Results

The old phrase ‘Good things come to those who wait’ has been especially pertinent to Premium Bond winners in 2016, as a number of Premium Bonds winners have won high value prizes from Bonds bought 30 years ago or older.

ERNIE is sending Agent Million to the West of England this month, as good news will be delivered to Cornwall and Somerset.

NS&I today announced its annual results for the year to 31 March 2016. Key points include:

West Sussex’s very own intrepid space explorer Tim Peake seems to have brought back some luck from the stars, as two winners from West Sussex become July’s Premium Bonds millionaires this month.

NS&I today announced that its Chief Executive, Jane Platt CBE, will stand down this summer after 10 years’ running the organisation. She was appointed in September 2006, following a successful private sector career in financial services.

Despite receiving a fair share of Valentines’ cards over the years, this month ERNIE has shared his love in Wales and the City of Nottingham, making two lucky women Premium Bonds millionaires.

It’s been a great year for Leicester, and with the football team riding high in the Premier League, the city is also celebrating the New Year in style with the news that two of its own – a man and a woman – have become Premium Bonds millionaires.

Savings levels in Britain rose over the summer months putting Summer 2015 as the healthiest on record for levels of personal savings in a decade, the latest research from NS&I reveals.

NS&I today announced that it is reducing the interest rate on its Direct ISA by 0.25% to 1.25% tax-free/AER. This change will come into effect from 16 November 2015.

Brits are blowing their summer holiday budgets by an average of almost £120 an NS&I survey has revealed; and it’s more likely to be men who loosen the purse strings.