Viewed as the wealth creating businesses of tomorrow these small entrepreneurial concerns attract investment through a number of government sponsored schemes which are under spotlight here, including the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS).
Figures released by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in May 2019 show that since EIS was launched back in 1994, 29,770 companies have received investment and over £20bn of funds have been raised. SEIS was launched relatively recently in 2012 and since launch 12,900 companies have received investment and over £1bn of funds have been rais...