Reading pitch decks, business cases or investment proposals is energising. It doesn’t matter what they are called, or if they are poorly articulated, poorly presented or expressing a truly rubbish idea - I’ll still see something stimulating. And it’s just as well, as I must...
Every other month, we sit down as a team for a day to review each of our portfolio of investments – 23 businesses now. It’s a chance for the Investor Director in each business to gather some views from the rest of the team that...
Our approach to EIS & SEIS investing is different to other investors. It’s been very deliberately designed by my business partner Paul Soanes & I, based on insight from 14 years of angel investing together and our experience from entrepreneurial, corporate and consulting careers in...
Whatever happens this afternoon, it’s not too late to save 2017/18 tax As we wait to see what our Chancellor pulls out of his budget box this afternoon, we can assume he won’t be giving us any tax back. But we can still reduce our tax bill for...
In his Autumn budget last year, Philip Hammond announced the results of the Government’s ‘Patient Capital Review‘. It slightly broadened the conditions for individuals and companies benefiting from real – high growth – Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investing. And apart from some admin changes left...