How can I find out if Freetrade facilitates buying shares in the Nationwide Building Society and the John Lewis Partnership? I funded a similar commission-free trading platform only to discover that it does not have the Nationwide Building Society nor the John Lewis Partnership.
How can I find out if Freetrade provides for these before I fund my account ?
Would be grateful for comments. Thank you.
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Neither of those organisations are publicly traded, so you will not be able to buy shares in them on any platform.
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Thanks TradeRunner. On the HargreavesLansdowne website it has this:
Nationwide Building Society 7.859% Perp Int Bearing Shs Tranch 2
Sell:Ā£115.00 Buy:Ā£145.00 
No change *
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Stocks and Shares ISA Lifetime ISA SIPP Fund and Share Account
ā¦so I thought, as it can be held in Stocks & Shares Account, that it can be publicly traded.
Regards
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Hi TradeRunner just discovered that they are not dealt online, they are dealt by phone through a broker. Thank you for your help. Regards.
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Thatās a permanent interest bearing share, a type of bond used by building societies. Itās not the same thing as a share in a company
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The John Lewis Partnership is a private company run on a co-operative basis where the employees own shares in the company which cannot be sold on the stock market. Employee āpartnersā benefit from dividends. The Partnership is owned by a trust after Spendan Lewis transferred ownership for the benefit of the workforce in the 1950s.
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What are you āsomewhat peevedā at ?
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Perhaps somewhat peeved at not doing their own research before getting all frustrated.
I would have thought that a quick Google of [company name] share price would only take a few seconds and preempt such annoyance. What do I know, though? Iām just an idiot with a keyboard.
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Itās very easy to find this informationā¦
Go to Freetradeās website: https://freetrade.io/
Hover over Stocks
Then click on Stock list
Scroll down a little or click on View our stock list
Or Google search āFreetrade stocksā and itās the first result.
I mean, even come here and ask, just use a more appropriate topic title.
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I went into a shoe shop the other day, and was disappointed at not being able to find the fresh fruit aisle, and in particular the snoosenberries - which donāt exist - so I went online to the shoe community to complain about that particular shop.
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I think thatās enough, the OP probably knows they should have chosen better language. Letās not forget this community should be a welcoming space for user new and existing.
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Hey @SageDosh, welcome to the forum 
Glad you were helped with answers to your questions.
Iāll close this thread and hope to see you around on the forum!
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