Investors can buy and sell UK and overseas shares, funds, bonds and ETFs through a wide choice of different accounts, from day-to-day Share Accounts, ISAs, and Child Trust Funds to a Self-Invested Personal Pension.

The Shares4Schools competition gets students talking about current economic issues as they invest for real in the stock market. Starting with £1500 raised from business sponsorship, teams compete in regional and national leagues between October to June to see who can grow their money the most.

Doing it for real adds a dynamic to the competition that doesn't come from investing 'fantasy' pounds. Their decisions have a real impact, increasing or decreasing the actual value of their investments.

So as well as learning about investing, students aquire valuable life skills too, like team-working, analysis, judgement and decision making.

Employee share schemes can help businesses recruit, reward and retain employees in ways that help build long-term involvement and loyalty.

Our ShareMark service provides cost-effective equity trading too.

Originally developed to provide an internal market for Share plc shares, ShareMark is a ground-breaking share trading facility designed specifically to meet the needs of small and medium-sized companies. It operates through an electronic auction market, matching buyers and sellers at a single price, and is a low-cost, simple and accessible way for smaller companies to provide a market place for their investors to buy and sell their shares. ShareMark can even provide a 'closed market' where only eligible participants can trade.