Andrew Aldridge: The EIS and a changing world

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Looking back on a quarter-century of the EIS, Andrew Aldridge argues the tax-efficient investment has never been more popular or indeed more relevant to the wider economy

The past month has been a particularly reflective one for me, causing me to look back at the last 25 years. I am honoured to be a patron of the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation, a charity set up by the parents of 12-year old Tim Parry - Colin and Wendy - who was murdered in the IRA's bombing of Warrington in March 1993. As we commemorated the 25th anniversary in March we have naturally looked back at events over the last 25 years ago and the subsequent passage of time. Much of our reflection has been about the overwhelming positivity that came from such a wicked act. The peop...

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