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Rockpool Investments, the fast-growing tax efficient private equity investment firm, has launched a £3.5 million EIS-compliant investment opportunity in a crematorium. Kirkleatham Memorial will build a crematorium on a freehold site at Kirkleatham, near Middlesbrough. The freehold property, which already has planning permission, is expected to be worth £4.6 million upon completion of construction in January 2014.

There has been a surge in the number of businesses seeking approval to raise money through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) says Rockpool Investments, the fast-growing tax efficient private equity investment firm headed by Nicola Horlick. The number of applications seeking EIS pre-approval from HMRC increased 47% in the last tax year, from 1,457 in 2010/11 to 2,147 in 2011/12.

Rockpool Investments, the fast-growing tax efficient private equity investment firm headed by Nicola Horlick, has completed a £3 million part EIS-qualifying investment in the management buyout of the Airedale Group of companies.

Rockpool Investments, the fast-growing tax efficient private equity investment firm, has entered into a strategic alliance with Directorbank, a leading executive search firm which specialises in the private equity sector. The alliance will enable Rockpool members to gain exposure to executive, non-executive and interim directorships, both in the private equity market and within the quoted sector via Directorbank’s sister company Hanson Green.

Investment allowance boost for small businesses equates to grant of £40,000 for every small business to invest in growth. Comments from Matt Taylor, Managing Partner at Rockpool Investments, the fast-growing tax efficient private equity investment firm.

Rockpool Investments, the new private equity investment firm, has completed its first investment, acquiring a social housing development from the AIM-listed specialist developer, Ashley House plc, for a total consideration of £5.5m. The investment – a recently built social housing development for adults needing extra care in St Helens, Merseyside – is structured to offer investors an inflation linked yield of RPI plus 4% (over 7% per annum initially), making it an attractive hedge against inflation.

Businesses raised £611million through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) in the year to March 31 2010 (latest data available), up 18% from £516 million the year before, according to Rockpool Investments, the new tax efficient private equity investment firm. According to Rockpool, this means that £8.2 billion has been invested in businesses through EIS since the incentive was first made available in 1993. Rockpool explains that nearly 18,000 businesses have now been helped by EIS investments.

Rockpool Investments, the new tax efficient private equity investment firm, is to launch a unique portfolio investment service to take advantage of the liberalisation of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) rules.

Changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), which come into force on April 6 2012, will lead to a dramatic increase in demand for investments in SMEs, according to Rockpool Investments, the new tax efficient private equity investment firm.

Nicola Horlick is to join forces with two highly experienced 3i alumni to make investment in private equity easier for the private investor.