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Shore announced that he was relinquishing operational responsibilities for Shore Capital in 2017 but he remains as chairman of the Group.

In 2015, Shore established Brandenburg Realty Limited, raising funds from institutional investors and family offices, predominantly from the United States, to invest in German residential real estate.

In 2006 Puma Brandenburg Limited was established, initially as a listed property investment vehicle focused on German real estate. It was subsequently taken private by Shore and his wife. As well as real estate in Germany, the US and Israel, it has invested in other asset classes including co-working and medical devices. In February 2018, Puma Brandenburg led a US$40m investment in Mixer Global, a co-working company founded in Israel. As part of the deal, Shore became chairman of the business. In February 2019, Puma Brandenburg led a US$30m investment in medical device company, Ador and Shore became a director of the company.

Howard Shore is a prominent supporter of the UK Conservative Party and in 2006 became one of the earliest financial backers of the new leader David Cameron. He is a consistent advocate for lighter regulation of the private sector in the UK and was prominent among the business community in calling for the UK to leave the European Union. In 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, Shore financially backed the then Home Secretary, Sajid Javid.

Between 2001 and 2003, Shore served as a non-executive director at Tottenham Hotspur FC, of which he is a lifelong supporter.

In 1985, aged 25, he co-founded Shore Capital, (then known as Puma Securities) as an independent stockbroker with an initial investment of £10,000, providing trading services on behalf of high net worth individuals. Following an investment from British Land, a London property firm, Shore grew the business, initially market-making in AIM-listed stocks and then in fully listed stocks on the London Stock Exchange. In 2000, following the acquisition of internet firm Jellyworks, Shore Capital floated on the AIM stock market.