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Alternative Finance blog

How Boris’ manifesto affects start-ups

How Boris’ manifesto affects start-ups

Posted 4 years ago


Boris Johnson has promised good regulation and support for British businesses, a £3Bn National Skills Fund, pledged to keep corporation tax at 19%, increase R&D tax credits and continue to..

Tagged: FCA News SEIS


EIS investment is more generous than ever for UK tax payers from 6th April

Posted 6 years ago


From the 6th April EIS investing is even more generous for UK tax payers, as changes from the 2017 autumn budget come into effect. As we reported back in November, the Chancellor wishes to encourage..

Tagged: EIS SEIS TAX RELIEF INVESTMENT


Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS): bigger and better in 2018

Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS): bigger and better in 2018

Posted 6 years ago


November 2017: well how exciting. Expectations were that the Chancellor and HMRC would see the money flowing into EIS and VCTs as a sum of cash worth grabbing and would change the tax treatment acco..

Tagged: Enterprise Investment Scheme EIS Autumn budget Investment investors investing tax relief


Sacha Bright, CEO of businessagent.com comments on the latest Budget

Sacha Bright, CEO of businessagent.com comments on the latest Budget

Posted 6 years ago


CEO of businessagent.com, Sacha Bright shares his thoughts on the budget “Hammond’s budget today will be welcomed by the alternative investment community. More money to the British Busin..

Tagged: the budget Hammonds budget Sacha Bright investments investing invest EIS VCT HMRC


Hey Mr Cameron, How About Investing Into UK Companies?

Posted 8 years ago


I’m sure you are all aware of Mr Cameron’s recent tax affairs which are all over the news as it has been very hard to avoid. I wanted to give some different views on the situation and al..

Tagged: David Cameron Prime Minister Investment SEIS EIS Tax affairs Blairmore Holdings


How does the budget affect alternative finance? Business Agent looks at the 'lifetime ISA', CGT and the increase in stamp duty surcharge.

Posted 8 years ago


One thing that really sparked our interest was the new ‘Lifetime ISA’. Individuals under 40 can now save up to £4000 a year into the new ISA until they reach 50. For every £4..

Tagged: ISA CGT Budget alternative finance crowdfunding SEIS EIS


Crowdfunding EIS and SEIS investments - In praise of diversity across sectors and geography

Posted 9 years ago


How to build an enterprise investment scheme and portfolio using equity crowdfunding Having recently discussed some of the advantages of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, I was interested to ..

Tagged: SEIS EIS equity crowdfunding investments


The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme – Could More Investors be Reaping the Rewards?

Posted 9 years ago


As founder and CEO of the UK’s first debt and equity crowd funding aggregator, Sacha Bright spends a lot of time talking to investors and start-up companies about the relative risks and reward..

Tagged: seis capital gains tax investment crowdfunding finance equity


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