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Coming soon: why consider VCTs this tax year?

10 August 2022

Private investors made record-breaking investment into Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) last tax year (2021/22): £1.13 billion – the highest amount ever and a 65% rise from the year before. The most popular offers filled quickly, raising ...

Top 10 most viewed pages

8 August 2022

Which offers are attracting investors’ interest? Every Monday we look at the offers Wealth Club members have viewed on our website the previous week. Then we compile the top ten across the different types of investment: ...

Today: the anniversary of IHT-free ISAs

5 August 2022

Nine years ago today, one small rule change – allowing investors to hold AIM shares (those in companies quoted on the Alternative Investment Market, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange) in an ISA – had ...

VCTs, EIS and SEIS - what are the differences?

27 July 2022

Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and the Enterprise and Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS and SEIS) are government-backed schemes set up to encourage investment in young businesses crucial to the UK economy. They have similarities – including ...

High inflation: five ways strong businesses could defy it

20 July 2022

UK inflation has hit a 40-year high of 9.4%. It’s a similar story globally. How long it remains elevated is anyone’s guess. But if high inflation does hang around, the impact on businesses will be severe.Rising ...

Five FTSE 100 shares I'm avoiding

6 July 2022

In amateur tennis, about 80% of points aren't won by the opponent but lost because of unforced errors, such as hitting the ball out of bounds. The same is true of investing, in my experience. If ...

How niches could lead to riches

15 June 2022

Conventional wisdom says the bigger the industry, the better the business. Watch Dragon’s Den, The Apprentice or most company presentations, and they’ll boast about the size of their market and what a great opportunity it presents. ...

Why culture eats strategy for breakfast

31 May 2022

Five years ago, I would have said a company's culture was important, but the business model mattered more. I’ve since learnt the error of my ways.If you get the culture wrong, almost nothing else matters. Just ...