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18 February 2025 - 4:30 AM

Premier League clubs Chelsea and Nottingham Forest are among 28 British sports teams that have received millions through a UK Government Research and Development (R&D) tax scheme for the past five years, according to The Times.

The scheme is intended to support new developments for the public good in science and technology.

Collectively, the 28 teams have claimed £13 million since the end of the 2019 tax year, as revealed by an audit of sports clubs’ financial accounts that

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