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NS&I’s latest Financial Advice Barometer shows that 70% of financial advisers are willing to advise on investment portfolios of £50,000 or less.

Two Premium Bond holders have received more than just chocolate eggs this Easter weekend, as NS&I’s Agents Million have paid visits to Dorset and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to tell them that they have each scooped the jackpot prizes of £1 million in April’s Premium Bonds prize draw.

New research from NS&I reveals that personal finance worries are having a negative impact on the wellbeing of 17 million Britons, with a quarter (26%) revealing that the state of their personal finances has had a negative effect on their mental health.

NS&I has today published its unaudited quarterly results for the third quarter (October to December 2017) of the financial year 2017-18. NS&I delivered £3.3 billion of Net Financing in Q3 2017-18, giving a year-to-date total of £6.8 billion.

NS&I has today increased the interest rate on its Junior ISA by 25 basis points to 2.50% tax-free/AER.

NS&I is reducing the interest rate for 3-year terms of Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds by 25 basis points from today (6 March 2018).

NS&I has now launched new services for financial advice firms via its Adviser Helpline (0800 092 1228). For the first time, firms will have access to information on their clients’ NS&I holdings via the phone. This will significantly speed up the process of working with NS&I.

Two Premium Bond holders from Wiltshire and Bedfordshire are celebrating the start of spring having both scooped the top £1 million prize in March’s Premium Bonds prize draw.

NS&I today announced that it intends to continue its commercial relationship with Matrix Capital to provide financial advisory services to the winners of the two monthly Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot prizes.

The Government has extended James Furse’s contract as a Non-executive Director on the board of NS&I for a further year, up to 31 December 2018.