EIS providers launch specialist platform

The platform will allow sophisticated investors and advisers to find, select and hold seed EIS schemes. EIS schemes qualify for 50% tax relief and potentially up to a further 28% saving on capital gains tax under the Government's new initiative to help finance start-up companies. Mark Insley, chief executive of Seed EIS Platform, said: "By combining the complementary services of the Seed EIS Platform and Platform One we have created a unique online facility that will support UK financial advisers wishing to help their high value clients benefit from the Seed EIS opportunity. "It wi...