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Review: Seneca EIS Portfolio Service

18 October 2018

This EIS portfolio service invests in later-stage, established growth orientated businesses. Seneca targets companies which have already proven there is a market for their offering, generate revenue and are either profitable or with a visible line ...

Review: ProVen Legacy Inheritance Tax Service

17 October 2018

ProVen Legacy is a new inheritance tax portfolio run by some of the team behind the top-performing ProVen VCTs. Investors in this service buy shares in an unquoted company, ProVen Legacy Plc, which makes secured loans ...

Review: Oxford Capital Estate Planning Service

15 October 2018

The Oxford Capital Estate Planning Service is designed to take advantage of Business Property Relief (BPR). It invests in a mix of unquoted trading companies with a focus on renewable energy and infrastructure.HighlightsChoice of five investment ...

Review: Calculus EIS Fund

3 October 2018

The Calculus EIS fund has the longest track record of any EIS fund. It was the first to launch in 1999 and is still going strong. This latest offer seeks to raise £20 million and focuses ...

University spinouts: from ideas to commercial success

30 September 2018

Between the week just gone and the next, nearly half a million students will start university. One of them might end up starting a multi-billion-pound company. It’s not a crazy claim. The UK is an ideas ...

Review: Oxford Capital Growth EIS

17 September 2018

The Oxford Capital Growth EIS aims to back ambitious entrepreneurs who are building companies in sectors where the UK leads the world. It seeks to invest in small businesses that are solving commercial, technological or scientific ...

Review: CHF Media Fund EIS and SEIS

11 September 2018

CHF Media EIS and SEIS focuses on animated children’s TV. This sector has, in the eyes of the manager, high growth potential, without the high cost of a full-on Hollywood blockbuster.HighlightsBlend of EIS and SEIS investmentsHighly ...

How could you back Britain’s brightest?

4 September 2018

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 ...