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27th April 2020

As the Bank of England unveils a new scheme to support bank lending to SMEs, James shares his thoughts on why this is unlikely to impact the savings rates on offer from challenger banks https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-8253927/W...

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27th March 2020

With Marcus venturing in to fixed rate bonds, James spoke to George Nixon about the reasons why the US giant has made this move https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/saving/article-8159443/Best-savings-rates-Marcus-Bank-launches-1-45-one-year-fixed-r...

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11th March 2020

James spoke to George Nixon at The Daily Mail about why the Bank of England’s surprise announcement of a new Term Funding Scheme could spell bad news for savers https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-8099025/Bank-England-announces-rate-cu...

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21st April 2020

With record numbers of accounts being withdrawn from the market, James gives his views on where savings rates are going https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-8237405/Record-180-savings-accounts-disappeared-March-Nationwide-cut-261-ra...

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26th March 2020

James spoke to The Daily Mail’s George Nixon about what the Bank of England’s new Term Funding Scheme is likely to mean for savers https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/saving/article-8147509/How-Bank-Englands-cheap-cash-affect-savings-rates.html

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7th March 2020

With Rishi Sunak set to deliver his first budget on 11th March, James shared his thoughts on what he thinks it may have in store for savers https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-8078955/What-2020-Budget-Virus-outbreak-overshadows-Sunaks-...

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14th April 2020

With savings platforms reporting a large influx of new savers, James spoke to This is Money about the reasons behind this https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-8205287/Savings-platforms-saw-surge-coronavirus-caused-market-havoc-March...

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19th March 2020

With the Bank of England announcing another emergency cut to base rate, reducing it to 0.10%, James spoke to The Daily Mail about what it means for savers and the interest rate on their savings https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/saving/article-813...

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28th February 2020

As the Post Office launches a cash ISA, which the rate on drops by 80% after 1 Year, James spoke to The Daily Mail’s George Nixon about why the FCA’s plans for a single easy access rate could mean we see the rise of bonus rates once again. https:...

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3rd April 2020

James gives his advice to a This Is Money reader looking to save some money who doesn’t need access to it for a few years https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/experts/article-8171659/Chelsea-Bonds-Infinity-Bonds-paying-27-good-true.html

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11th March 2020

James spoke to This Is Money about the new Junior ISA allowances announced in the budget and why he doesn’t think rates will material alter on them, despite the 0.5% cut in the Bank of England Base Rate announced the same day. https://www.thisism...

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27th February 2020

James explains why he thinks savers hoping for an ISA season this year are set to be disappointed https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-8015805/Savings-rates-Isa-season-year-cuts.html

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