EISA Blog

In 1993, women made up just 20% of the wealthiest 10% of the population.

Those IFAs already knowledgeable in advising on scale-up investments are likely to benefit from increased interest in their services. Others, whose EIS recommendations were primarily focused on capital preservation in the past, might now be looking at the rule changes and wondering where to turn next.

The 5^th April has come and gone, and the use of EIS for tax efficient capital preservation is no more. But as one door closes another opens – and it’s now a tremendously exciting time for growth investing, thanks to a number of enhancements for investors that the new rules have introduced.

A collective of small business representative bodies and think tanks (which includes EISA) set out a Small Business Manifesto on Thursday April 5th.