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Anyone going to the Edinburgh IG Seminar at the George Hotel on the 15th of June? Might be a chance for a quick chat over break etc and see if we want to arrange anything further after that. Mainly going along to see what the interest levels are like and see what type of traders are there. I...

Also interested in hearing from anyone using Prospreads as I am considering them too. My intention for this account is trading medium to longer term Commodity/Forex Futures (although using Spread Betting for Tax reasons) Interested to hear if anyone else considered futures instead and worked...

Definately interested in a meet up, who is till interested and let's see if we can arrange something in the next month or so?

Does anyone know if it is possible to get the Tick and Trin on ADVFN and if so what are the symbols? NB I have a real-time subscription with them.

UK Stocks for me at the moment although am going to take a look at FX when I get a chance to research properly.

We are looking to trade Bonds and Stocks and Shares from within a Limited UK company. Can anyone recommend a suitable brokers and give a few reasons why. Likely initial deposit amount around £100K then rising when confident in the platform etc.

Anyone interested in Friday? I might be able to make it although not really ideal on Friday night, Mondays and Thursdays are better for me at the moment.

Open to suggestions for a venue from anyone in Edinburgh who might have an idea. Are we looking ta meeting in a pub, over a meal etc? Waht does everyone prefer, also weeknights or weekends?

Thanks for all your input, it sound like it is feasible with the right structure and I will speak to our accountant in a week or two when he comes in to get details. One last thing though, if you are already doing this is there any difference in tax treatment of Spread betting compared to...

Well i am not sure that having any significant amount of money sitting getting 1% at best while inflations hits 4% is smart either. Even an accountant can probably tell that you are actually losing money in real terms by doing this.

Can we have a "show of hands" who would be available for a meetup in Edinburgh in the next month or so? Also suggestions for venue and format, probably just an informal get together and then decide how we would do things if it became a regular occurance.

Hi there Thanks for getting back to me, I think you misunderstood the losses side. I work for a company which is in the computer software business and is profitable, therefore we are laiable to pay corporation tax each year. The question was if we also start trading under the same company and...

I work for a computer software company, we have some cash reserves and would like to put this to use in the markets trading, most likely stocks and shares. Does anyone know the tax implications of this on the following If using traditional shares are we liable for Capital Gains tax and then...

Anyone interested in meeting around Scotland in the near future?

Did anyone come up with a way of doing this?