Stock Brokers > Alliance and Leicester

About Alliance and Leicester

Alliance & Leicester is one of the UK's major financial services groups. It offers a broad range of financial services to personal, commercial and small business customers. Alliance & Leicester has been a member of the FTSE 100 index of leading shares since converting from its original mutual building society status in 1997.

Internet Share Dealing

Their Internet Share Dealing Service, provided by Barclays Stockbrokers, is a nominee share dealing service. You can use this service to buy and sell shares during market hours, on the London Stock Exchange.

This service offers:

Low dealing fees Online registration Nominee service Real-time quotes Automatic online stock switching facility A safe, secure online trading system Settlement in 3 business days

Telephone Share Dealing

The Alliance & Leicester Telephone Share Dealing Service is also provided by Barclays Stockbrokers. It enables you to deal directly with a stockbroker over the phone and has been specially designed to make UK share dealing easy.

Registration by telephone and the ability to deal straight away Fast telephone dealing with up-to-the-minute prices Settlement in 10 business days Certificated dealing

Visit http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk

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Stock Brokers > Halifax Share Dealing

Halifax ShareBuilder

Halifax ShareBuilder is their innovative online monthly savings plan. It's easy to use, affordable and fun. There's no set-up charge and the cost to invest is just £1.50 per stock.

Share Dealing

Competitive dealing charges No annual management fee Nominee account

Self-Select ISA

It works just like a normal share dealing account - you can buy and sell shares in the same way, but the growth and returns are free from capital gains and income tax.

Available as a mini or maxi ISA Invest a lump sum or regular payments Competitive dealing charges Deal online Nominee account

Tracker Shares

Tracker shares mirror the fortunes of an index of shares, such as the FTSE 100 or S&P 500. They combine the benefits of a fund - instant diversification as your risk is spread across a whole sector - with the benefits of a share, in that they're easy to buy and sell and you receive dividends.

They are good for diversifying into many shares at the same time rather than 'putting all your eggs in one basket'. This can reduce risk. It is unlikely that an index, such as the FTSE 100 will ever fall to nil, whereas company shares can.

Visit http://www.halifax.co.uk/sharedealing