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April’s £1 million Premium Bond winners come from Hertfordshire and Essex. The first eligible Bond number drawn was 239CV516628 and belongs to a man in Hertfordshire. He has a total holding of £40,000 and purchased his winning Bond in January 2015. The man is the 13th Premium Bonds millionaire from Hertfordshire.

NS&I is urging customers to go online to nsandi.com if they need help to manage their savings during the Coronavirus pandemic. This will help NS&I to free up call centre capacity for those customers who need to access it most at this time.

Q3 2019-20 Net Financing of £3.2 billion 2019-20 Net Financing full year forecast: £10.1 billion, in line with the target of £11 billion (within a range of £8 billion to £14 billion) 2020-21 Net Financing target: £6 billion (within a range of £3 billion to £9 billion). NS&I has today published its unaudited quarterly results for the third quarter (October to December 2019) of the financial year 2019-20. NS&I delivered £3.2 billion of Net Financing in Q3 2019-20, giving a year-to-date…

Two lucky people in Norwich and Cambridgeshire will be waking up with a spring in their step this morning following a visit from Agent Million informing them that they have won £1 million each. The first eligible Bond number drawn this month - 250KD320334 – belongs to a woman based in Norwich. She has a total holding of £50,000 and purchased her winning Bond in July 2015. She is just the third jackpot winner from the East Anglian city.

NS&I has launched two new enhancements to Premium Bonds that will make managing them more accessible for both new and existing customers.

NS&I today announces interest rate reductions across its fixed and variable savings products, effective from 1 May 2020 Changes will ensure NS&I’s interest rates are positioned appropriately against those of its competitors and help NS&I to strike a balance between the needs of its savers, taxpayers and broader market stability The interest rate changes, effective from 1 May 2020, reflect the fact that due to exceptionally low gilt yields, the measure NS&I uses for tracking the…

ERNIE may be more machine than man, but that doesn’t mean he can’t help spread the love this February, with our two Premium Bonds jackpot winners in Surrey and Nottingham. The first eligible number drawn this month – 350ZA848545 – belongs to a woman living in Nottingham, who purchased her winning Bond just last year in January 2019. She has a total holding of £37,575 and becomes the seventh jackpot millionaire in Nottingham.

Nearly half (48%) of all young adults (18-34 age brackets) said a lack of disposable income affected their ability to save. Three quarters of 18-24 and 63% of 25-34 year olds cut on spending in order to save. Almost four in five (79%) of those with savings admitted to having to dip into their savings to cover their day-to-day living expenses. New research by NS&I has revealed that nearly one in four people in the UK (23%) have no savings at all. This comes despite 77% of people saying…

The new decade starts with a bang for two lucky Premium Bonds holders who have won this month’s jackpot of £1 million each. Agent Million surprised two new winners in Hertfordshire and Cheshire East to share the good news on New Year’s Day. The first number randomly selected by ERNIE – 244DT242763 – belongs to a man living in Hertfordshire who purchased his winning Bond in April 2015. He has a total holding of £40,000 in Premium Bonds and becomes the tenth jackpot millionaire from the county.

It’s been another great year for Premium Bonds. A new child millionaire, an upgrade for ERNIE, and several other new Premium Bonds features to make saving even more accessible and easier for all. We’ve rounded up some of the highlights from a busy 2019 for one of the nation’s favourite savings products.