Reality of Investing in the UK Markets12 Mar 2026 07:56
The GST analogy
So , based off a promising pitch you invest £25-50k into a business to be set-up by some foreign strangers you’ve never met and know little about. Let’s say it’s a corner shop.
After a while the application for an alcohol license is rejected. They ask you for some more money as they have a few more ideas. They were a little vague about how why the application failed but business is business.
A while after other applications , late opening, Sunday trading gets rejected. Again, they are not clear why.
Soon they stop picking up the phone, emails go unreplied. Then you find out they are embroiled in a court case for something they invested in that wasn’t really part of the plan.
You realise that you have no idea who these people really are or even where they live.
Chances of getting your money back are less than zero and the authorities don’t care.