In the face of rising global economic uncertainty, financial advisers are increasingly being asked: “What does this mean for ...

The worst performing VCT has lost 26.9 per cent,” Hyett says. Investing in EIS companies is even more high-risk but could lead to greater rewards. “While the most successful investments could make 10 ...

Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) and Enterprise Investment schemes (EIS) are both aimed at encouraging investment into small, unquoted, UK trading companies. In order to promote investment in this ...

Lewis added that VCTs are “the backbone of Britain”, and the VCT and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) sunset clause extension to 2035, announced by then chancellor Jeremy Hunt in 2023 ...

HM Treasury will hold a series of roundtables with “key stakeholders” to make sure VCTs and the EIS continue to foster a supportive environment for entrepreneurs and scale-ups.

In Mercia’s interim results last November, it revealed it had invested £133m into 86 businesses across all the funds and the balance sheet, including 46 new fund portfolio companies.