THE AMERICA ONE NEWS
Jul 18, 2025  |  
0
 | Remer,MN
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge.
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge and Reasoning Support for Fantasy Sports and Betting Enthusiasts.
back  
topic
The Economist
The Economist
27 Feb 2025


NextImg:Britain’s capital markets are waging a war on paper
Britain | Paper trail

Britain’s capital markets are waging a war on paper

Calls are growing to modernise the country’s shareholding system

British companies are drowning in unnecessary paperwork. An antiquated system, whereby a few listed shares are held in paper form and the holders are entitled to physical copies of documents, means custodian banks are sent an estimated two tonnes of paper on a typical day. Annual reports, prospectuses and shareholder guides must be printed and shipped, too. One large company said the paperwork generated by an acquisition required a forklift truck and filled two Royal Mail lorries.

Explore more

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The City’s war on paper”


UK aid funding food parcels

Britain halves its foreign-aid budget

Labour will have to choose which promises to break


Does Britain’s nuclear deterrent have a Trump-shaped problem?

Higher defence spending is just the start of a painful reassessment