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A Budget for Business Angels and some (but not all) Entrepreneurs…

Brett Tudor on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

There were some joyous early reactions to today’s budget particularly on the lunchtime news when Dragon’s Den’s Deborah Meadon among others got excited by the Chancellor’s tax windfall for VCs and how she could now take more risks with early stage companies… but exactly how much risk will business angels and VCs now take?

Will it be a Budget for Business Angels or Entrepreneurs?

Brett Tudor on Monday, March 21st, 2011

The government are hoping to close up any loopholes that allow wealthy investors to take advantage of tax breaks while also launching the most pro-growth Budget for a generation – can they pull it off?

Enterprise Investment Scheme Under Threat

Brett Tudor on Thursday, January 20th, 2011

The Office of Tax Simplification will be reviewing all tax reliefs and allowances ahead of this year’s budget. The Enterprise Investment Scheme will be one of those tax reliefs under the microscope – but as investment through the scheme has slumped, the real question is, will it be missed?

Budget Puts the Squeeze Business Angels

Brett Tudor on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

in this latest emergency Budget the Chancellor has gone out of his way to show that Britain may be weighed down by a mammoth budget deficit to reduce, but it is still open for business. Or is it?

UK budget provides unexpected boost to entrepreneurs

Brett Tudor on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Entrepreneurs can now claim Capital Gains Tax relief on up to £5m worth of business sales in a lifetime – this is up from £2m in March and £1m only 6 months ago.