This is the site title that appears in the top of the browser. Search engines place a great deal of emphasis on this tag and it's relevance. A well thought out title can make a real difference to your search engine rankings!

Keywords are becoming less and less important, as search engines try and find more accurate ways of indexing your site and judging its relevance. However, a small number of well known engines still make use of this meta tags, so it should not be ignored completely. Your keywords should be a comma separated list of words and phrases (with a space after the comma). Try not to use more than around 30 words or phrases.

Provided your description is considered by the search engines to be relevant to the content found on your site, then it will be displayed alongside your link in the search results. Again, the key to a good description is relevance. Try to include phrases used early on it your sites text, but also keep it brief - less than 250 characters.

For the most part, this option should be left as 'Please select'. It only needs to be changed if you wish your page to be displayed as part of a submenu. In this instance, simply select the page that will act as the parent of the submenu.

The page title serves 3 purposes. Firstly, it will be displayed at the top of the page. Formatting is taken care of automatically. Secondly, it will be displayed on the menu as the name of the link. Lastly, it will form the link itself. Because of this, try and avoid using any special characters in page titles. For example, rather than using an ampersand '&' type the word 'and'. This should avoid any problems when linking to pages. If you need to link to a page from within your content, you should link to the page title all in lowercase with all spaces replaced by hyphens. The link should always start with a forward slash. So to link to a page titled 'About us' you would link to '/about-us'.

This option will generally not need to be changed. This gives you the ability to insert custom objects such as forms onto your page that have been written for you.

becoming a minerva business angel

Minerva is pleased to welcome new Investor Members (business angels), whether already experienced or considering business angel investment for the first time. Members appreciate Minerva's focus on high calibre investment opportunities, the personal interest and our supportive approach.

We do not put our Members under pressure to invest. Membership is free.

Minerva's business angels can acquire equity stakes in a flow of developing, forward-looking companies that have potential for significant capital growth. They see investment proposals from traditional business sectors, and from an expanding population of high-potential companies that sometimes include spin-outs from some of the UK's leading universities.

Some Members prefer to invest as members of an angel syndicate, in which they may play an active part. The syndicate might only come together around a single transaction, or it might have an indefinite life, with members opting in and out of specific investment opportunities as they wish. Many Members prefer to invest alone. When requested, Minerva assists the creation and operation of investor syndicates or clubs.

Frequently there are opportunities for individual Minerva angels and for syndicates to invest alongside professionally managed venture capital funds, as can be seen on our Case Studies page.

Through its Enterprise Investment Scheme the UK Government gives substantial tax benefits to UK investors in eligible private companies (20% of share purchase repaid through your tax bill; capital gains are tax-free after 3 years).

Before making any investment, prospective investors are advised to take advice from a suitably qualified independent professional who is experienced in advising on investing in unquoted companies.

Becoming a Minerva Investor Member

To become a Minerva business angel, please call Harry Stott on 024 7632 3114 or complete the online application form below. Alternatively, if you download a pdf application form you can tell us more about your requirements so that (as we prefer) we can provide a service that is tailored to your needs.

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