I have been with halifax since 2oo8 and never had a problem with them, always easy to get hold of them if need be, all my shares in isa, dont find them dated at all, but each to his own.
I have been in bzt 4 years and have just got my 20k that I lost on frr back, it is copper,gold ,silver and about to start mining, 2 million in the bank, shares worth another 2 million,, huge copper fields.
Tsb1 put yourselfe in his place, if you were trying to set up a deal to save the company and hopefully the shareholders would you be shouting to all and sundry what you were going to do, I certainly would not.
Thanks but no thanks tenner, if you feel you need to then go ahead, I have been sat on my hands for 5 years and they will stay there till the end whatever that might be.