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Personally I don't see any problem with criticising the NHS if criticism is due. Too often any criticism is misinterpreted as an attack on the staff that keep it running. It doesn't mean you are criticising the staff who are making the best of a bad situation, you are criticising the institution or the mechanics of how it operates. Likewise you can criticise the institution in terms of how it is run and administered whilst still respecting the principle of care free at the point of delivery.

If for example I want to criticise a situation where it takes 2 years for an appointment for something basic like insoles following a foot tendon reconstruction, or that a work colleague waited 5 years for a hip replacement including MP intervention, I should be free to do so. The fact there is a 2 year wait doesn't mean I am criticising the staff on the ground who are providing the service, I can be criticising the lack of overall resources that mean those same staff can't deliver the service in the timely way they would like to.

A criticism of one aspect should not be seen as a criticism of the entirety of the organisation.

Fantastic RK, pleased to hear your Claire is out of hospital. I would say take care of her but I already know you will.

Thanks Goldenegg. The info I have here is that Interactive Investor bought the UK operation of TD Waterhouse in 2016?

@pdub Yes have lost patience also, the opportunity is much better here. Will also stomach the loss but fully expect BMN to 10 bag from here. Fees do sound high so I will shop around.

@onefcc Many thanks for the pointers, will check it out.

Signed. 1755 now.

Pdub if you don't mind me asking who is your broker? I am marooned on the HK listed stock (I assume we are talking about the same stock) as Halifax don't trade there. Looking for somewhere to move the stock to so appreciate any advice.

In other news, nice to have a blue day again.

Actually @knuttie I read my original message and can now see I didn't specify I would be selling from an ISA originally, sorry I thought I had.

Of course you are correct if this was a regular trading account then CGT may be due.

So I can only say again to all, not advice, DYOR, consult an advisor, etc!

@knuttie I would be selling shares in an ISA so there should be no CGT liability.

Luckily all my holding is ISA based.

@Serenus I believe what has been said below is that you lose the 2 year benefit when we become dual listed, not that you then have to hold the shares for two years in a dual quoted stock to gain the IHT benefit which is what your reply implies you took from the conversation.

What miner69er said is important regarding whether the exchange is a recognised one or not. Strange as it sounds AIM is not recognised hence the benefit. So ultimately it will depend on what board the dual listing ends up on as to whether we need to worry about this at all or not.

If the ultimate aim is for me to pass on BMN shares to my family and we lose the IHT benefit by dual listing then if I gift them (by means of selling £20k a year per person, funding their ISA with it and buying £20k of BMN) then as long as I live for seven years after each year of gifting there is no tax to pay - as I understand it.

From gov.uk: "The 7 year rule. If there's Inheritance Tax to pay, it's charged at 40% on gifts given in the 3 years before you die. Gifts made 3 to 7 years before your death are taxed on a sliding scale known as 'taper relief'"

The only downside being that dividends from those chunks go to them and not to me, but if you are like me then you are looking to share the benefits of BMN with descendants anyway. No doubt in many cases your descendants are already invested either knowingly or not!

Not advice, DYOR, consult an advisor, etc.

Yes, if you want your individual voice heard and your shares are in a nominee account you need to tell your provider that you want to be able to vote. In my case (Halifax) it was a simple case of going on live chat and telling them I wanted to register for shareholder benefits. Since then I have been sent voting papers to state my preference on company motions which I have signed and returned as appropriate.

I would also reject £1 given that Vametco is worth more than £1 on it's own let alone anything else.

I know there is nothing at all scientific about this but the Lemur update was exactly 2 weeks after the Vanadium update.

Exactly two weeks after the Lemur update is............. today.

Where indeed is the BE Q4 update, given that we are now 2/3rd's through Q1. However the Q3 update didn't land until the 29th of November, so a similar timescale would mean we should see the Q4 any time now. Should it go over into March it is pushing credibility a bit.

I am in agreement kevkan. I will be somewhat disappointed if there isn't some recognition of those who have supported this company since the early days. The main problem I see is that they have to declare an ex-dividend date and that date is going to be later than today so how best to achieve that I don't know - perhaps some more experienced investors may have seen similar situations on other shares and can comment. Still we do of course have some reward already, given that as the share price rockets our average multiples will too.

pdub great to hear from you again and that you made it out the other side. Sounds pretty horrendous what you have been through with this surgery so happy to hear you are past the worst of it and can now start the long recovery process with some confidence.

I look forward to meeting you again.

BBN the only shock to me is that you actually contribute to other boards, I had it in my head that you were 100% all in on BMN!

Was Lithium also pointless?

For those following British Bulls opinion, it just changed to BUY.