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ERNIE is making two lives cosier this month for Premium Bonds holders from the West Midlands and West Sussex. They will receive a warming £1 million each.The first Bond number drawn was 060PS313350 and is held by a winner based in the West Midlands. The winner has a holding of £5,050 in Premium Bonds and purchased their winning Bond in May 2000. They become the fifth jackpot winner from the West Midlands.

 

October’s Premium Bonds millionaires come from Greater Manchester and West Scotland This month’s Premium Bonds jackpot winners come from Greater Manchester and West Scotland. Including the two £1 million jackpot winners, there are more than five million prizes worth over £470 million in total that will be paid out to winners.

September’s new Premium Bonds millionaires come from Norwich; and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in a month where the prize fund rate increased. The September Premium Bonds draw was at the new higher prize fund rate of 4.65% – the highest it has been since 1999. The odds improved from 22,000 to 1 to 21,000 to 1. With the change in odds, Premium Bonds holders will see over £65 million added to the prize fund this month.

 

  NS&I delivered £2.1 billion of Net Financing to the Government in Q1 2023-24. The figure is part of NS&I’s latest unaudited quarterly results for the first quarter (April-June 2023) of the financial year 2023-24. The Spring Budget in March 2023 set NS&I’s Net Financing target for 2023-24 at £7.5 billion (+/- £3 billion). NS&I Chief Executive, Dax Harkins, said: “I’m pleased that we were able to deliver £2.1 billion of Net Financing to the Government in the first…

 

 

This month’s Premium Bonds jackpot winners come from Hereford & Worcester and Essex. The August draw saw the prize fund rate increase to 4%, and the odds improve from 24,000 to 1 to 22,000 to 1, meaning that each £1 Bond now has its best chance of winning a prize in almost 15 years. This month also saw an extra £30 million added to the prize fund, with 455,390 extra prizes available for Bond holders to win. A prize fund of more than £404 million will be paid out to winners across the…

Popular one-year Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds to see boost to 5.00% from 4.00% and 3.90% respectively Existing Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds customers rolling over into new two-year and three-year fixed-terms can choose to benefit from higher rates Interest rate increases on variable products announced on 30 June 2023 also effective from today The interest rates paid on fixed-term Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds are…