EIS News

EIS and VCT on a Downward Slide?

Submitted by Another Crowd on Tue, 07/02/2017 - 3:30pm

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) appears to be losing popularity with entrepreneurs, if the dramatic decline in firms making offers under the scheme is anything to go by

EIS and its sister scheme the Seed EIS (SEIS) are popular with startup investors because they offer tax breaks on profits and losses. But investment opportunities are thin on the ground in 2016-17. Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) appear to be affected, too, with investors being turned away.

Investing In British Film With EIS Tax Breaks

Submitted by Another Crowd on Tue, 29/11/2016 - 8:35am

Kenneth Branagh as Henry V

Investing in films can be risky, but Stephen Evans, understands the risks better than most people How many people can you name who have 'stockbroker' and 'BAFTA Award Winner' on their resume?

Mr Evans made his first investment in film in the late eighties, when he backed Kenneth Branagh to make Shakespeare's Henry V. His latest project is a film about footballer George Best.

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