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lollol wrote: »

Can someone please help.

Last year i transferred my money (ISA) from from halifax into birmingham midshires. This was prevous years money.
I did not fund this for 2010/2011.
I however opened another ISA with Barclays.
My question now is I need to move this money elsewhere ie ~Halifax. Can I move the money from both accounts and then fund it for this year?

This thread is for discussion of instant-access savings accounts, not ISAs. Please ask ISA questions in the ISA sub-forum.

My parents are looking for an instant access account paying a decent rate (currently with Nationwide - not a dcecent rate!) that has a passbook. They are in their 70s and don't like plastic cards and don't have internet access. Best I can find so far is C&G paying 1.9% for the first year. Does anyone know of anything better?

Oldies but goodies:

My mother in law is 83 years old, does not have a computer, and so is not on the Internet. She is a very independent woman, physically and mentally fit. So we don't interfere in her financial affairs or the way she chooses to manage them.

However: the other day, she revealed that she would like to get out of her Nationwide instant access savings account, which on the £16,000 she has in there has been paying her 0.5% interest since the end of 2008.

Can anyone recommend a savings account -- with a more generous return than Nationwide's piffling 0.5% -- for someone who is NOT computer savvy and CANNOT operate it via the Internet???

Thanks.

Hern wrote: »

Oldies but goodies:...Can anyone recommend a savings account -- with a more generous return than Nationwide's piffling 0.5% -- for someone who is NOT computer savvy and CANNOT operate it via the Internet???...

If she's happy dealing through the post, then KRBS offer 3%.