Andrew Aldridge: So why do EIS managers do what we do?

It is very rare for any company specifically to highlight its products and services as ‘high-risk'. If anything, there tends to be a downplaying of the risk involved in order to draw in more advisers and clients - and yet, it is vitally important anyone investing in growth-focused businesses should be acutely aware this should always be considered high-risk. Indeed, the fundamentals of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed EIS are that these are products that exist as government initiatives to encourage investors to back growing UK businesses, which by their very nature carry h...