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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff and Mark Sweney

Ad agency WPP asked to work on campaign nudging UK savers to invest in shares

Computer screen close up showing stock exchange finance data
Just 11% of UK households dabble in the stock market with directly owned shares. Photograph: Wim Wiskerke/Alamy

The advertising agency WPP has been asked to work up ideas for a government-endorsed advertising blitz to urge more consumers to invest in stocks through a “Tell Sid”-style campaign expected to cost tens of millions of pounds.

Plans for the nationwide push were announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves on Tuesday at her Mansion House speech, as she unveiled a fresh deregulation drive meant to increase financial risk-taking across the UK to help spur growth.

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