NS&I reverses next month’s planned cuts to Premium Bonds in win for savers

NS&I axes planned brutal rate cuts for 21m Premium Bond holders and other easy-access savings accounts – but fixed-rates will still plummet More than 21m people hold Premium Bonds which were due to be less generous The odds on a £1 Bond winning a prize were due to lengthen to 26,000 to 1 The number … Read more

Virus means Premium Bond winners not being visited by Agent Million

Virus stops Agent Million knocking: Top Premium Bond winners not being visited in person for first time in 26 tears By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 7 April 2020 Premium Bond jackpot winners this month were not visited in person by an Agent … Read more

NS&I confirms Premium Bond millionaires still had visits from Agent Million

How did Agent Million deliver the jackpot news to April’s Premium Bond winners during coronavirus? NS&I confirms ‘secret plan’ Every month, two Premium Bond holders win £1m They are given the good news in person by an Agent Million We asked NS&I whether it was still visiting people in person to let them know It … Read more

DJ is slammed for ‘profiteering’ after making £3,000 in two hours selling premium toilet roll

A wheeler dealer has been slammed for cashing in on the Coronavirus panic after he made £3,000 in two hours selling premium toilet paper out of his van on the side of the road. Lee Marshall parked in a layby and sold 600 cases of 45 rolls for £15 each. He bought the premium toilet … Read more

Can Air New Zealand make a 24-hour flight bearable? Flying premium economy from London to Auckland

It said ‘premium economy’ on my ticket, but frankly it felt more like business class. I was flying with Air New Zealand from London to Auckland and from the get-go it was plain to see why the airline’s premium economy cabin has frequently nabbed the top spot at the Skytrax World Airline Awards. It slipped … Read more

NS&I slashes interest rates and Premium Bond prizes affecting 25m savers

Dismay for 25million savers as NS&I slashes rates as low as 0.6% – and halves monthly winners of £50 and £100 prizes on Premium Bonds From May an estimated 13,448 £50 and £100 prizes will be handed out This is half as many as were given out in the recent draw Overall there will be … Read more

A broken bond: Odds of winning on Premium Bonds are slashed

Millions of savers are in dire straits after National Savings and Investments (NS&I) announced sweeping rate cuts. The Treasury-backed savings giant is to slash rates on more than a dozen products – including Britain’s most popular savings product Premium Bonds. Experts say the Government needs to act urgently to reignite the nation’s savings habit, as … Read more

ASK TONY: Premium Bond palaver that left me £500 out of pocket

On September 5, I tried to buy Premium Bonds for my new granddaughter. I went online, filled out the forms and paid by debit card. I was then asked to upload documents relating to the child’s birth, which obviously I did not have.  My son and his wife, who have the documents, both live an … Read more

Are Premium Bonds a good gift for hard to buy young family members?

Tea and crumpets. Cricket. Constantly talking about the weather. Premium Bonds. All of these are unequivocally British and the last has captured the imagination like no other financial product since launching in the 1950s. When I interviewed Agent Million some seven years ago – the person whose job it is to deliver £1million jackpot news … Read more

Is this Emirates’ new premium economy seat?

Is this Emirates’ first ever premium economy seat? Firm behind newly unveiled design says the customer is a ‘Middle Eastern-based airline’ The Eclipse seat has been showcased at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg The seat is described as being a seat suitable for ‘long-haul premium economy’  Emirates is to launch a premium economy cabin on … Read more