UK consumers posted a record amount of savings through the National Savings and Investments website in August, the executive agency reports.
Inflation is being increasingly ignored by consumers looking for a home to park their savings, according to figures from National Savings & Investments.
Entrepreneur Alan Sugar is fronting a new television promotional campaign by National Savings & Investments, the first such campaign in six years.
National Savings & Invesments has started selling its flagship premium bonds online to holders of Switch/Maestro or Visa debit cards, some seven months after the move was first reported in IFAonline.
National Savings & Investments will allow investors to buy premium bonds with a regular standing order from next Monday.
National Savings and Investments will launch fully online sales of premium bonds "later this year" together with a new-style website that better meets customer needs in the long-term savings market.