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2026 Predictions: Trends in UK Seed funding in 2025 and implications for the tech sector
2026 Predictions: Trends in UK Seed funding in 2025 and implications for the tech sector Table of contents Introduction In 2025, the UK’s startup ecosystem
An Interview with Lab 1 and MD One Ventures
An Interview with Lab 1 and MD One Ventures To discuss cybersecurity, defence tech, and the wider UK investment landscape. Table of contents I recently
The Sunday Times Hundred
The Sunday Times Hundred Turning a profit is hard. And for high-growth businesses, making a profit can be very hard. In an inflationary environment, it’s
Defence Tech is Evolving
Defence Tech is Evolving Henry Whorwood, 06 october 2023 Earlier this year in April we published our first in-depth report on Defence Tech with MD
A Milestone for Beauhurst and the UK
A Milestone for Beauhurst and the UK Henry Whorwood, 27 July 2023 Beauhurst has been tracking the UK’s economy since 2010. One of our areas of focus is the innovation economy; many of those companies use equity to finance their growth. That’s why we track every single equity investment into UK private companies. We track … A Milestone for Beauhurst and the UK
The Latest Figures on the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)
What is EIS? The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is a government-backed tax relief scheme. It was designed to encourage investment into small, high-risk and often knowledge-intensive companies by individual private investors, by providing them with both income tax relief and capital gains tax (CGT) relief (in the form of deferral relief and disposal relief). These … The Latest Figures on the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)
What the 2021 Spring Budget Means for Startups & Scaleups
Despite the swathe of lockdown-combatting interventions announced or prolonged yesterday,
Impending Changes to CGT: Take the Survey
The impending changes to CGT rank among the most significant policy shifts to affect the UK's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Have your say and shape the debate.
Proposed Changes to Capital Gains Tax: Industry Bites Back
With the permission of those who contacted us, we’d like to share some of the comments we’ve received regarding proposed changes to CGT.
How Changes to CGT Threaten the Future of UK Startups
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recently published their first
Parliament chooses a Brexit ‘trick’ for Halloween 2019
Halloween is here. And we’re still in the EU. Given Boris Johnson’s “do or die” pledge to leave the EU by today, it appears we all picked ‘trick’ rather than ‘treat’. And now we’ve got a general election to look forward to on the 12th December. Far from getting anything approaching certainty, the UK’s high-growth … Parliament chooses a Brexit ‘trick’ for Halloween 2019
From building model buses to backing modern business
With the news of Boris Johnson’s election by the Conservative Party selectorate, I can put away my puns about being on the Hunt for unicorns. But his election is frustrating for more than just a wasted pun (much more depending on your political persuasion): figuring out what a Jeremy Hunt premiership might have meant for … From building model buses to backing modern business