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Ongoing insights into how the Government's plan to increase private investment and spur innovation and growth are taking shape.

With economic growth at the forefront of the Labour Government's agenda, our dedicated hub will provide ongoing insights into how the Government's plan to increase private investment and spur innovation and growth are taking shape. Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has stated that economic growth is "our national mission". In an attempt to achieve this and create stability for the long term, the Government has outlined an agenda of regulatory reform. The agenda includes: stimulating the UK's capital markets; a renewed focus on the financial services sector; unlocking private investment through pension funds for start up and scale up businesses; and supporting businesses to scale and grow through the introduction of a new trading platform for private companies. We explore these topics and others, and what they might mean for our clients, in more detail here.

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Retiring the Payment Systems Regulator

On 11 March 2025, the Government announced that the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) will be abolished as part of a wider plan to reduce regulatory burden on businesses and drive economic growth in the UK.

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PISCES: new Government takes forward plans for trading venue for private companies

HM Treasury has confirmed its plans to proceed with the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES), in its response to a consultation launched under the previous Government. In her Mansion House speech on 14 November, the Chancellor said that the Government was committed to legislating to establish PISCES as "an innovative new stock market" by May 2025 to "support companies to scale and grow".

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Scope of the Takeover Code to be narrowed

Earlier this year the Takeover Panel (the Panel) conducted a consultation in respect of its proposal to narrow the scope of the companies to which the Takeover Code (the Code) applies. The outcome of that consultation was published on 6 November 2024. The Panel's proposals will be adopted largely without amendment refocusing the application of the Code on companies which are registered and listed (or were recently listed) in the UK. The changes to the Code will be implemented on 3 February 2025.

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PISCES transactions to be exempted from Stamp Duty

In its Autumn Budget, the Government has announced the granting of powers to HM Treasury to amend Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax legislation for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange (PISCES).

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Autumn Budget 2024

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her first Budget today, 30 October, under the new Government. Much had been made about the "black hole" in the UK's finances. In an attempt to plug the gap, the Chancellor has delivered a wide-ranging Budget covering most taxes that were not ringfenced in Labour's manifesto promises.

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A new era for London Listings – Will it present an attractive option at the top of the capital raising ecosystem? What will it mean for sound governance?

The Financial Conduct Authority has announced a new listing regime for London effective from 29 July. Less than a week after she became Chancellor, the FCA quotes Rachel Reeves as saying: "These new rules represent a significant first step towards reinvigorating our capital markets, bringing the UK in line with international counterparts and ensuring we attract the most innovative companies to list here."

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