Hidden secrets about the SEIS and EIS Tax Relief Schemes
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are established government incentives that aim to encourage investment in smaller companies. They do this by providing investors with generous tax benefits. Despite being fairly popular schemes amongst both companies and investors, there are still various details about the schemes that go unnoticed. Below […]
Time is running out to invest your ISA allowance
There are now less than two weeks left to take advantage of your ISA (Individual Savings Account) allowance for the 2017/18 tax year. The annual £20,000 allowance needs to be allocated by the deadline day of 5th April otherwise it is lost forever. Most savers and investors will be familiar with the Cash ISA, a […]
Why invest in the Crowd for Angels ICO?
Crowd for Angels has been successfully operating in the UK crowdfunding sector for four years now and is continually making inroads into this lucrative market. In order to turbo-charge its growth the company is now looking to raise up to £50 million via the issue of its “Liquid Crypto Bond”, along with an ICO (Initial […]
Where to invest as inflation continues to bite?
Savers and investors received more bad news this week as the CPI measure of inflation soared to an almost five year high in August. Driven by rising import costs, petrol, clothing and footwear prices, inflation rose to 2.9% for the month, up from 2.6% in July and edging closer to the 3% level last seen […]
Facebook Has Finally Decided to Invest in Crowdfunding
Social media pioneer Facebook has announced its intention to release its own personal crowdfunding platform. In a statement, the corporate giant claimed its new funding platform will allow individual users to ‘raise money for themselves, a friend of someone or something not on Facebook, for example a pet.’ People without a Facebook account will be […]
How to Invest Through Innovative Finance ISAs
In a market with an increasing number of options for peer to peer lending, people are always searching for new ways to invest their money. The Innovative Finance ISA (IF-ISA) is proving to be an increasingly popular option that offer several distinct advantages over cash ISAs – but what are Innovative Finance ISAs, and how […]
Small Investments and Beyond: Ways to Invest 10k
With interest rates so low it’s important to start investing your cash to attack higher returns. Once you’ve built up a solid foundation of savings, it’s time to start directing them towards investments which will provide for you during your retirement. But there are a number of options for making small investments. Here are a […]
Invest Money, Don’t Donate It – Why We Support Regulation in Crowdfunding
By Andrew Adcock Crowdfunding still has a poor reputation among many serious investors. I don’t think that’s necessarily something for which investors should be faulted. Frankly, I think that crowdfunding ought to do much more to make it clear that it is a serious and viable alternative way to invest money, which can accord with […]
£500 to Invest? Here’s How to Target Big Returns
With interest rates remaining at historic lows and struggling to keep up with inflation many investors are moving away from savings accounts and starting to invest for themselves. But if you don’t have an enormous amount of capital to begin with, it can be hard to see how to get started – building a strong […]
The Death of the High Street Estate Agent
Esale, The online Estate Agent Music, retail and publishing are just a few examples of industries which have been transformed by the internet over the past two decades. While in 1997 the typical music lover might have gone into HMV or Woolworths to pick up the latest hits on a CD, today’s consumer is more […]
