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Tag: Savings
MoneyExpert: YBS: Consumers Could Save £44bn Per Year
Those looking for the best savings account could be encouraged by findings which show the potential to save an extra £1,300 annually.
This Is Money: Sainsbury’s Offers Help To Farepak Victims
In a shock development, Farepak customers who opted for Sainsbury’s vouchers should be able to receive 25% of the value of their lost savings
This Is Money: Top 50 Books Of All Time
George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four remains the most popular book with university students, see the full list. (How many have you read?)
Scotsman: Treasury Urged To Raise Savings Limits For Isas
THE announcement by Ed Balls, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, that Individual Savings Accounts will be retained beyond their current 2010 lifespan has done little to halt the investment industry’s call for more generous tax breaks for UK savers.
Scotsman: ISA Commitment Will Help Young And Old Investors
SAVERS, young and old, will welcome the government’s commitment to individual savings accounts (ISAs) which has allayed fears they may vanish after 2010.
Scotsman: No Strings At Britannia
Britannia Building Society has launched a brand new savings product with an interest rate of 7.5 percent.
This Is Money: No Help For Farepak Victims
Retailers have abandoned as ‘unworkable’ plans to make a goodwill gesture to families who lost millions in Christmas savings when Farepak went under
Motley Fool: ISAs Are Forever!
Good news for all ISA savers – the Government has announced they are to stay, indefinitely. Treasury minister Ed Balls made the announcement whilst speaking at the Pep and ISA Managers Association conference, and the news is bound to please a lot of people. What’s more, the maxi/mini ISA distinction will also be removed, making the savings scheme simpler for everyone to understand.
This Is Money: Checkout Finance Is ‘poor Value’
Research out today shows that supermarket and High Street financial products – loans, insurance and bank accounts – are poor value. Ed Monk investigates