Autumn Budget 2017: New EIS and VCT rules revealed to boost investment in higher risk businesses
Support for knowledge-intensive businesses
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Autumn Budget today
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced plans to double EIS investment limits for knowledge intensive companies, while as expected ensuring EIS vehicles are "not used as a shelter for low risk capital preservation schemes".
He said the government is publishing an action plan today to unlock over £20bn of new investment in UK knowledge-intensive, scale-up businesses. The Chancellor aims to do this through a new fund in...
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