
CMC Invest Review
While CMC Invest’s U.K. offering is still evolving, the history and reliability of parent CMC Markets has helped accelerate its offering and bring it closer to market leaders in offering U.K.-listed shares and U.S. equities, despite being a mobile-only app for the time being.
- July 18, 2025

Vanguard UK Review
Vanguard is basic in functionality and choice, but offers a very good service for less experienced investors and those looking for simple long-term investments – perhaps looking ahead to retirement.
- July 18, 2025

Trading 212 Review
Trading 212 is an investment platform that offers commission-free share dealing, making it a low-cost alternative to more traditional brokers. Investors looking for more diversification through mutual funds, another broker may be a better option.
- July 18, 2025

Saxo Review
Saxo trading platform is highly sophisticated and is used by private, professional and institutional investors. The global trading platform offers a huge range of international shares and funds across 50 global stock exchanges. The biggest downside is the cost, as its charges are significantly higher than its U.K. competitors.
- July 18, 2025

Lloyds Bank Investing Review
A Lloyds Bank Share Dealing account may be an easy solution for current banking customers who want to invest. However, it trails the leading platforms in some key areas.
- July 18, 2025

Interactive Investor Review
The standout feature at Interactive Investor (ii), a major U.K. investment platform, is its low flat-rate fees. This is in contrast to other investment platforms, which typically favour percentage fees for fund investing, although more brokers are now opting for flat fees.
- July 18, 2025

Interactive Brokers UK Review
Interactive Brokers is a sophisticated trading platform aimed at confident investors but also offers great value and resources for newer investors. We believe it’s certainly worth exploring the platform to see if you could save money or access more investments compared to other brokers.
- July 18, 2025

IG Trading Review 2025
IG is an investment platform aimed at experienced investors looking to make frequent trades on the stock market. IG offers thousands of shares, trusts and ETFs to trade, as well as the ability to do spread betting and CFDs. It offers a comprehensive and easy-to-use trading platform that is used by both private and professional investors. See what else our analysis uncovered.
- July 18, 2025

Hargreaves Lansdown Review
Hargreaves Lansdown provides a thorough selection of investment options, high-quality research, alongside an excellent mobile app. Conversely, pricing is expensive and charting tools are just average.
- July 18, 2025

Halifax Share Dealing Review
Halifax share dealing may be a good fit for those who are already Halifax bank customers. Its low annual management charges make it an economical choice.
- July 18, 2025