In total, the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2024 was **, less than the number of IPOs of 2023. Among these, more than half of the IPOs took place on the alternative investment market (AIM).

2023 saw a total of ** initial public offerings (IPOs) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), compared to ** in the previous year, with a total market capitalization on admission of *** billion British pounds. While the largest admission in 2023 was by Amicorp FS (UK) plc, the all-time largest admission onto the LSE was by Glencore International plc in 2011. An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the first time that a company's stock is sold to the public in the organized capital market.

Stock and commodity exchanges can benefit from various sources of revenue, ranging from fees charged through the purchasing and selling of stocks and commodities to the listing of companies on exchanges with IPOs. Yet, this hasn't meant exchanges have been free of challenges, with many companies looking to more attractive overseas markets in countries like the US that embrace stronger growth. The most notable culprits have been ARM and CRH, refusing to put up with the increasingly cheaper valuations offered by UK stock exchanges.Stock and commodity exchange revenue is expected to boom at a compound annual rate of 13% over the five years through 2025-26 to £18 billion, including growth of 5.2% in 2025-26. Boosted by the London Stock Exchange Group's Refinitiv purchase in 2021-22, the growth numbers seem inflated. The industry saw ample consolidations, aided by MiFID II's initiation in 2018. However, M&As have slumped over recent years as a result of high borrowing costs and a foggy economic outlook. Interest rate cuts and growing confidence are set to facilitate a modest recovery over the two years through 2025, driving revenue growth and supporting profit of 25.7% in 2025-26. Exchanges have also capitalised on volatile markets, with nervous investors triggering sharp sell-offs amid a tense geopolitical backdrop with Trump’s tariff policies. Consolidation amongst the largest players has been frequent, ratcheting up market share concentration. This will also prompt smaller exchanges to target niche markets and potentially band together in networks or alliances to pool liquidity and strengthen bargaining power. Revenue is forecast to climb at a compound annual rate of 4.7% over the five years through 2030-31 to £22.7 billion. Over the short term, sticky inflation and how aggressively the Bank of England cuts rates will incite volatility and fuel trading on exchanges, driving revenue growth. Geopolitical tensions also show no signs of cooling, with the potential for matters to even escalate, keeping markets edgy and increasing the likelihood of large market swings. The use of blockchain will become more prevalent, with major player, the London Stock Exchange Group, already introducing a blockchain-based infrastructure platform for private markets. These exchanges allow for 24/7 trading, lower settlement times, and often lower fees, which can attract retail and institutional participants, driving fee income.

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The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, 2010: Secure Access dataset includes details on applications to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) for patents, designs and trade marks by businesses or individuals.

The patent file holds the main information for all patents in Great Britain attained through the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills' Optics extract in June/July 2010. The file includes patent applications filed between 1978 and 2009. There should be no multiple observations due to the uniqueness and single occurrence of an application number within these datasets. A patent can have more than one IPC classification, depending on how many purposes it fulfils.

The trade mark analysable dataset was created using the trade mark licensee data, which relates to trademarks applied for with the IPO. The data were extracted in July 2010 and include applications filed between 1876 and 2010. The licensee data is that provided to the IPO's external customers and holds the same information as contained within the IPO website. This dataset represents one of four relating to trade marks; this covers all trade marks applied for within the UK - there are three other datasets relating to trade marks applied for via the Madrid UK/Madrid EP agreements and Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market.

The UK design data represent all designs applied for with the IPO between 1974 and 2010. The data were extracted in May 2010.

The patent, design and trade mark data provided are readily available from online sources. The data are provided for Secure Access so that users can link the data to Secure Access business surveys using Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers, which are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Other Secure Access business surveys with which users may wish to combine the IPO data include the Annual Respondents Database (SN 6644), the UK Innovation Survey (SN 6699), and the Business Expenditure on Research and Development survey (SN 6690).

In preparing the patent, design and trade mark data for release, certain variables that can lead to the identification of businesses or individuals on the IPO website have been anonymised. These variables include applicant numbers, application numbers and design numbers.

The patent data include postcodes for a proportion of the applicants. The trade mark data include the country of the proprietor. The design data include no spatial units.

For Secure Lab projects applying for access to this study as well as to SN 6697 Business Structure Database and/or SN 7683 Business Structure Database Longitudinal, only postcode-free versions of the data will be made available.

