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Last minute „top-up‟ gifts are an expensive shopping habit for women at Christmas, with almost half (46%) going over their budget to add that little extra to their friends‟ and family‟s present pile, according to new data from NS&I.

For the December 2011 draw ERNIE paid out over 1.7 million prizes, together amounting to over £53 million in value. There were 42,926,631,440 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.

NS&I is launching a nationwide search to track down the winners of over 740,000 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes. The prizes are worth over £40 million in total, including one prize worth £100,000, one worth £50,000 and four £25,000 prizes.

NS&I has today started the procurement process for its new operational services contract. This follows the publication of a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in June 2011 and an Industry Day held for prospective suppliers in July.

NS&I today announced the latest stage in its programme to simplify and modernise its savings range, and to grow the number of customers transacting with it directly by post, phone and online.

For the November 2011 draw ERNIE paid out over 1.7 million prizes, together amounting to over £53 million in value. There were 42,738,583,013 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Sassoon, has appointed Sir John de Trafford Bt. MBE as the new Chairman of the board of NS&I. Sir John will take up his new appointment from 1 January 2012.

NS&I today announced that its Savings Certificates, both Fixed Interest Savings Certificates and Index-linked Savings Certificates, have been withdrawn from general sale.

NS&I has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to notify the market that a procurement exercise for NS&I’s operational services is planned to start in autumn 2011.

5-year Index-linked Savings Certificates and Fixed Interest Savings Certificates reintroduced today.