Tom Hopkins: Deal or no deal, should EIS investors fret about Brexit?

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Whatever happens over the next few weeks and months, Tom Hopkins believes, on balance, investors and advisers can be confident the Enterprise Investment Scheme is well supported for a post-Brexit world

Time may fly when you are having fun but, for Theresa May, the last two and a half years or so must feel like a lifetime. And, while no-one knows for sure what might happen over the next few weeks, we are seemingly moving to crunch time in terms Brexit. That being so what impact might Brexit have on the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) if there is a deal or no deal? Given the UK's various venture capital schemes - EIS, Seed EIS, social investment tax relief and venture capital trusts - fall under the EU State Aid rules, there is always the possibility a ‘hard' Brexit would allow the go...

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