Hi Pan,
Good to hear from you hope things are going well.
I am not too familar with the UK market on the equities trading side of things. As I understand it however in the UK spreadbetting which is basically the same thing as trading stocks is tax free so a lot of traders I believe use spread betting firms instead of stock brokers.
Two popular firms that offer thins are
CMC Markets and
City Index. I know that a lot of people use them but I don't have any personal experience with them so I couldn't make a recommendation one way or the other.
If anyone does have experience with these or other firms I would appreciate it if you could help Pan out here.
Best Regards,
Dave