Savings rates hit record low one year after first Covid lockdown sparking fears of apathy among account holders Savings rates continue to fall to record low since the start of UK’s first lockdown Average easy access savings rate is less than a third of what it was a year ago There are 383 fewer deals … Read more
Savings rates hit record low one year after first Covid lockdown sparking fears of apathy among account holders Savings rates continue to fall to record low since the start of UK’s first lockdown Average easy access savings rate is less than a third of what it was a year ago There are 383 fewer deals … Read more
Scam victim who lost £239,000 of life savings reimbursed by her bank after we intervened By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 13 March 2021 A scam victim who lost £239,000 of life savings has been reimbursed by her bank after The Mail on … Read more
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
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