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£3,000 for student to invest

My daughter will be 18 next week and has received £3,000 pounds. She is currently at 6th form college and is planning to study for the next 4 years. She doesn't have a part time job at the moment but when she does she will probably not use all her tax-free allowance. What is the best way to invest the money for the next 5 years. I doubt that she will be able to add to this for the first 4 and I would see any restrictions on accessing the money for 5 years as a plus!

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  • HGLTsuperstar
    HGLTsuperstar Posts: 1,904 Forumite
    Depends on her attitude towards risk. She can stuff it in an ISA now before 5th April, then her tax free allowance starts again, and she can add up to £3K per year
  • macca64
    macca64 Posts: 286 Forumite
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    See the Mini Cash ISA article on this site, you can invest £3k per tax year. A&L pay 5.2% and ICICI pay 5.15% (not a mini cash isa, normal savings account).
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  • Deffo. I stuck mine in an ISA and had some surplus which I shoved in an Abbey online account.
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