selling shares

[skylark33]

Can anyone suggest the best way to sell small numbers of shares in a number of companies?

[gammaray]

Share shops, brokers or high street banks with share dealing facilities (usually staffed by morons though so don't go to a bank!)

[dzug]

The Share Centre used to run an efficient low cost mail order procedure - google for them. I assume they still do.

Some companies have a cost effective arrangement for buying/selling their own shares. Worth checking if any of yours do.

[dancecaller]

If you dont need the money yet, just want rid of the complication, wait till they write to you and offer you free dealing, companies often want to be rid of the trouble of lots of small shareholder. M&S did this recently.

If you don't need the money at all there's an organisation that sells small shareholdings for charity

Or try http://www.halifax.co.uk/sharedealing/sharedealing.shtml

They don't seem too dear. I think you have to put your into an account with them instead of keeping the certificates, they manage them and pay you dividends until you are ready to sell (or buy). As I read it, its free unless you deal. Some other managers charge a fee. Read the small print and ask questions if you think it might suit you.