Enterprise Investment Scheme Association
The EIS Association ("EISA") is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, the aim of which is to promote the availability of capital and resource to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).
EISA performs a number of key functions but it does not endorse or promote any particular investments or EIS funds. Primarily, its aims are as follows:
- General - To stimulate interest and investment in the UK smaller company economy in the broadest sense but also specifically through the EIS and other similar tax incentives.
- Usage - To promote greater usage of the EIS, thus helping to close the "Equity Gap" and increase the inflow of investment to EIS companies.
- Good Practice - To foster and encourage high standards of corporate governance, professional conduct and good communications and relations between investors, companies and their advisers.
- Expert forum - To act as an expert forum for the EIS, providing information and technical knowledge and generally helping to make the scheme more accessible to all interested parties.
- Lobbying - Lobbying Government departments, the Treasury, HMRC, MPs and key opinion formers with a view to improving and simplifying the EIS.
- Network - To facilitate contact and meetings between the various disparate groups with potential interest in the EIS.
- Education and training - To provide and facilitate education and training on the subject of the smallcap economy and specifically on the EIS.
(Source: eisa.org.uk, 2010)
Smith & Williamson is proud to be a member of EISA, which we believe fulfils a much needed role in encouraging private investment into growing British companies and fostering the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit that drives private enterprise.
For further information about EISA please visit www.eisa.org.uk.
