The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) has been helping start and scale up businesses who struggle to gain access to funding for over 25 years. Fuelling an Entrepreneur’s Fire, a report from the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (eisa.org.uk), produced in association with the All Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship examines the role that EIS and SEIS (the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme) play in supporting young, innovative businesses. The report makes four recommendations for how the schemes can be developed to play an even greater role in funding the UK’s next generation of high growth businesses.
What did success for Oxfordshire’s innovation ecosystem look like in 2013?
Four measures of success were identified in the Oxfordshire Innovation Engine Report 2013 A positive contribution to the national economy of at least £1bn GVA at constant prices within 10 years. Stronger and more productive relationships between...