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National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is today launching the first edition of its new Financial Advice Barometer – a quarterly survey of financial advisers. It finds that 83% of advisers are currently either ‘very confident’ or ‘fairly confident’ about the future prospects for the financial advice industry.

Lancashire and Suffolk have become the latest regions to celebrate Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot winners, as ERNIE has randomly selected their numbers in September’s Premium Bonds draw.

The old phrase ‘Good things come to those who wait’ has been especially pertinent to Premium Bond winners in 2016, as a number of Premium Bonds winners have won high value prizes from Bonds bought 30 years ago or older.

ERNIE is sending Agent Million to the West of England this month, as good news will be delivered to Cornwall and Somerset.

NS&I today announced its annual results for the year to 31 March 2016. Key points include:

West Sussex’s very own intrepid space explorer Tim Peake seems to have brought back some luck from the stars, as two winners from West Sussex become July’s Premium Bonds millionaires this month.

NS&I today announced that its Chief Executive, Jane Platt CBE, will stand down this summer after 10 years’ running the organisation. She was appointed in September 2006, following a successful private sector career in financial services.

NS&I today published its un-audited quarterly results for the third quarter (October to December 2015) of the financial year 2015-16. NS&I delivered £2.3 billion of Net Financing in Q3 2015-16, giving a year-to-date total of £10.1 billion.

Despite receiving a fair share of Valentines’ cards over the years, this month ERNIE has shared his love in Wales and the City of Nottingham, making two lucky women Premium Bonds millionaires.

It’s been a great year for Leicester, and with the football team riding high in the Premier League, the city is also celebrating the New Year in style with the news that two of its own – a man and a woman – have become Premium Bonds millionaires.