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Can’t Sell Your TUI Shares? The 2024 London Delisting Explained.
For decades, TUI (formerly Thomson Travel) was a staple of the London Stock…
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Why Do I Have “Haleon” Shares? The GSK Demerger Explained.
In July 2022, millions of UK investors opened their post…
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Scottish Power Shares: Do You Own a Piece of the Spanish Giant “Iberdrola”?
If you live in Scotland or the North of England,…
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Helping Parents with Paper Shares: Why You Can’t Just “Add Them to Your App”.
If you are used to buying shares on Trading 212, Freetrade, or eToro,…
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Introducing Divica Pro: The Ultimate Tool for Probate Practitioners.
For years, Estate Administration has been a manual, paper-heavy process.…
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Inside the Divica Database: How We Map the UK’s Corporate History.
Searching for lost shares on Google is frustrating. If you…
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Why We Don’t Take a Cut: The Divica Promise vs. Traditional Heir Hunters.
If you have ever received a letter saying “We have found…
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Selling Shares for an Elderly Parent: How to Register a Power of Attorney (LPA).
When a relative loses the capacity to manage their own…
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Norwich Union, General Accident, or Commercial Union? How to Trace Your Aviva Shares.
If you find a share certificate in an attic branded Norwich…
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The Vodafone “Verizon” Windfall: Did You Miss the 2014 Payout?
If you have held Vodafone shares since before 2014, your portfolio is…
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Inheritance Tax (IHT) on Lost Shares: What Executors Need to Know.
When calculating the value of an estate for Inheritance Tax…
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How to Bulk-Trace Assets for Complex Estates.
Every Probate practitioner dreads the “Shoebox Client.” You are presented…
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Estate Administration: The Hidden Cost of Chasing Registrars Manually.
In estate administration, “time” is the most dangerous overhead. Most…
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A Solicitor’s Guide to Valuing FTSE 350 Shares for Probate.
For a Private Client solicitor, a shoebox full of mixed…
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Is My Share Certificate Worthless? How to Check if a Company Went Bust.
Not every old share certificate is a winning lottery ticket.…
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What Do the Colours of Share Certificates Mean? (Blue vs. Red vs. Green).
You open an old envelope and find two certificates for…
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The “Gone Away” List: How Companies Handle Lost Investors.
Imagine a database with 100,000 names on it. Next to…
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How to Consolidate Multiple Shareholder Reference Numbers (SRNs).
Do you receive three different envelopes from the same company…
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Bereavement Support: How to Use the “Small Estates” Service to Avoid Probate Costs.
If you are dealing with the estate of a loved…
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Why is the Registrar Asking for My Passport? (Anti-Money Laundering Explained).
You want to claim a few hundred pounds in lost…
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What is a “Dormant” Shareholding? (And How to Wake It Up).
Have you tried to cash a dividend cheque only to…
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Moving House Checklist: Don’t Forget to Update Your Shareholder Register.
When moving house, you remember to update your bank, your…
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Just Married or Divorced? How to Change Your Name on a Share Certificate.
If you bought shares under your maiden name but now…
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Paper vs. Digital: How to Sell Old Share Certificates Without an App Category: Knowledge Base.
We live in a world of instant trading apps like…
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Found an Expired Dividend Cheque? Here is How to Get it Reissued.
It is a common scenario: you are clearing out paperwork…
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Rolls-Royce ‘C’ Shares: What Are They and How to Claim the Cash?
If you own shares in Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, you might have…
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Halifax and Lloyds Banking Group: Untangling the Merger History for Shareholders.
In 1997, Halifax Building Society gave free shares to millions…
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Standard Life Demutualisation: Do You Own Shares in Phoenix, abrdn, or Standard Life?
If you were a policyholder with Standard Life before 2006,…
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Did You Invest in the 80s? How to Trace Original British Telecom (BT) Shares.
Before “Tell Sid,” there was British Telecom. In November 1984, the…
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The British Gas Web: Tracing Shares in Centrica, BG Group, and Shell.
In 1986, the “Tell Sid” campaign encouraged millions of British…
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From Abbey National to Santander: How to Find Lost Windfall Shares.
If you had a mortgage or savings account with Abbey National in…
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Tracing Lost Assets After a Death: A Guide for Families & Executors.
Clearing out a loved one’s home is difficult enough without…
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Am I Owed Money? How to Check for Unclaimed Dividends and Shares.
It is estimated that over £3 billion in unclaimed shares and dividends…
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How to Trace a Company: Registrars, Libraries, and the Supreme Court.
Finding a lost share certificate is often just the start…
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The £1 Billion Windfall: Did You Miss the Demutualization Payouts?
Perhaps the largest single source of unclaimed money in the…
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£3 Billion Unclaimed Shares & Dividends.
It is a staggering figure, but estimates suggest around £3 billion is…
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Do I Hold Shares with a Registrar or a Broker? How to Tell the Difference.
“I have shares in Barclays.” This sounds simple, but how you hold…
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Who are Equiniti, Link, and Computershare? The “Big 3” UK Registrars Explained.
If you own shares in a UK company, you have…
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Cadbury, Kraft, and Mondelez: How to Find “Lost” Shares from Mergers.
One of the most common reasons investors “lose” money is…
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Probate Guide: Valuing & Transferring Shares After a Death
Dealing with a share portfolio is often the slowest part…
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What Happened to My Royal Mail Shares? (A Tracing Guide)
When Royal Mail was privatised in 2013, thousands of members…
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Lost Share Certificate Indemnity: Costs & Procedures Explained.
So, you know you have the shares, but you can’t…
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The 12-Year Forfeiture Rule: Why Investors Lose Billions in Dividends.
There is a “hidden deadline” in the UK financial system…
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How to Find Lost National Grid Shares (and Unclaimed Dividends)
Did you know that National Grid is one of the…
Latest Posts
- Can’t Sell Your TUI Shares? The 2024 London Delisting Explained.
- Why Do I Have “Haleon” Shares? The GSK Demerger Explained.
- Scottish Power Shares: Do You Own a Piece of the Spanish Giant “Iberdrola”?
- Helping Parents with Paper Shares: Why You Can’t Just “Add Them to Your App”.
- Introducing Divica Pro: The Ultimate Tool for Probate Practitioners.