Which Broker?

rllm561

I am new to stocks and share.

Having recently left a company my other half and I have had to exercise our share and now have to find a broker for them

We are passive investors only really interested in parking these shares and trading them when the time is right.
Can anyone help us with advice on a suitable broker for this scenario 

Thanks

bowlhead99

www.x-o.co.uk will give you an ISA wrapper for nothing and share trading with them is cheap.

Notepad_Phil

rllm561 said:

We are passive investors only really interested in parking these shares and trading them when the time is right. 

One thing for you to ponder on. If you had a cash sum equivalent to what these shares are worth, then would you go out and buy them or might you instead want to make some other investment instead?

Single company shares can be risky, even well known companies can seemingly get into trouble quite quickly and is one of the reasons that most people here would pick funds (which holds many differing company shares) over just one company. I, like you, was once in a similar position and for me it made the most sense to sell the shares as quickly as I could and invest in a more diverse manner.

P.S. x-o is a good broker and cheap for shares, but you may also want to compare it with https://www.iweb-sharedealing.co.uk which although does have an opening charge of £25 but is then a similar price to x-o and does allow you to hold funds as well as shares.