Enterprise Investment Scheme

But her fiancé claimed that the tax advice on his planned investment in her dog food business, Wild Pack, had left him with a decision to make regarding the Enterprise Investment Scheme.

But one crucial change, Mundell believes, is an overhaul of the Enterprise Investment Scheme - a tax incentive that attracted investors by cushioning some of their risk, but is now not open for most film projects.

The rules for the Enterprise Investment Scheme, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are too restrictive and unnecessarily complex for entrepreneurs seeking equity funding, says the IoD.

She attributes that growth, in part, to the UK government's creation of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme in 2012, which provides tax breaks to investors in start-up companies.

London’s reputation as the best place in the world to start a company and get it funded has been cemented by generous Enterprise and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme tax breaks, plus the fact that it really does take just a little over 15 minutes to start a Company in the UK.