{"id":129663,"title":"Reeves to unveil stamp duty holiday to revive London IPO market","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-11-25T14:29:06+00:00","modified":"2025-11-25T14:29:06+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/reeves-to-unveil-stamp-duty-holiday-to-revive-london-ipo-market/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/reeves-to-unveil-stamp-duty-holiday-to-revive-london-ipo-market.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/reeves-to-unveil-stamp-duty-holiday-to-revive-london-ipo-market.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Financial","Technology","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["Bloomberg","Initial Public Offerings","IPOs","London","London Stock Exchange","Rachel Reeves","UK"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/london-stock-exchange-oct-25-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C737&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Rachel Reeves will announce a **three-year stamp duty holiday for newly listed companies** in her Budget, in a bid to reignite London’s struggling stock market and lure more firms to float in the UK.\n\nUnder the proposed plan, investors will **no longer pay stamp duty on shares bought in newly listed companies**, removing the current **0.5pc tax** on transactions and making London a more attractive venue for initial public offerings.\n\nAccording to Bloomberg, the Chancellor will position the move as a key measure to reverse the steady decline in UK IPO activity. Britain, once a top-five global destination for stock market listings, has now slipped **out of the top 20**, highlighting growing concerns over the City’s competitiveness.\n\nSo far this year, just **£184m has been raised through IPOs** on the London Stock Exchange in the first nine months — a stark contrast to historic norms and rival financial centres.\n\nMs Reeves created a specialist task force in July to find ways to stem the exodus of companies choosing to list overseas, and the stamp duty holiday is expected to form a central pillar of that strategy.\n\nThe announcement signals a clear attempt to revitalise London’s equity markets and restore its status as a global hub for public listings."}