I occasionally half joke with entrepreneurs that we are entrepreneurs too who are building a startup venture capital business and we have particularly felt their pain whilst we did our own fund-raising last year.

In the febrile three weeks before the end of the tax year, when many investors will be looking for ways to use up some S/EIS allowance, the hunt for a deal, any deal, may overtake the close interest one may take in returns.  For investors who are not overly interested in this issue, it might be wise to stop for a moment and satisfy yourself that you really are up for the journey. 

Kealan Doyle assess the likely impact on tax advantaged investing of a Corbyn-led Labour Government.

Patrick Reeve comments on VCT changes heralded by Royal Assent of the Finance Bill

Stephen Pegge, Director of Commercial Finance, UK Finance, responds to the publication of the SME Finance Monitor for Q4 2017.

The Week That Was is released by OFF3R. At OFF3R you can compare investments from leading equity crowdfunding and peer to peer lending sites through to robo-advisors and stocks and shares ISAs.

ClearScore’s huge FinTech exit and Funding Circle’s £2bn float.....

I remember the graduate dilemma well: “Work for a large firm, learn on someone else’s wallet!” was one option touted to me. Versus “Join a young organisation and get some real responsibility!”

Brodie McGhie Willcox was a shipbroker who, in the early 19th Century, teamed up with the sailor, Arthur Anderson, to found a shipping line called the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.  Arthur Anderson got to know McGhie Willcox when he was a clerk at the latter’s shipbroking business. They were later joined by a Dublin shipowner, Captain Richard Bourne, joined the business.

We have all witnessed the evolution of the financial services sector over recent years. As the sector has become increasingly complicated, and it’s become impractical for advisers to be experts in all aspects of the financial services world, one of the key changes we have observed has been the move towards specialist providers. Whether that is specialist advisers or dedicated investment managers, this move has been extensive.

Edison Strategic Insight 2018 earnings forecasts: "Despite the increase in equity market volatility, there has been little follow-through to economic fundamentals due to Brexit uncertainty in the UK and a rising EUR exchange rate in continental Europe"

Newable Angel investor, Cynthia Nadal explains why there's nothing more exciting than helping a young company with real potential succeed.

A welcome proposal from the Government in relation to entrepreneurs’ relief which should be introduced with immediate effect, says Nimesh Shah, partner at accounting, tax and advisory practice Blick Rothenberg.