An open letter to Philip Hammond on EIS and VCTs

From Kin Capital

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Ahead of the Autumn Budget on 22 November, Tom Hopkins and Richard Hoskins write an open letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond on the subject of encouraging investment in growth businesses.

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