listen first, then tell you candidly where we can help — whether that's forming and funding the business or cutting its costs.

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Get in touch

Let's talk

Call or email with an outline of your requirements, and we'll be glad to discuss the scope of your needs and how we can best help.

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8058 9084

Email

info@olr-consulting.com

Office

71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden,
London, WC2H 9JQ

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