Alex Chesterman OBE is one of the UK’s most successful serial entrepreneurs. He built his success by turning existing stale markets on their heads. In 2003, he disrupted the DVD rental market with the launch of ...
You might have read about this in Ian Cowie's column in the Sunday Times yesterday. It is a little-known option that could prove extremely valuable to experienced investors. You can invest in a VCT – and ...
Have you noticed how these days everyone is an entrepreneur? One in five UK adults is – or plans to be. Indeed, nearly 590,000 new businesses launched last year alone. Statistically only half of them will ...
“The Japanese blowfish is risky unless you slice it up the right way – but it’s a delicacy”. That’s the vivid image used to describe AIM in our recent expert roundtable video: highly risky unless you ...
Can you guess the year? The government is in disarray. No majority in parliament; rife speculation over its leadership. Europe continues to divide the party. It’s against this backdrop the Chancellor presents the budget. “This budget ...
Earlier this week, The Telegraph ran a feature on alternative investments.The article covers five opportunities: venture capital trusts Maven Income & Growth VCT and Octopus Titan VCT, and three single company EIS investments: CityUnscripted, a global ...
Are you concerned a sizeable chunk of your wealth might be eaten up by inheritance tax when you die?If so, you might like to watch this video.It gives you the main facts about a surprisingly simple ...
For years, solar has been a popular investment amongst institutional investors – from insurers and pension funds to family offices – as well as VCT and EIS investors.Whilst no longer permitted as a new EIS or ...
In higher education, the UK is a superpower. Four of the 10 top-rated universities in the world are British. Interestingly, they’re not just centres of academic excellence. Defibrillators, LCD screens, Maglev trains, pacemakers and fibre optics ...
An investment in the “food of the future”?You don’t normally associate algae with food. Yet, these slimy green organisms can contain three times as much protein as beef, plus compounds such as omega-3 and iodine. This ...
