By: Maisie Grice

Investment Reporter Maisie Grice is City AM’s investment reporter. She completed the Financial Time’s newsroom apprenticeship, working on specialist magazine Investors’ Chronicle and the UK news desk before joining FT Money as a personal finance reporter. She also worked as a regional news reporter at the Manchester Evening News, covering live events, crime and local politics.

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Reeves plans stamp duty holiday in Budget to boost London listings

November 25, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a stamp duty holiday for new listings on the London Stock Exchange in Wednesday’s Budget as the government ramps up efforts to revive the index. The move will wipe out the 0.5 per cent stamp duty tax investors are forced to pay upon buying shares that are newly [...]
It’s not just LISAs: Stamp duty land tax is a London problem too

November 25, 2025

Getting on the property ladder is getting harder and harder for young people. Dwindling housing supply coupled with growing demand for property has left sellers receiving offers significantly above the asking price, with squeezed buyers turning to family members to fund ballooning deposits. But the costs do not end when the keys are handed over. [...]
Easyjet ‘in the firing line’ for FTSE 100 demotion as economic concerns persist

November 25, 2025

Easyjet is “in the firing line” for demotion from the FTSE 100 as investors fear the budget airline carrier could be squeezed by Budget tax hikes and weak consumer confidence. The budget airline carrier’s share price fell 1.61 per cent in early morning trading to 472.6 pence, tumbling 14.6 per cent this year to date. [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Pound braces for painful Budget; Kingfisher shares lead rally

November 25, 2025

Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. At long last, we are just one day away from the Budget, in which Rachel Reeves is expected to unveil tens of billions of pounds in tax rises. This despite the fact that she promised taxes wouldn’t go up after last year’s hikes. Who is to blame? [...]
Fund managers remain bullish amid private credit fears

November 24, 2025

Fund managers are bullish heading into the next financial year, despite growing fears over the private credit market and the burst of the AI bubble. According to the latest investor trends survey from wealth manager Quilter, on a scale of one to 10, the average fund manager’s risk appetite increased from 5.4 to 5.9 in [...]
Rachel Reeves set to cut cash ISA limit to £12,000

November 24, 2025

Savers are facing a major policy shake-up at the forthcoming Budget as Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly planning to slash the annual cash ISA ceiling to £12,00 in a bid to encourage increased investment in stocks instead of hoarding cash. People close to preparations for Wednesday’s Budget said Reeves had decided to reduce the limit [...]
Advertising giants’ share prices tumble as Big Tech swallows up ad spend

November 24, 2025

The scale of the difficulties facing the advertising market was laid bare on Monday after two London-listed industry titans saw their share prices plummet after they slashed profit and sales expectations. M&C Saatchi’s share price tumbled a staggering 11.9 per cent to 111p, with shares down 36.9 per cent this year to date, while shares [...]
Astrazeneca injects $2bn to boost US manufacturing capabilities

November 24, 2025

FTSE 100 giant Astrazeneca plans to invest $2bn into growing its manufacturing footprint in Maryland, as part of its efforts to boost its US capabilities and presence. The investment will support the “significant expansion” of its biologics manufacturing facility in Frederick, doubling its capacity and increasing its medicine supply, as well as the construction of [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Nvidia invests in Revolut, M&C Saatchi, S4C shares tumble

November 24, 2025

Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. Rachel Reeves is set to plug a looming £30bn hole in the public finances with a “dog’s breakfast” of tax hikes, according to new analysis. The Institute of Economic Affairs warns that the gap will likely be addressed by combining broad-based income tax rises with a patchwork [...]
Wealthy individuals at risk of tax raid due to lack of knowledge

November 21, 2025

Wealthy Brits are at risk of being slapped with higher taxes in the upcoming Autumn Budget as they fail to understand how to use their tax allowances. The Treasury is scrambling to fill an estimated £20bn fiscal black hole in next week’s Budget and, with a wide spread of tax rises being discussed, many individuals [...]

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