Trading shares online in UK.

I wuld recommend Comdirect

- they charge a flat 12.50/trade regardless of if its done online or by telephone

- they have good customer service including their own discussion board on

Regards Sunil

Halifax and HSBC charge £11.95 for online trades. Is there any reason why you don't suggest them? I haven't used either of them, or indeed any other broker, so I can't comment.

Sunil, thank you very much for that information. If I decide to join Comdirect, will contact you.

cheers,

Ian

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Hmm - as I wasn't aware of the HSBC/Halifax "headline" rates

However, looking at them and comparing them to Comdirect..

Comdirect charge a flat 12.50/trade whether its done online or via telephone and regardless of which country you are buying shares in (UK/US etc) or if its in your ISA or not.

HSBC charge 11.95 for UK trades done online which is cheaper than Comdirect

If its done by telephone the charge is also 11.95/trade but this will change to between 15-60 from the 1st March depending on the trade value. (i.e. more expensive than Comdirect) If trades are carried out in an ISA they also incur any extra 5 charge per trade as well for some reason. If buying foreign shares the commission charges also appear to be even higher!

As you also say, Halifax seem to charge 11.95/trade for online trades - however, the fees for telephone trades appear higher (between 15 and 60). They also seem to have a whole range of other "Administration charges" as well and I can't tell from their web site if they are limited to UK shares only or not.. though I think they may be.

As such, even having looked at these offerings, I would still recommend the simplicty of Comdirect's charging structure compared to the above.

Regards Sunil