• dates for filing, registering, issue, expiry and renewal of applications
• descriptions
• International Patent Classifications
• anonymised identification numbers
• IDBR reference numbers
  

Net-Income-Applicable-To-Common-Shares Time Series for Urban Logistics Reit PLC. Urban LogisticsREIT plc (LON: SHED) has built a high quality, last mile/last touch logistics real estate portfolio with a gross asset value as at 30 September 2024 of £1.1 billion and with significant reversionary potential. Recent portfolio activity by the Company points to the ability of the asset management team to continue to achieve significant rental increases, recycle capital and acquire new assets at attractive prices which fit with Urban Logistics' investment objectives. The Company is the only London-listed REIT to focus on specialist last mile / last touch logistics assets, with a tenant base which delivers essential goods within the UK. The Company's strategy is to invest in mid-sized logistics properties with the objective of generating attractive dividends and capital returns through active asset management. Urban Logistics' investment adviser team, led by Richard Moffitt, has significant experience in investing in the logistics market within the broader real estate market. The team's ability to source vital and strategically located mid-sized single let properties, with high-quality tenants, off-market at favourable terms, creates considerable value for shareholders. Tenants include Amazon, XPO, DHL, Hermes, DPD, Boots, Unipart (for NHS), Royal Mail and J Sainsbury Plc. Buying well and pursuing additional value enhancing asset management initiatives has driven the Company's growth, enabling Urban Logistics to grow from a £10m market cap company at IPO in April 2016 to a FTSE 250 constituent.

Total-Other-Finance-Cost Time Series for Urban Logistics Reit PLC. Urban LogisticsREIT plc (LON: SHED) has built a high quality, last mile/last touch logistics real estate portfolio with a gross asset value as at 30 September 2024 of £1.1 billion and with significant reversionary potential. Recent portfolio activity by the Company points to the ability of the asset management team to continue to achieve significant rental increases, recycle capital and acquire new assets at attractive prices which fit with Urban Logistics' investment objectives. The Company is the only London-listed REIT to focus on specialist last mile / last touch logistics assets, with a tenant base which delivers essential goods within the UK. The Company's strategy is to invest in mid-sized logistics properties with the objective of generating attractive dividends and capital returns through active asset management. Urban Logistics' investment adviser team, led by Richard Moffitt, has significant experience in investing in the logistics market within the broader real estate market. The team's ability to source vital and strategically located mid-sized single let properties, with high-quality tenants, off-market at favourable terms, creates considerable value for shareholders. Tenants include Amazon, XPO, DHL, Hermes, DPD, Boots, Unipart (for NHS), Royal Mail and J Sainsbury Plc. Buying well and pursuing additional value enhancing asset management initiatives has driven the Company's growth, enabling Urban Logistics to grow from a £10m market cap company at IPO in April 2016 to a FTSE 250 constituent.

As of February 2025, China Pacific Insurance Group had the highest market cap of any insurance company trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The group saw a market capitalization of **** billion British pounds. Market capitalization is the outstanding value of a company's shares and is often used to measure the size of a company and investor's interest in each enterprise. London Stock Exchange As of July 2023, there were just under ***** companies trading on the London Stock Exchange, and on average somewhere around ******* trades per day. The combined market value of companies trading on the LSE was *** trillion British pounds (GBP) in July 2023, below the peaks found before the COVID-19 pandemic. Initial public offerings (IPOs) When a private company first offers its shares to the public, the process is called an initial public offering (IPO). IPOs are typically used by growing companies that need to raise capital or by allowing owners to sell off some of their ownership of a company. The Kazakhstani technology-focused bank Kaspi saw the highest initial public offering in 2020 of over *** billion British pounds.

Long-Term-Debt Time Series for Urban Logistics Reit PLC. Urban LogisticsREIT plc (LON: SHED) has built a high quality, last mile/last touch logistics real estate portfolio with a gross asset value as at 30 September 2024 of £1.1 billion and with significant reversionary potential. Recent portfolio activity by the Company points to the ability of the asset management team to continue to achieve significant rental increases, recycle capital and acquire new assets at attractive prices which fit with Urban Logistics' investment objectives. The Company is the only London-listed REIT to focus on specialist last mile / last touch logistics assets, with a tenant base which delivers essential goods within the UK. The Company's strategy is to invest in mid-sized logistics properties with the objective of generating attractive dividends and capital returns through active asset management. Urban Logistics' investment adviser team, led by Richard Moffitt, has significant experience in investing in the logistics market within the broader real estate market. The team's ability to source vital and strategically located mid-sized single let properties, with high-quality tenants, off-market at favourable terms, creates considerable value for shareholders. Tenants include Amazon, XPO, DHL, Hermes, DPD, Boots, Unipart (for NHS), Royal Mail and J Sainsbury Plc. Buying well and pursuing additional value enhancing asset management initiatives has driven the Company's growth, enabling Urban Logistics to grow from a £10m market cap company at IPO in April 2016 to a FTSE 250 constituent.