Stock markets

Early stage high growth companies in Scotland, if contemplating a listing on a public market so that their shares can be traded by the general public, are likely to look at the stock exchanges in London and New York. The websites for these are shown below, and any entrepreneur thinking of a flotation should research the copious information and guidance on these sites. There is help in finding the right broker to introduce the company to the market, guides on how the exchanges work, and in particular both AIM and NASDAQ provide facilities to download spreadsheets (CSV files) of recent IPOs (initial public offerings) and of all companies quoted on the exchange, giving details of country of origin, market sector, amounts raised, and much more. NASDAQ also gives a directory of programmes and events for start-ups (which can be filtered to cover just Europe).