My first thought having looked at today's budget is that the 2 year limit on SEIS (http://www.seis.co.uk/) could leave any SME older than 2 years old (i.e. most of them) dead in the water?
a) it exludes most SME but mainly b) it will mean that the value of companies older than 2 years old will fall won't it?
My day job is running the multi award winning Business Improvement District (BID) Camden Town Unlimited. One of our projects is Camden Collective. I also sold an internet retailing business to Sports Direct in 2012. I hope these ventures give me a reasonable perspective on SME issues in the UK, particularly London.
Previously I've worked in banking (BBA, JP Morgan) and Labour politics (inc. a couple of short spells with the Prime Minister before Gordon Brown.)
I also sit on several GLA committees including part of the London LEP , am Co-Chair of Cross River Partnership and a governor of Westminster Kingsway FE College.