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NS&I’s latest Quarterly Savings Survey has revealed that just under a third of Britain’s adults (31%) do not know how they will finance their needs in later life, including such eventualities as long-term illness, nursing home or care fees and care of others including partners, parents and siblings.

NS&I’s latest Quarterly Savings Survey shows that Britain’s savers have overcome the Christmas spending hangover to record the highest amount saved since the Survey began nine years ago.

36 million of Britons are using time that was previously ‘dead time’ – such as their lunch break, their commute to work or time spent waiting for an appointment – more productively allowing them to make the most of their free time, according to the latest findings from NS&I’s Quarterly Savings Survey.

New research released from NS&I’s Quarterly Savings Survey shows that savings levels have risen for the second successive quarter.

Savings success has a direct impact on people’s mood, according to new research from NS&I that reveals 26 million Britons (53%) say saving improves their state of mind.

NS&I’s latest Quarterly Savings Survey shows that there has been a turnaround in savings levels since last quarter, however there is still some way to go before they return to the levels seen in Winter 2011/12.

Britons in relationships save around £800 more each year as a result of their partner’s influence, according to NS&I’s latest Savings Survey.

Britons are saving £87 each month, down from £100 last spring Almost a quarter (23%) of Britons are saving nothing each month, a rise from 17% last spring A quarter (25%) say they are less likely to save over the next three months NS&I’s latest Quarterly Savings Survey, published today (4 July 2012), shows savings levels have dropped over the last year, with a growing number of the population saving nothing each month. Over a third (37%) of savers don’t have enough savings to cope in…

New research from NS&I identifies that, despite rising living costs, Britons are still losing track of their savings.

Britons who focus their time on financial planning rather than worrying about money are saving an average of £104.39 per month, almost double the amount saved by those who worry more (£53.47)