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Angel investors put weight behind UK start-up initiative
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Industry figures including Charles Dunstone, the founder of Carphone Warehouse, and Brent Hoberman, the founder of Lastminute.com, have written to The Daily Telegraph welcoming the Chancellor's decision to offer 50pc income tax relief on the first £100,000 invested in a new company.
Commenting on the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), the group of 34 entrepreneurs said: "We are some of the UK's leading angel investors and venture capitalists, having funded and nurtured thousands of British start-ups between us, creating new jobs and economic opportunities across the UK.
"At a time of global economic uncertainty, one thing is clear: it's fast growing start-ups that will deliver the lion's share of the new jobs and economic growth that the UK needs."
The Government will launch the SEIS, an extension of the existing EIS tax efficient investment regime, in April 2012. The 50pc income tax relief will apply to all investors, regardless of the rate at which they pay tax.
So-called "angel investors" will also benefit from a one-off capital gains tax (CGT) holiday if they reinvest gains made during the 2012-13 financial year through the initiative.
The collective, which also includes Mike Lynch, the founder and chief executive of Autonomy, added: "Very early stage investment is the riskiest of all types of funding, and this new tax incentive will encourage more investors to take the plunge and support new British companies.
"Taken together, we believe that the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and the CGT holiday will attract new investment to British start-ups, and help the next generation of British innovations to become the next generation of great British businesses."
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