There is one thing that strikes you when you listen to Chris Hutchinson, the lead fund manager of the Unicorn AIM VCT. He has a gift for “telling it how it is”.The way he describes his ...
The Downing Ventures EIS portfolio invests in early stage companies in areas like enterprise software, health technology and e-commerce. The Downing Ventures EIS was previously known as the Downing Growth EIS Fund 4. HighlightsEarly-stage high-growth EIS ...
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 ...
If you were to describe a textbook example of a VCT, you might end up describing the Northern VCTs. Northern Venture Trust (NVT) was one of the first VCTs to launch in 1995. Northern 2 VCT ...
You’ve probably had dealings with a robot recently. Whether it’s contacting your mobile phone provider, having an online order picked for you, or even getting a prescription dispensed from a pharmacy, chances are that a robot ...
Have you noticed how these days everyone is an entrepreneur? One in five UK adults is – or plans to be – one. Indeed, nearly 590,000 new businesses launched last year alone. Statistically only half of ...
Seneca Vintage is an IHT portfolio targeting a 4% annual return (not guaranteed). It seeks to achieve this by lending money short to medium term to businesses that have some form of asset-backing. HighlightsAsset-backed and secured ...
“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 ...
Every day a few people from our office visit Friska, our local coffee shop. We're there so often, the excellent staff jokes we should have shares in the company. Indeed, some of us indirectly do. Friska ...
