Savings news library

  • Is it time to fix your savings?

    Even though the Bank of England cut interest rates again this month, a number of banks and building societies have gone against the tide and increased the rates on some saving...

    Kevin Mountford - Head of Banking

    Updated: 20 March 2009

  • Rate now the priority for savers

    With the base rate at just 0.5% and latest Bank of England figures revealing the average instant access account was paying 0.17% at the end of February, savers are taking acti...

    Kevin Mountford - Head of Banking

    Updated: 13 March 2009

  • Rate cut: Savers lose and borrowers don't win

    The decision by the Bank of England to reduce the base rate to 0.5% was a bitter blow for savers who have already seen the returns on their money plummet since rates started f...

    Clare Francis - Editor

    Updated: 06 March 2009

  • How to choose a cash Isa

    With interest rates at record lows it's more important than ever to maximise the returns on your savings. Cash Isas are therefore well worth taking advantage of because intere...

    Kevin Mountford - Head of Banking

    Updated: 06 March 2009

  • Another unpopular rate reduction

    The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted to cut interest rates again, taking the base rate to 0.5% - another all time low. We're still not quite at zero, but ...

    Clare Francis - Editor

    Updated: 05 March 2009

  • Good news for savers at last?

    With interest rates having been cut every month since October, there's been little in the way of good news for savers as they've seen their returns plummet. ...

    Kevin Mountford - Head of Banking

    Updated: 27 February 2009

  • Savers: how to fight low interest rates

    Pressure is mounting for the Government to do something to help the plight of savers. Our editor, Clare Francis, attended a BBC Money Matters roadshow in Manchester last week ...

    Kevin Mountford - Head of Banking

    Updated: 20 February 2009

  • Northern Rock one year on...

    The headlines over the past few days have been dominated by the possibility of Lloyds Banking Group being nationalised. But what's happened to Northern Rock, the first bank th...

    Clare Francis - Editor

    Updated: 17 February 2009

  • Why it's still worth saving

    Latest figures from the Bank of England revealed that savings rates are at a record low and while expressing sympathy for savers, the Governor of the Bank suggested that furth...

    Kevin Mountford - Head of Banking

    Updated: 13 February 2009

  • Who owns who?

    Many savers are feeling unnerved. The collapse of the Icelandic banks and ongoing turmoil in the British banking sector has resulted in nervousness over whether or not the mon...

    Clare Francis - Editor

    Updated: 12 February 2009

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