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This sector is a UK success story, demand for content is high, investments return to cash quickly and there is genuine risk and return built into the model. Over 30% of specialist EIS or SEIS opportunities are in the Media and Entertainment sector. Advisers who are serious about using EIS need to understand this area in detail. However, negative headlines about tax avoidance schemes or perhaps a feeling that creative industries are too high risk have put many advisers off. This report addresses those concerns and gives advisers the information they need to make an informed decision about the sector
Key Findings:
- The tax benefits available to Media and Entertainment investments are substantial, with EIS, SEIS, BPR and VCT eligibility as well as reliefs to producers that can lower their budgets by 20% to 25%
- The Media and Entertainment sector is a very important one the UK economy – it has been growing faster than UK GDP and provides over half a million UK jobs
- The robustness of such a creative sector over a diversified portfolio might surprise many – overall; e.g., the film industry has made a profit for the last 100 years
- The drivers are huge, with new technology, global demographics, geographical and cultural factors all playing an important role in the forecast worldwide market CAGR of 4.4% over the next 5 years
- The UK is still viewed as a world leader in TV, film, theatre, music, festivals and electronic games where it continues to be very successful
- Media and Entertainment is a very powerful diversifier with little correlation to mainstream markets