Britain a nation of ‘sunny savers’: Bank of England survey reveals more than one in five believe savings rates have gone UP since last year Just 33% of a survey of nearly 4,600 people correctly said rates had fallen 19% didn’t know and 27% felt rates on mortgages and savings had not changed This is … Read more
British households could be set to save less money than they did before the pandemic over the next five years as the country embarks on a £45billion spending spree, it has been forecast. Despite savers salting away a record £143.5billion since the start of the first lockdown last March, the percentage of disposable income saved … Read more
The Amazon Prime for travel: ‘Tripadvisor Plus’ launches, with users able to access ‘insider savings’ and perks from free wine to room upgrades for a $99 annual fee The Plus program is free for hotels to join with zero commission rates There’s a minimum discount of 10% plus perks for a hotel offer to be … Read more
NatWest boosts its regular savings account by putting £10,000 into a prize draw By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 2 March 2021 The prize draw is open to savers opening a Digital Regular Saver this month and adding between £1 and £50 in April, … Read more
The Chancellor is aiming to unlock some of the £143billion worth of lockdown savings by Britons to fund the country’s green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the Treasury has revealed. Ordinary savers will be able to buy into ‘green savings bonds’ offered through National Savings & investments later this year, according to an announcement released … Read more
Edmund Wood had no idea what kind of a business he wanted to create – he just knew that he wanted to leave his managerial role at a noodle factory and launch a start-up. It was during a trip to Bordeaux, when he tried a vanilla infused rum, that he was inspired to make his … Read more
The scramble to beat the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 has added £57,000 onto the price of the average home – up to five times the amount that would have been saved in tax. Since the stamp duty holiday was introduced last July home movers have saved an average of £11,566 … Read more
Rising inflation continues to ‘erode’ gains on millions of people’s savings accounts up and down the country, new findings reveal. Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics today showed that rising furniture and food prices pushed the Consumer Prices Index up to 0.7 per cent in January, up from 0.6 in the year to … Read more
Insurance and investment giant Aviva has launched its own cash savings platform, This is Money can reveal, but savers will earn more by going to the banks directly. Britain’s largest insurance firm’s answer to the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown Active Savings and Flagstone has opened with 15 fixed-rate bonds offered by Aldermore, Oaknorth and Paragon … Read more
The Judge versus the Governor: Andrew Bailey rocked by extraordinary row over LCF savings scandal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:04 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 23:04 GMT, 9 February 2021 Andrew Bailey’s reputation has been dealt a serious blow after a row erupted between the Bank of England Governor and … Read more