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Find out about tax reliefs available to individuals who invest in certain companies, social enterprises, or Venture Capital Trusts.
Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.
Find out if your proposal to raise investments could qualify for a venture capital scheme and what you need to apply for advance assurance.
Find out how to raise money for research, development or innovation using the Enterprise Investment Scheme or a Venture Capital Trust.
Statistics on the number of investors claiming tax relief on their VCT investments.
Venture capital schemes provide tax relief to individuals investing in smaller, higher risk companies.
The Science and Technology Venture Capital Fellowship is a career development programme for investment professionals with a focus on science and technology.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
If your company wishes to use a venture capital scheme to encourage investment, it must meet the permanent establishment condition.
Government to discuss with venture capitalists how to work best with them to harness their ideas, adopt transformative technologies and address various challenges.
This tax information and impact note is about changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) scheme.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money and how to submit a compliance statement.
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