Tom Hopkins: Tories look set to give EIS and SEIS a boost

I will be bold and make a prediction. The Conservatives will win the 8 June general election. When I say ‘bold', of course the world and its dog thinks the Tories will walk it but, given the electoral anomalies seen last year on both sides of the Atlantic, we are operating on the premise the Prime Minister will end up with a ‘workable' majority. So what does that mean for the UK's tax-efficient market? As we saw last tax year, the amount of capital raised on the government's venture capital schemes was mixed, with venture capital trust (VCT) numbers up and Enterprise Investment Scheme...