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Are your savings protected? How to keep your money safe
24th August 2017
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

Ten years on from the start of the banking crisis, we look at what lessons have been learnt and what savers need to be aware of to ensure their precious savings are protected.
Don't bash the cash!
24th August 2017
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

It’s 10 years since the start of the global financial crisis, which has seen savings rates plummet but is that a reason to abandon cash and pile everything into the stock market?
Summer slowdown in the savings sector
24th August 2017
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

Our regular rates rundown reviews the most recent changes to the market. This week we've seen changes to Fixed Rate Bonds, Fixed Rate Cash ISAs and Easy Access Savings Accounts.
Can you afford to retire?
11th August 2017
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

After the timetable for raising the age of retirement was brought forwards millions of us could now face a shortfall in our savings.
ISAs Explained
11th August 2017
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

In the third part of our savings guide, we look at ISAs in more detail and the different options available on the market.
The rise of the centenarians
11th August 2017
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

The number of centenarians has more than quadrupled over the last 30 years due to improvements in healthcare and changes in lifestyle. We all need to make more of our own provision if we want to be able to retire at an acceptable age and in the style we’d like.