EIS News

For an early-stage company, securing investment can feel like the ultimate milestone.

For generations of startup founders, the advice has been remarkably consistent. Build the product. Find customers. Generate revenue. Prove that people want what you're selling. Then raise investment. But at the frontier of artificial intelligence, something unusual is happening.

Buying shares in an early-stage company is only half of the investment story. Eventually, investors want to know how they might get their money back.

Some of Britain's most exciting future companies may already exist. Not in an office or on a stock exchange, but inside a university laboratory.

When people talk about the Enterprise Investment Scheme, the conversation often begins with tax relief. But some of the best arguments for EIS have very little to do with tax. They are businesses.

Britain has become very good at creating successful technology companies. The harder question is whether we can keep them here as they grow.

The Enterprise Investment Scheme is designed to help ambitious businesses raise the capital they need to grow. But what happens when that growth actually happens?

For decades, traditional bank lending was one of the first places businesses turned when they needed funding.

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) has become one of the UK's most attractive investment incentives, offering generous tax reliefs while supporting innovative, high-growth businesses.

How the Enterprise Investment Scheme continues to support innovation, growth and early-stage business development across the UK

A practical overview of how the UK’s two leading early-stage investment schemes compare in today’s market

Why investor perception, clarity and long-term vision matter more than ever in the current EIS landscape