Londoners race to invest as the rest of the country falls behind

Londoners are outpacing the rest of the UK in amounts invested

Londoners are gearing up to invest in the stock market in 2026 but the rest of the country is failing to shift away from cash savings.

According to fresh research from wealth manager Stratiphy, nearly 70 per cent of Londoners are planning on investing in the next 12 months, in a bid to secure higher returns than those available from cash savings.

This significantly outstrips the UK average , with just four in ten people planning to invest in the stock market during the next year.

Increasing plans to invest come as more people in the capital shift money in the stock market, with 49 per cent doing so this year, compared to a country average of 32 per cent.

Londoners are also investing a more than Brits from other regions