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UK’s investment minister says companies ‘queuing up’ to IPO in London

Baroness Poppy Gustafsson said country needs to be ‘much bolder and braver about how we champion some of our assets’

Poppy Gustafsson joined the UK government after the firm she co-founded, Darktrace, was sold to Thoma Bravo
Poppy Gustafsson joined the UK government after the firm she co-founded, Darktrace, was sold to Thoma Bravo Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

The UK government’s minister for investment says there are companies “queuing up” to list in London, adding that much of the work has been done trying to revive the IPO market.

“There are some good potential IPOs that are queuing up,” Baroness Poppy Gustafsson told delegates at the annual Investment Association conference in London on 26 June.

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