A tax-efficient investment vehicle, designed to provide venture capital funds for small businesses..

Before any deductions, particularly tax.

The amount of authorised share capital that shareholders have actually subscribed to a company for.

See: contingency.

Costs which affect a company's profit (or loss) which are associated with normal activities but are.

A type of mortgage where interest repayments to the lender are fixed until maturity or for a.

UK shareholders receive dividends with a tax credit of 10%. This means that a notional 10% tax.

A property trust which invests in enterprise.

(FSAVC) An employee's pension scheme which is additional to but independent from his occupational pension.

See 'redemption.

The difference between the selling price of an item and the purchase or manufacturing cost,.

The American Stock Exchange which was originally known as the Curb.

A life insurance policy which remains in force where the insured has paid premiums over part of the.

An index of a range of Government Securities (gilts).

A market in which prices are rising and in which investor confidence in the continuation of rising.

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a trade was executed in one currency but.

Dividends, paid by UK companies to other companies (for example, investment trusts), with a tax.

A reference to the major operational changes on the London Stock Exchange which took place on.

(GDP)The value of all goods and services created within an economy. It equals gross national product.

See: Her Majesty's Customs and.