The Share Centre

Boring, boring, this is not boring, it is money. My fascination of buying shares started when I was first 16 and I told my dad to buy shares on my behalf. I won a few quid back during the early to mid 1990's, and invested in this area until I went to University in 1999. I avoided all forms of investments and have only started to pick up the bit, and recently have started investing money properly. ------------------------ The Share Centre ------------------------ This is an on line stock broking service where people can buy and sell shares on the telephone or over the Internet. I have had an ... more

The Share Centre's promotional leaflet claims to offer one of the easiest and cheapest ways to buy and sell shares. For the small private investor, I would certainly agree. I was attracted by their low minimum charge as a I only had a few windfall shares to sell, and did not want to pay a high commission charge. Their service is totally flexible and will meet everyone's needs. You can buy and sell shares via the internet, telephone or post. They accept one-off transactions (like mine) or will set up a nominee account (see below) for regular dealing. INTERNET Your shares are held in a nominee ... more

The Share Centre became possible as a result of the cities "Big Bang" in 1986, but initially came to prominence at the height of the dotcom and demutualisation era in the late 1990's, cashing in on the Building Society demutualisations of the period. It has managed to survive the clear out since the dotcom bubble burst. The Share Centre provides services to individuals, families and Investment Clubs through it's Share Account and Fast Track services and to businesses by underwriting via the Sharemark scheme. Sharemark is an alternative trading exchange much like the Alternative Investment ... more

I Have used this company for over a year. When I first started buying shares I used Baraclays Stockbrokers but i found the costs were excessive as I was only trading in a few hundred pounds. Then I found the Share Centre in Tring. They only charge £2.50 plus stamp duty on a buy. The only draw back is that they only trade 4 times a day so you cannot execute a buy or sell at a shares current price. But this can work both ways because occasionally if you place an order to buy they can buy at less than the current price this happened recently when I purchased some Synstar shares. If you do not ... more

The Share Centre is the cheapest UK broker for dealing charges . But that is no good if you can't deal when you want to . At best it is very frustrating . At worst it can cost you money . They only deal three times at nine am , one pm, and four pm but in between these times the prices can have changed a lot. also bear in mind that you have to phone up one hour at least in advance before the dealing time or they will not process your order until the next session . so the latest you can phone is three o clock on an afternoon to deal on that particular day or else otherwise you will be processed ... more