Tom Hopkins: This isn't just tax efficiency - it's Britain's future

Patient Capital Review

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Tom Hopkins fears the responses to the Patient Capital Review consultation may fall upon deaf ears and urges advisers to remember there is always a way forward

Judging by most of the media coverage of the Patient Capital Review, it is a worry that despite the wide-ranging consultation, the government has already made up its mind and could unleash a determined assault on the tax-efficient sector. Let's begin with a reminder how we have all understandably arrived at this confusion. The government undertook the Patient Capital Review in an attempt to review how the UK is supporting growth businesses, especially in a post-Brexit world. The main reason is to see how it can replace inflows from the European Investment Fund (EIF), a European Union ...

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