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NS&I, the government-backed savings and investments provider, has won two awards at the Institute of Financial Services (ifs) Financial Innovation Awards 2004, including the coveted Grand Prix award for outstanding innovation and achievement.

NS&I is introducing a new look Premium Bond certificate from today. The result of customer feedback, the new look Bond combines the investment confirmation letter and certificate, meaning customers only need to retain one document.

A new hassle-free savings scheme which will allow people to invest in Premium Bonds by standing order is to be launched by NS&I on Monday 18th October.

In the same week National Savings and Investments launches another of its FTSE 100-beating guaranteed equity bonds, the government-backed savings and investments provider today announces its annual results and publishes its Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 March 2004.

Investors are being given a second opportunity to see their savings outperform the FTSE 100 index with the launch of another Guaranteed Equity Bond from NS&I.

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) today launched ERNIE 4 (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment) at the Science Museum, London, bringing all four generations of ERNIE together for the first time.

The Ordinary Account has now closed and customers will not be able to make further deposits or withdrawals, says NS&I. In December 2003, NS&I began announcing changes to the Ordinary Account and launched the Easy Access Savings Account in its place in January 2004.

A new record in the history of Premium Bonds has been set today as a Bond bought more than 45 years ago in February 1959 has won the £1 million jackpot for a mystery winner in the London Borough of Newham.

New Guaranteed Equity Bond from National Savings and Investments offers 110% of any growth in FTSE 100 index with complete capital protection.

From today, Britain's savers will be able to open an Easy Access Savings Account, the new flexible, safe, straightforward and convenient account from NS&I.