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Kirsty Irvine
Business Development Senior Manager
21 September 2020
Live pitching & tips for successWith the Scottish EDGE 16 Grand Final taking place next week, now is a prime time to make sure your pitches are detailed, concise and winning. I’ve compiled my top five tips to help you perfect your pitch.
Andrew Holloway
Director, Entrepreneurial Taxes
13 September 2020
Changes to ‘undertaking in difficulty’ definition proving a funding hurdle for some businessesSome grant and funding providers have made changes to their ability to support a company considered to be an ‘undertaking in difficulty’. If your company made its first commercial sale more than seven years ago, it is vital that you are aware of the implications of these changes.
The Government announced a range of funding measures to help businesses during the pandemic but only businesses that were deemed not to be an ‘undertaking in difficulty’, could apply. In this blog, I’ve set out our understanding of the situation to date, the difficulty some companies are facing and our potential solutions.
Andrew Holloway
Director, Entrepreneurial Taxes
17 July 2020
Significant investment support announced for entrepreneurs and innovators affected by COVID-19In recognising the pivotal role entrepreneurs and innovators play in fuelling Scotland’s economy, the Scottish Government has announced a new £38 million funding package to help early stage, high growth businesses.
Andrew Holloway
Director, Entrepreneurial Taxes
19 May 2020
Coronavirus - support for entrepreneurial businessesThe Future Fund, the fund set up to help high-growth companies navigate through COVID-19, opens for applications on Wednesday 20 May. Further guidance on how the fund will work is now available and there are few important points to be aware of.
Andrew Holloway
Director, Entrepreneurial Taxes
20 April 2020
Coronavirus – Government support for entrepreneurial businessesFollowing lobbying by a number of the UK’s largest and most influential start-ups, as well as various representations being made by a host of bodies who seek to support these companies, the Chancellor has announced an initial scheme to assist entrepreneurial businesses impacted by the coronavirus crisis, and there is likely to be more to come.
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