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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden

London’s Aim shrinks to smallest since 2001 amid fears of tax relief changes

The London Stock Exchange sign, with its coats of arms, on a wall
Twenty-six companies have delisted from the LSEG-owned Aim since the general election in July, taking the total below 700 for first time since 2001. Photograph: Philip Toscano/PA

The UK’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim) has shrunk to its smallest size in 23 years as business owners and investors anticipate an abolition of inheritance tax relief in the budget this week.

The accountancy group UHY Hacker Young calculated that 92 companies have delisted from Aim, London’s junior stock market, in the past year, reducing the total number of companies on Aim to 695.

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