NS&I TO INCREASE PREMIUM BONDS PRIZE FUND RATE

NS&I will increase the Premium Bonds prize fund rate from 1.00% to 1.40%, effective from the June 2022 Premium Bonds prize draw. The odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a Premium Bonds prize will also change from 34,500 to 1 to 24,500 to 1. The increased prize fund rate will see an estimated additional 1.4 million prizes paid out in the June Premium Bonds prize draw.

MAY’S PREMIUM BONDS MILLIONAIRES ARE FROM GREATER MANCHESTER AND WANDSWORTH

Thanks to the randomness of ERNIE, a Premium Bonds holder in Greater Manchester and another in Wandsworth will be waking up £1 million richer after winning the jackpot in the May Premium Bonds prize draw. The first jackpot-winning number is 281HY160082 and belongs to a winner in Greater Manchester. The jackpot winner holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in September 2016. 092QC393046 is the second jackpot-winning number and the Bondholder lives in Wandsworth. The…

APRIL’S PREMIUM BONDS WINNERS COME FROM HEREFORD & WORCESTER AND WEST SUSSEX

Both of this month’s Premium Bonds jackpot winners may have thought that April Fools had come early when Agent Million delivered the good news, as both had waited more than 15 years to strike it lucky and win the £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot. The first Bond number drawn was 117XT770430 and belongs to a winner in Hereford & Worcester. The jackpot winner holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in October 2006. They become just the third millionaire chosen by ERNIE…

NS&I PROVISIONAL Q3 2021-22 RESULTS AND 2022-23 NET FINANCING TARGET

Q3 2021-22 Net Financing of £1.6 billion As of 31 December 2021, Net Financing total of £2.2 billion, against a whole-year target of £6 billion, in a range of £3 billion to £9 billion 2021-22 Net Financing whole-year forecast is £4.0 billion (excluding Green Savings Bonds) 2022-23 Net Financing target: £6 billion (within a range of £3 billion to £9 billion) NS&I today published its unaudited quarterly results for the third quarter of the financial year 2021-22 (October-December 2021).

NS&I announces a new way of referring Premium Bonds jackpot winners to quality financial advice

From 1 April 2022, NS&I will offer the £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot winners the option to seek financial advice from any Certified Financial Planner (CFPTM) or Chartered Financial Planner in the UK. Referring winners to Certified Financial Planners (CFPTM) and Chartered Financial Planners will give significantly more choice in terms of selecting the type of adviser that best meets their needs. This change will also give over 8,000 advisers the chance to help winners of the Premium Bonds…

More than 1,000 UK advice firms register to use NS&I’s online service

More than 1,000 UK advice firms register to use NS&I’s online service More than 1,000 advice firms in the UK have now registered to use NS&I’s online service. Reaching this significant milestone means that almost 1 in 5 UK advice firms have now signed up. Launched in May 2019, the online service was designed and developed in response to feedback from advice firms and has become a fundamental tool for advisers up and down the country.

ERNIE SPRINGS INTO MARCH WITH TWO NEW PREMIUM BONDS MILLIONAIRES IN DEVON AND CHESHIRE

March begins with two new Premium Bonds millionaires from Devon and Cheshire. The first Bond number drawn was 170MY806167 and belongs to a winner in Devon. The jackpot winner holds £36,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in July 2010. They become the seventeenth millionaire chosen by ERNIE from Devon. The second Bond number drawn was 276RS522196 and the winner comes from Cheshire. The winner holds £19,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased their winning Bond in July 2016. The win…

NEW ISSUE OF NS&I GREEN SAVINGS BONDS LAUNCHED

New Issue of Green Savings Bonds from NS&I available at a fixed-rate of 1.30% gross/AER over a three-year term Money invested in Green Savings Bonds will help finance green projects selected by the Government Bonds available to purchase and manage online at nsandi.com A new Issue of NS&I Green Savings Bonds paying, 1.30% gross/AER fixed-rate over a three-year term, is available to purchase at nsandi.com from today.

ERNIE SHARES THE LOVE THIS FEBRUARY WITH TWO NEW PREMIUM BONDS MILLIONAIRES IN LEEDS AND ESSEX

Fresh from spreading New Year cheer, ERNIE begins February 2022 with two new Premium Bonds millionaires from Leeds and Essex. The first Bond number drawn was 193NH145072 and belongs to a winner in Leeds. The jackpot winner holds £20,002 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in June 2012. They become the fourth millionaire chosen by ERNIE from Leeds.