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Hopeful signs for London Stock Market but still so much more to do

I would dearly love 2026 to end with more UK quoted companies than it started

Evening Standard · Jan 12

Late spurt of IPOs drives strongest year for London stock market since 2021

There were 11 new listings on the London Stock Exchange in 2025, analysis from PwC shows.

Evening Standard · Dec 31, 2025

London Stock market bounces back after late flurry of IPO listings

Experts predict this positive global market momentum will persist through to 2026

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025

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Octopus boss calls for action to make London top choice for possible Kraken IPO

Greg Jackson said the group is considering a potential flotation of its AI powered platform in the next two to three years.

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2025

Carnival’s Dividend Return Marks the End of Survival Mode

Carnival Corporation has reinstated its dividend following a record year of financial recovery and debt reduction.

MarketBeat · Dec 23, 2025

Boost for London market as three-year stamp duty holiday on IPOs confirmed

But a shock rise in dividend tax ‘undermines the drive to increase investing in Britain’, experts warned.

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Congo-Brazzaville returns to global stock markets after almost 20 years

The Republic of the Congo this week entered the international bond market for the first time since 2007, signalling a new confidence in its economic reforms and fiscal management.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 8, 2025

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Why does Sky want to buy ITV’s television business?

The PA news agency looks at the reasoning and ramifications behind talks from Sky to buy ITV’s television business.

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025

Why Sky wants to buy ITV’s television business

The reasoning and ramifications behind talks from Sky to buy ITV’s television business

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

Princes Group valued at £1.16bn as food firm launches London float

It will therefore be valued at the bottom end of a £1.16 billion to £1.24 billion target range set out last week.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

Consortium led by Brooklyn Earick withdraws interest in making bid for Tottenham

On Monday, it was confirmed via the London Stock Exchange that Earick had pulled out of the running.

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Princes Tuna and Napolina firm plots London IPO

Liverpool-based Princes Group sells nearly a billion cans of food each year.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025

City's IPO market roars back to life as US energy and AI data centre developer Fermi lists in London

Innovative dual Nasdaq and London listing of company aiming to build vast energy and AI data centre complex

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

AstraZeneca Moves From ADRs To NYSE Listing

The Board of AstraZeneca plc (NASDAQ: AZN) is recommending to shareholders a Harmonized Listing Structure for the company's ordinary shares across the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Nasdaq Stockholm (STO), and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Benzinga · Sep 29, 2025

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Euronews · Sep 29, 2025

AstraZeneca will list shares directly in New York, but isn't leaving the UK

Amid concerns it might leave the UK, the pharma giant reaffirmed its commitment to the country, keeping its headquarters, primary listing, and tax base there.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2025

AstraZeneca to upgrade US listing in ‘knock-back for London’

UK’s biggest drugmaker will put its US shares on a par with its London-based stock but says HQ will stay in Cambridge

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

Goldman Sachs-backed £3.4bn investment firm to exit London stock market

Petershill Partners said its share value has ‘not appropriately reflected the quality and underlying value of the company’s assets’.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

£3.4bn investment firm to delist in fresh blow for London Stock Exchange

The Goldman Sachs-backed Petershill Partners will hand £685m to shareholders to go private

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Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025

Shein’s UK sales surge 32% higher amid stock market float plans

Shein said it benefited from the opening of two new offices in Kings Cross and Manchester and the launch of a pop-up shop in Liverpool.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2025

Miner Glencore decides against moving stock market listing from London to US

Company, which has reported 37% drop in profits, says switch would not present value for shareholders

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025

Canal+ flags smaller line-up of films in 2025 but hails Paddington hit

The impact of fewer releases was partly offset by the success of major films including Paddington In Peru and Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

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

Exclusive: City-funded campaign is endorsed by government, and aims to increase financial risk-taking in effort to spur growth

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

AstraZeneca’s stock market exit would be devastating blow, warns ex-chancellor

The UK is ‘a hostile environment’ for innovative, high-tech growth companies, the Government has been told.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025

Looser bonus rules and tax breaks needed to save London stock market, says CBI

Industry lobby group draws up 20-point plan to stop London ‘drifting into irrelevance’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025

Takeover fever grips City as three UK firms receive US offers

Alphawave, Oxford Ionics and Spectris targeted as flagging share prices leave British companies vulnerable

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