Hammering the EIS message home with Motion Picture Capital

‘Hammer’ brand subject of new EIS

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The iconic Hammer Films brand is the subject of a new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) that has been launched by Motion Picture Capital.

The new offering, which will sit alongside Motion Picture Capital's existing range of EIS and Seed EIS schemes, gives investors the opportunity to invest in production companies focused on producing, owning and commercialising film and TV productions. Motion Picture Capital was founded by Leon Clarance, a chartered accountant who also earned an MBA from the Film Business Academy at Cass Business School. He said the difference between the Motion Picture Capital EIS and SEIS offers compared with other film investment schemes is his company is an independent production house that has the ab...

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