As many of you will know by now, the website IN A FISHBOWL | Follow entrepreneurs as they make steps in their new businesses follows 3 start up businesses through blog posts and video uploads, as well as Twitter feeds. Part of my reason for being on forums like this is because, through watching the start-ups, interesting topics/questions often come up, and I think it's a great opportunity to discuss things that are probably affecting a lot of start ups.

This question came from Fishbowl One (@fishbowlone) who is a guy called Matt who runs Sharabang Music, a band management company. You can find out more about him here: Sharabang Music | Follow Matt Stockman in his Record Label on in a fishbowl | IN A FISHBOWL

His question is: Can you claim VAT back from equipment you bought for your business pre-launch, but due to changes in concept you no longer need it?

Does anyone know the answer/have any advice?

Thanks,

Laura