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National Counties Bs Isa 5.50%
Hi i have £9,000 to transfer and saw NATIONAL COUNTIES is offering 5.50% interest ( http://www.ncbs.co.uk/ncbs.asp ) on thier ISA. anyone know if they are any good and if its a good deal? cheers.
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when to transfer
i have a first direct isa and as you all know the rate is dropping in a few months. I'm just wondering when the best time is to transfer and what are the best offers on at the moment?
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I didn't know this - ISA lapses if no deposit made in a year
I have had a Cash ISA with NatWest for some years, but last year I didn't pay anything in to it, as I'm now a non-taxpayer and the interest rate was the same as my savings account. I decided to put £3K in for this year, and did it via internet banking. Today I had a letter advising me that as I hadn't paid the minimum £1…
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TIME FOR ACTION: Unnecessary ISA transfer delays
During a typical ISA transfer, your initial provider raises a cheque from your account, *posts* it out, where it is then received and banked by the institution you are transferring to. If you're lucky, your funds will only miss out on interest for about 5 days or so. But if you unlucky (as I'm sure many of us have been),…
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Beverley BS 5.3%
hi i'm looking for the best rate on an ISA with instant access & with a no fee transfer. I've found Beverley Building Society with 5.3% that allows one free withdrawal per year (including transfers). however their website does not give me much confidence as the apply online link has been broken for over a week now ( i'll…
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Cost of setting up maxi ISA
I'm completely new to this whole investing milarkey and would really appreciate any help. I've recently inherited £15k and went off to the Abbey National to get a maxi ISA for the allowed £7k before end of tax year. However, it's going to cost something in the region of £260 just as a fee to set the whole thing up. This…
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6 weeks to transfer from one ISA to another?
I went into the Abbey on 19th April to open a postal ISA and asked for them to arrange the transfer in the funds in my existing Halifax ISA. 6 weeks later and the money still has not been transfered over. Is this normal?
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ISA - Standard Life - Help needed
Wonder if anyone can help? I have an ISA at Standard Life that I need to cash in BUT I am not sure if the ISA would allow me to a share entitlement next year when Standard Life could float. Does anyone know the answer to this at all?
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index traking ISA from .comdirect
hello! im a bit new to all this investing stuff. ive got premium bonds right now (£500) and havnt won a thing. id like to move my money into a more efficient and long term investment. I was thinking a index tracking maxi ISA against the FTSE 100 (iPLAN) from https://www.comdirect.co.uk is this a wise choice, seems the FTSE…
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Isa Confusion
I'm sorry if this question has been answered several times already but it would take me ages to read through all the previous posts. I took out a Maxi Isa 5 years ago and have been paying in regular amounts by standing order. My husband took out a Mini Isa around the same time with a regular standing order. These are still…
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Number of mini cash ISA's per year
I opened a fixed rate mini cash ISA during this tax year, investing £250 per month. However after I paid in £750, the account issue was closed by the provider and I cannot now invest any more £££ into this ISA. I am somewhat unsure what I can do to still be able to invest the remaining £2,250 of my annual max investment of…
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Just Opened a Brittania Mini Cash ISA
Ok, I know its not the best on the market, but I have been a member there for quite some time (all my life!), and because they are a mutual they give their bonuses to the customers, i.e. moi (you may have seen ythe adverts - the poor ones about cakes etc.) Anyway i opened on of their Cash ISAs (paying 4.7%) you need a min…
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isa help
have a M&S minicash isa. have put in £500 for this year, thinking of topping it up. however as a closed account, & recent reduction of rate to 5%, i am wondering would i be better off not topping it off to the max £3000. eg topping up to £2950, leaving me £50 for this year. would i be correct in thinking that if rate gets…
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Which ISA for me?
I have £1580 to save, will be contributing at least £100 per month, may need to withdraw all very quickly, i.e 2-4 weeks notice Which company shall i choose?? Thanks for your help
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Invesco Perpetual Euro Growth Acc ISA
Since Dec. 1998 I have been investing £35 pm to the above fund to (hopefully) meet the additional mortgage borrowing of £17000 I had when I moved house. The investment was based on a maturity date of December 2018 ie 20 yrs. This fund grew at a tremendous rate then crashed as it was top loaded with tech stocks and it…
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self-select ISA
I've just become aware of self-select ISA, can anyone tell me if I can use this for my existing shares, how and where do i go to set it up and what to look for for a good scheme / rules ?
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M&S ISA
nobody seems to recommend M&S mini cash isa, currently 5.25%, guaranteed .25% above base. just deposited some money for this year, suddenly worried am i missing something
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Unsure on which, saving £1500.
Hi, I am 16 and over the last 16 years of my life I have accumilated roughtly £1500 which is now sat in a Britania savings account at my local Britania. Basically from reading the site I am left unsure of the best way to save the money and also wasn't sure if anything else applies with me still being in full time education…
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Nationwide ISA question
I have a passbook ISA with Nationwide and wrote to them asking if I could transfer it to there members bond ISA as it pays a better rate but I was told that if I transfered it then it would count as this years subscription. Can that be right? Surely I should be able to transfer it internally just the same way as a transfer…
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isa withdrawal and redeposit
hello everyone hope someone can advise me. i have an A& L direct isa. i invested 3k then took out 2k does this mean that i cannot invest any more into it as i have already invisted 3 k this year? :money: