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The "Spirit of EIS"
On Monday, I discussed the UK Productivity Puzzle that has bedevilled the UK for a decade (Beyond The Usual Headlines), but did not quite...
Nov 23, 2017
Beyond The Usual Headlines - Will this be the Chancellor's Venture Capital Budget?
There is something else that will be a hallmark of this week’s budget, even if it gets scant attention in the general press, and that is the
Nov 20, 2017
The Chancellor, Symvan and the Productivity Puzzle
The folks at Symvan were watching the budget yesterday with no preconceived expectations, but we were slightly surprised that the...
Mar 9, 2017
EIS Technology Investing - The Client Suitability Test
As the end of the tax year approaches, wealth managers across the UK are working with their investing clients on anything and everything...
Mar 6, 2017
Brexit Implications for UK Tech Growth Companies
The recent referendum result in favour of leaving the EU has thrown financial markets and political stability throughout Europe into a...
Jun 30, 2016
Wealth Management Focus – What does this April’s dividend change hold for EIS investments?
During last summer’s Budget, the Chancellor announced that dividend tax rates would rise by what amounts to an effective 7.5 percentage...
Feb 4, 2016
Avoiding the Q1 Rush
Following our post in July on the benefits of a portfolio approach when applied to SEIS qualifying investments (see An Interesting...
Sep 15, 2015
An Interesting Paradox: Comparing the investment risk of an SEIS portfolio with a FTSE 100 Tracker
“The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest...
Jul 16, 2015
