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transfer old isa today, get new isa next week?

Hi,
I have a question about ISA's, and was wondering if anyone can advise me?

I have a Barclays Issue 2 cash ISA with about £1500 in it. The rate was alright, but has now dropped to 2.06%. I opened this account on 25.03.10.

Would it make the most sense for me to transfer this ISA into say the Halifax ISA with 3% interst today, and then open a Barclays Golden ISA issue 3 that offers 3.25% in the next tax year. I could then just leave the origional £1500 in the Halifax ISA, and put all new money into the Barclays ISA.

To me, this makes the most sense, but I'm not sure the few braincells I have are getting the hang of this ISA lark!

Cheers in advance :)

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