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17 July 2020

  • Start-up & Entrepreneurial
  • Coronavirus
Significant investment support announced for entrepreneurs and innovators affected by COVID-19

In 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.

20 April 2020

  • Start-up & Entrepreneurial
  • Coronavirus
Coronavirus – Government support for entrepreneurial businesses

Following 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.

26 March 2020

  • Corporate Tax
  • Start-up & Entrepreneurial
  • VAT & Duty
  • Coronavirus
Coronavirus - paying it forward: supporting the self-employed

Today, the self-employed of the UK were centre stage for the right reasons as Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a much-anticipated and very welcome lifeline of support, of which 95% of self-employed people will be able to benefit.

Alexandra Docherty

Alexandra Docherty

Partner and Head of Private Client Tax

11 March 2020

  • Private Client Tax
  • Start-up & Entrepreneurial
UK Budget 2020 - Entrepreneurs’ Relief

Today the Chancellor dealt a blow to Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER). This relief has been under the spotlight for some time from various bodies and individuals calling for its abolition, including the ex-Head of HMRC.

11 March 2020

  • Start-up & Entrepreneurial
UK Budget 2020 - Entrepreneurial Taxes

Having woken up with a great concern around the future of popular tax reliefs beginning with the letter E – Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER), Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Budget delivered change to ER with the reduction in the lifetime limit from £10m to £1m (as well as some targeted anti-avoidance), but looks to have left EMI and EIS broadly untouched.

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